Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 23, Meta House kicks off a week of screenings from Interfilm Berlin, one of the most important and biggest short film festivals worldwide. Festival founder Heinz Hermanns presents Phnom Penh with the best films from the 2015 edition. Screenings nightly until Thursday, then a children’s presentation on Saturday.
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On Wednesday 24, Siem Reap dance group New Cambodian Artists will perform at Kaifun Eatery (#25 Street 334 between St 57 & St 63). Doors open at 6 pm, the two-part performance starts at 7 pm.  Admission $10 (children under 12 free), with funds raised to cover the costs of the four young dancers traveling from Siem Reap to perform in the impoverished Steung Meanchey community on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
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A new regular Wednesday night event in Phnom Penh is at Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e.  Sketch Circle Phnom Penh is a fortnightly two-hour art therapy session. “Let go the stresses of the week, lose yourself in the art and bring out your inner child.”   Free for all. Anyone and any styles are welcome. 7 pm start.
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On Friday 26 at Meta House, Berlin based artist Alfred Banze presents a new installation: Public Colors, Private Lines. “During workshops with young local artists at Sammaki Artspace in Battambang, he created large drawings and video clips based on local, personally experienced short stories, that have been merged to a collective room installation.”   Opening at 6 pm.
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From 10 am on Saturday 27, arts space n o w h e r e offers a three hour workshop on lotus leaf oil painting.   $60 per person, including materials and refreshments. Places strictly limited. For bookings call: 017 891 772 (Lolli).
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On Saturday 27 at Meta House from 9 pm the creative team that brought you the WASH collaboration and The Stones are Awake present Performance Experiments beta, as a preview teaser in advance of the full Performance Experiments 01 to be held on March 19.   The beta experiments will feature Warren Daly, Hal FX, Chhan Dina and Scott Bywater, with live mixed soundscapes, poetry and visual wonders interspersed with selections from Invisible Agent catalogue.
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On Sunday 28 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork, including the White Building in Bassac.   Booking essential, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
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Wednesdays in March Phnom Penh Community College presents a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon. Bookings essential.
More info

Design Kompany’s next eWorkshop is a collaboration with Kismuth Books. The Mirror is a virtual workshop for people who want to explore their ‘why’ through reflective writing. Application deadline is February 25.
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For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 23 through to Saturday 27 at Meta House, a week of screenings from Interfilm Berlin, one of the most important and biggest short film festivals worldwide.
More info

Wednesday 24, from 7 pm at Kaifun Eatery (#25 Street 334 between St 57 & St 63), a performance by dance group New Cambodian Artists.  Admission $10 (children under 12 free).
More info

Wednesday 24 from 7 pm at Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e.  Sketch Circle Phnom Penh, a fortnightly two-hour art therapy session. Free for all. Anyone and any styles are welcome.
More info

Friday 26 from 6 pm at Meta House, Berlin based artist Alfred Banze presents a new installation: Public Colors, Private Lines, based on workshops with young local artists at Sammaki Artspace in Battambang.
More info

Saturday 27 from 10 am, arts space n o w h e r e offers a three hour workshop on lotus leaf oil painting.   $60 per person, including materials and refreshments. For bookings call: 017 891 772 (Lolli).
More info

Saturday 27 from 9 pm at Meta House, Performance Experiments beta will feature Warren Daly, Hal FX, Chhan Dina and Scott Bywater, with live mixed soundscapes, poetry and visual wonders.
More info

Sunday 28 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork, including the White Building in Bassac.   Booking essential, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, March 6.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Community Art Gallery at The Asia Foundation (St 242) presents of Silhouettes of Tomorrowland by Kong Vollak, using installation and printmaking to portray urbanisation and the development of Phnom Penh.
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At Sa Sa Bassac, Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France, a multi=disciplinary exhibition with works by Yim Maline, Marc Eberle, Studio Revolt/Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano, Stuart Isset, Pete Pin, Roland Neveu, Binh Danh, Eng Rithchandaneth, Dave Kyu and Chath Piersath.
More info

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.
More info

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 16, Community Art Gallery at The Asia Foundation (St 242) presents the opening of Silhouettes of Tomorrowland by Kong Vollak, using installation and printmaking to portray urbanisation and the development of Phnom Penh. From 6.30 pm.
More info
Even more info

On Wednesday 17, Cloud (Street 9, near St 308) is launching its own Drink and Draw: two hours with a life model for $3. Materials available. 7 pm start.
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On Sunday 21 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering Four Religions of Phnom Penh, which will visit a Buddhist wat, a Chinese temple, a Cham mosque and a Carmelite chapel.   Booking essential, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Also on Sunday 21, the Phnom Penh Writers Workshop’s fortnightly 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 Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Finally on Sunday 21, Show Box hosts their fortnightly Drink and Draw. $3 entry provides you 2 hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials. 7 pm start.
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Wednesdays in March Phnom Penh Community College presents a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon. Bookings essential.
More info

