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On Wednesday 14, 7 pm at Meta House, a screening of Davy Chou’s documentary Golden Slumbers on the Cambodian cinema of the 1960s and 70s, with a Q&A with the director to follow. $2 admission.
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On Thursday 15 at the French Institute, the opening of an exhibition, Kbach Roam (Dance Pattern), of historic photographs documenting the postures and poses of the Cambodian Royal Ballet, by George Groslier, long time director of the National Museum of Phnom Penh. The glass negatives dating from 1917 have recently been restored and digitised. From 6.30 pm, runs until September 7.
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On Saturday 17, N o w h e r e gallery presents a half-day workshop, Self Portrait in Acrylic – the basics of portraiture and acrylic painting techniques – with each participant taking home their own painting at the end of the day. 1 – 5 pm, limited spaces, $40 each.
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Also on Saturday 17, Cloud presents A Nook for Rhyme Crooks, a regular spoken word event for all languages incorporating open mic. The featured artist this month is performance poet Kosal Khiev, hosted by Prosperus and DJ Premo Sounds. 6 pm – 9 pm.
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On Sunday 18, 9 am to noon, at Sa Sa Art Projects (#47, St 350 (off St 95), BKK3), Java Tuol Kork hosts a second workshop for art students and young artists working in painting/drawing, photography, fashion, design and architecture who wish to apply for the Creative Generation project, with a focus on proposal writing and a Q&A about the project. Submissions for the project are open until June 23. For more details, email moengmeta@gmail.com. Admission is free but please confirm before 17 June: here.
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On Sunday 18 at Meta House, 8 pm, a special classical music concert experience, Listen Twice – Theme and Variation, featuring Stefanie Waegner on cello and Eri Nakagawa on piano playing Beethoven and Mendelssohn. For more details phone 077 787038.
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Brighton Stage (at Brighton International School) is offering a theatre acting course for 7-11 year olds from 10 – 14 July. Early bird promotions open until 15 June – check it out here: Brighton Stage.
Coming soon at Java Independence, painter Oeur Sokuntevy returns to Phnom Penh for her exhibition Upside Down, comprising new paintings produced since moving to Berlin. Exhibition opens June 28, with an artist talk on June 29.
For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.
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In brief: new and returning…
Wednesday 14, 7 pm at Meta House, a screening of Davy Chou’s documentary Golden Slumbers, with a Q&A with the director to follow. $2 admission.
More info
Thursday 15, 6.30 pm at the French Institute, the opening of an exhibition, Kbach Roam (Dance Pattern), of historic photographs documenting the postures and poses of the Cambodian Royal Ballet.
More info
Saturday 17, 1 pm, N o w h e r e gallery presents a half-day workshop, Self Portrait in Acrylic – the basics of portraiture and acrylic painting techniques.
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Saturday 17, 6 pm, Cloud presents A Nook for Rhyme Crooks, a regular spoken word event for all languages incorporating open mic and featuring performance poet Kosal Khiev.
More info
Sunday 18, 9 am, at Sa Sa Art Projects (#47, St 350 (off St 95), BKK3), Java Tuol Kork hosts a second workshop for art students and young artists working in painting/drawing, photography, fashion, design and architecture who wish to apply for the Creative Generation project. For more details, email moengmeta@gmail.com.
Sunday 18, 8 pm, at Meta House, 8 pm, a special classical music lecture/concert experience, Listen Twice – Theme and Variation.
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Ongoing….
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
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Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
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Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
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Most Sundays (and occasionally Saturdays) Khmer Architecture Tours presents a range of the architectural wonders of Phnom Penh. 8.30 am start, reservations essential.
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The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.
At Meta House, Deep in the wood (the eyes of the forest) by Bor Hak and Hour Seyha, artists who live and work in Battambang as part of the Romcheik 5 collective. Ten scenes juxtapose hand-carved wooden sculptures with large acrylic and enamel compositions.
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The L Bar presents an exhibition of street photography by Miguel Jerónimo, Do you mind to feed your goats again?: street photography and the untruth of the captured image. Until 18 June.
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At the Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation the exhibition Panta Rei by visual artist Karen Hartmann, based upon “the famous aphorism from Greek philosopher Heraclitus. In the Cambodian context, the phrase echoes with the Buddhist concept of anicca, impermanence, the idea that all is transient, in particular “everything born of eye-contact”.” Until 19 June.
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Bophana Centre hosts a new media exhibition as part of month-long American Arts Incubator workshops and community projects attempting to use such techniques as 360 virtual reality and augmented reality to support environmental health challenges. Until 16 June.
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SaSa Bassac at the White Building presents a group exhibition, On Attachments and Unknowns, featuring work by Martha Atienza, Kiri Dalena, Pao Houa Her, Chia-En Jao, Minstrel Kuik, Emily Phyo, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Sutthirat Supaparinya, Anocha Mai Suwichakornpong, Neak Sophal, Erika Tan and Yee I-Lann. The exhibition will run until 19 August.
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Java Independence presents Flower, new works by Neak Sophal. “Flower, in a subtle way, challenges the well-established notions of feminine identity in Cambodian society.” Until June 25.
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The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (St 242) presents Waterworks, an installation by Phe Sophon. “Sophon fuses plastic water bottles together into larger than life water drops, elliptical shapes and flowing vessels echoing argyle-esque motifs awoken from Khmer script.”
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Performing arts courses at Brighton International School (#79 street 310) for ages 4 – 6 and 7 – 11 – singing, dancing, acting, every Saturday.
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The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
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Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
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New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
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Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
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The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
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DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style. For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
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