Greetings,
Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. Neverland Artspace will be hosting events for Inktober in Phnom Penh, including weekly Drink and Draw, weekly Sketch Circle, and an exhibition that will open November 1. There is an open call for submissions for the exhibition – closing date 31 October. Check it all out at Inktober Cambodia.
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Tonight, Tuesday 3, SaSaBassac presents the opening of two solo exhibitions, Klah Klok by Than Sok and New Khmer Architecture, vessels by Albert Samreth. 6 pm start.
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On Thursday 5, from 6 pm, Vetika Brovoat Selapak (Art History Forum) presents an art talk, Architecture and Ways of Living in Villa Houses and the Urban Development of Phnom Penh During the 1960s by Loeung Sakona. The lecture will focus on “villa houses in the Boeung Keng Kang I neighborhood, an area which has the more examples of this kind of modern architecture than any other district in Phnom Penh.” Note this event is in Khmer only.
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Thursday 5 through to Saturday 7, The Phnom Penh Players present Life, Love and Other Illnesses, a series of four absurdist one act plays, by Edward Albee, Eugene Ionescu, Therese Rebeck and Harry Kondoleon, at the International Institute of the Arts in Phnom Penh, St 51.
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Friday 6, at Cloud, the opening of Phnom Penh 69, an exhibition of paintings by Bruno Levy, recalling the city in its heyday at the end of the sixties. From 9 pm, runs until November 3.
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N o w h e r e Gallery offers a Self Portrait Acrylic on Canvas workshop on Saturday 7, from 1.30 pm. Places limited, bookings essential.
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On Sunday 8 at 8 pm at Meta House, the Classical Music Concert Series 2017 continues with The Young Gustav Mahler, with the Sutera Ensemble (Kuala Lumpur / Piano Quartet) featuring Loo Bang Hean (piano), Angel Lee (violin), Andrew Filmer (viola), and Jonathan Oh (cello) performing works by Mozart, Mahler and Dvorak. $10/$3.
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coming soon:
- Photo Phnom Penh festival, October 21 to November 21
- Kampot Readers and Writers Festival, November 1 – 6
- International Phnom Penh Music Festival, Pianomania, November 10 – 26
- Angkor Photo Festival in Siem Reap, December 3 – 12
For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.
Fabian Hipp
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In brief: new and returning…
Tuesday 3, 6 pm, SaSaBassac presents the opening of two solo exhibitions, Klah Klok by Than Sok and New Khmer Architecture, vessels by Albert Samreth.
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Wednesday 4, 7 pm, at Neverland Artspace Drink and Draw for Inktober
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Thursday 5, from 6 pm, Vetika Brovoat Selapak (Art History Forum) presents an art talk, Architecture and Ways of Living in Villa Houses and the Urban Development of Phnom Penh During the 1960s by Loeung Sakona. In Khmer only.
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Thursday 5, 7 pm, at Neverland Artspace Sketch Circle for Inktober
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Thursday 5, Friday 6, Saturday 7, 7.30 pm, The Phnom Penh Players present Life, Love and Other Illnesses, a series of four absurdist one act plays at the International Institute of the Arts in Phnom Penh, St 51.
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Friday 6, 9 pm, at Cloud, the opening of Phnom Penh 69, an exhibition of paintings by Bruno Levy, recalling the city in its heyday at the end of the sixties.
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Saturday 7, 1.30 pm, N o w h e r e Gallery offers a Self Portrait Acrylic on Canvas workshop.
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Sunday 8, 8 pm, at Meta House, the Classical Music Concert Series 2017 continues with The Young Gustav Mahler, with the Sutera Ensemble (Kuala Lumpur / Piano Quartet).
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Ongoing….
Every Saturday at 5 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Saturday. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
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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 Tini Café, (St 450, Tuol Tom Pong), A Small Part, paintings by Battambang artist Nov Cheanick. Until November 3.
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At Meta House, the photographic exhibition Kingdom’s Edge by British photojournalist Richard Humphries, documenting his eight year in Thailand’s deep south region.
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Java Independence hosts Invisible Conversations, installation and images by Kong Vollak. “As an artist and a teacher, Vollak’s artistic impulse often coincides with an educational tendency. […] Through a collaborative project Jorng Jam (2014 – 2015) Vollak took the opportunity to interview his own family, collect their stories and to develop a deeper understanding of their experiences through his artistic work. This led to two ongoing bodies of work, one with salvaged photographs and another with clay figures, that explore memory, loss and resilience.”
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At Sa Sa Art Projects,When the River Reverses, a mixed media exhibition by Chu Hao Pei, Hsu Chia-Wei, Piyarat Piyapongwiwat and Than Sok, taking “environmental ecology as a means and metaphor to navigate and explore intersections of various forces” using the direction-changing Tonle Sap as an example.
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The French Institute presents a video exhibition, Je regarde le soleil (I look at the sun) by Ange Leccia. “From the sea to female faces and explosions of light, the videos of Ange Leccia offer a magma of sensations in motion. Incandescent remembrances, the images testify to a lived experience where memories conflate with dreams…”
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At the French Institute, Carte Blanche, a new exhibition by the students of the Institute’s photography workshop, Studio Images. Until October 6.
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At The Plantation, Speak Your Green, an interactive installation challenging Phnom Penh’s environmental habits, “a great opportunity for Phnom Penh to experience public art, get to know more about the current environmental issues and show environmental awareness and support.”
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At Java Tuol Kork, Ancient Legacy and an Uncertain World, architectural drawings by Chhum Limhay, part of Java’s Creative Generation series continues. The exhibition “explores imaginary cities of the future, inspired by real cities around the world and their historical legacies while employing science-fiction aesthetics. The formation of cities and urban culture is rooted in its ancient heritage which, as a result, affects the design of buildings, infrastructure and how people live in them.”
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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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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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