Coming up next month, Saturday 5 March, Design Kompany presents Simplicity, a workshop for techniques on decluttering life. Seats limited, reserve your space now.   More info

The crowdfunding appeal for The Boat floating arts centre in Phnom Penh is winding to a close – contributions will be accepted for another three days.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 16, 6.30 pm at Community Art Gallery at The Asia Foundation (St 242) the opening of Silhouettes of Tomorrowland by Kong Vollak, using installation and printmaking to portray urbanisation and the development of Phnom Penh.
More info
Even more info

Wednesday 17, 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Cloud (Street 9, near St 308).
More info

Sunday 21, 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering Four Religions of Phnom Penh.   Booking essential.
More info

Sunday 21, the fortnightly Phnom Penh Writers’ Workshop.  For details please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Sunday 21, 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, February 21.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

 At Sa Sa Bassac, Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France, a multi=disciplinary exhibition with works by Yim Maline, Marc Eberle, Studio Revolt/Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano, Stuart Isset, Pete Pin, Roland Neveu, Binh Danh, Eng Rithchandaneth, Dave Kyu and Chath Piersath.
More info

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.
More info

Meta House presents paintings dedicated to Tuol Sleng by German artist Georg Janßen, inspired by journeys to Cambodia in 2007 and 2009.

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 9 at Sa Sa Bassac, the opening of Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France a multi=disciplinary exhibition that “visualizes and materializes multivalent aspects of the Cambodian diaspora experience in and between Cambodia, USA, and France.  Works by Yim Maline, Marc Eberle, Studio Revolt/Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano, Stuart Isset, Pete Pin, Roland Neveu, Binh Danh, Eng Rithchandaneth, Dave Kyu and Chath Piersath are featured.  From 6 pm.
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For three nights this week The Phnom Penh Players will present The Vagina Monologues: Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 at Meta House. Tickets are $5 and on sale at The Bx Office, Willow Boutique Hotel, Garden Cafe & Bar and Meta House. All proceeds go to SHE Investments organization.
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On Saturday 13, the new Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e is hosting a Valentine’s art special from 5 pm – 7.30 pm – an evening of drawing and art challenges for couples. Bookings essential.
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On Sunday 14 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by Cylo.  Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
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On Sunday 14 at 8 pm, Meta House presents a special classical music concert for St Valentine’s Day: Salout d’Amore, featuring Markus Gundermann on violin and Etienne Chenevier on piano, playing by Elgar, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, and Rachmaninoff. $10/$3.
More info

Wednesdays in March Phnom Penh Community College presents a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon.
More info

The crowdfunding appeal for The Boat floating arts centre in Phnom Penh has been extended – contributions will be accepted for another 10 days.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 9 at 6 pm at Sa Sa Bassac, the opening of Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France a multi=disciplinary exhibition that “visualizes and materializes multivalent aspects of the Cambodian diaspora experience in and between Cambodia, USA, and France.
More info

Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 at 7 pm at Meta House, The Vagina Monologues by The Phnom Penh Players. Tickets are $5 and on sale at The Box Office, Willow Boutique Hotel, Garden Cafe & Bar and Meta House.
More info

Saturday 13 at 5 pm, new Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e is hosting a Valentine’s art special – an evening of drawing and art challenges for couples. Bookings essential.
More info

Sunday 14 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by Cylo.   Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 14 at 8 pm, Meta House presents a special classical music concert for St Valentine’s Day: Salout d’Amore. $10/$3.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, February 21.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com). 

The French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy.
More info

Meta House presents IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns.

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

In February Phnom Penh Community College will be running a series of evening art workshops – from 6.15 pm to 8.15 pm – on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon. Classes begin Wednesday 3 with self portrait, with subsequent weeks covering still life in the Khmer tradition, figure drawing, and drawing a landscape from a photograph.
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On Wednesday 3 at Meta House, a night of animated films. At 7 pm, the documentary 25 Frames to Move (2009, 18 min) follows the first career steps of Cambodian animator Poi Chhunly, which will be followed screening of some of his works. Then at 8 pm the screening of animated shorts by French filmmaking couple François Leroy and Stephanie Lansaque, passionate about Asian cultures, with a Q&A to follow.
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Also on Wednesday 3 at Java Café, the regular (now quarterly) Open Stage event for local and visiting writers from 7 pm. Readers this month are Australian performance poet Myley Rattle, Phina So from PEN Cambodia, and musician/writer/artist Conrad Keely. Works will be on sale at the venue.
More info

On Thursday 4 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Art Projects hosts an artists’ talk by Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien (Manila/Berlin/New York), artists who work collaboratively in multiple locations, overlapping diverse research methodologies with experimental and conceptual play. “The artists will present Leak Light Time Heat, a project that was developed in Manila and exhibited in a solo exhibition at 47 Canal gallery in New York City in 2014. Research for the project centred on call-centre workers in the Philippines, who typically work night hours in order to service American customers during US daytime.”
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On Saturday 6 at 7 pm, Meta House presents an actors’ talk by German television and film actor Tilo Prückner, followed by the screening of the Finnish-Australian-German science fiction comedy Iron Sky (2012, 94 min).
More info

On Sunday 7 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a two hour walking public architecture tour of Front du Bassac, including Chaktomuk and White Building. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Drink and Draw is back this Sunday 7, 7 pm at Show Box. $3 entry provides you with two hours with a life model.   B.Y.O drawing materials.
More info

Next week, The Phnom Penh Players will present The Vagina Monologues, with three performances: Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February at Meta House. Tickets are $5 and on sale at The Box Office, Willow Boutique Hotel, Garden Cafe & Bar and Meta House. All proceeds go to SHE Investments organization.
More info

The crowdfunding appeal for The Boat floating arts centre in Phnom Penh has been extended – contributions will be accepted for another 17 days.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 3, 6.15 pm at Phnom Penh Community College the first of a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon.
More info

Wednesday 3, 7 pm at Java Café, Open Stage for local and visiting writers featuring Myley Rattle, Phina So and Conrad Keely.
More info

Thursday 4 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Art Projects hosts an artists’ talk by Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien (Manila/Berlin/New York), artists who work collaboratively in multiple locations, overlapping diverse research methodologies with experimental and conceptual play.
More info

Saturday 6 at 7 pm, Meta House presents an actors’ talk by German television and film actor Tilo Prückner, followed by the screening of the Finnish-Australian-German science fiction comedy Iron Sky (2012, 94 min).
More info

Sunday 7 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a two hour walking public architecture tour of Front du Bassac, including Chaktomuk and White Building.   Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 7 at 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box. $3 entry provides you with two hours with a life model.   B.Y.O drawing materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, February 7.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

The French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy.
More info
Even more info

Meta House presents IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns. 

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Wednesday 27 at Java Café, the regular (now quarterly) Open Stage event for local and visiting writers from 7.30 pm. Nope, it’s on Wednesday 3 February.  Readers this month are Australian performance poet Myley Rattle, Phina So from PEN Cambodia, and musician/writer/artist Conrad Keely. Works will be on sale at the venue.
More info

On Thursday 28 from 6.30 pm the French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy, featuring explorations of body transformations through tattoos, scarification, make-up.  A tattoo booth will be available for temporary tattoos.
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On Saturday 30 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering for the first time: Four Religions of Phnom Penh, which will visit a Buddhist wat, a Chinese temple, a Cham mosque and a Carmelite chapel.   Booking essential.
More info

On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
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On Saturday 30 at Meta House at 6 pm, the opening of IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns or who have tried to commit suicide out of threat in Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Pakistan, Uganda and India. Woehrl will give an artists talk at 8 pm, along with screenings of films about acid victims in Cambodia and other countries.

The recently opened bar Cloud (St 9, near end of St 308) is holding a street art workshop on Sunday 31 from 10 am through to 5 pm. Renowned street artist from Guatemala, Erick Vendetta, will pass on some tips. $20 per person, includes equipment. Special prices for Cambodian students.
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On Sunday 31, the first of the 2016 Classical Music Concert Series at Meta House, Domestic sphere meets mystical ecstacy, a piano excursion with Pietro Bonfilio of Milan featuring works by Mozart, Liszt, Debussy and Kabelevsky.  $10/$3. Starts at 8 pm.
More info

In February Phnom Penh Community College will be running a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon.
More info

Coming soon, The Phnom Penh Players will present The Vagina Monologues, with three performances: Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February at Meta House. Tickets are $5 and on sale at The Box Office, Willow Boutique Hotel, Garden Cafe & Bar and Meta House. All proceeds go to SHE Investments organization.
More info

If you were waiting…. there’s just four days left to contribute to the crowdfunding appeal for The Boat floating arts centre in Phnom Penh.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

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In brief: new and returning…

Thursday 28 from 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy.
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Saturday 30 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering for the first time: Four Religions of Phnom Penh.   Booking essential.
More info

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities will be led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement. In English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

Saturday 30 at Meta House at 6 pm, the opening of IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns, with an artists talk at 8 pm.

Sunday 31 from 10 am, street art workshop at Cloud (St 9, near end of St 308), $20 per person, includes equipment.
More info

Sunday 31 at 8 pm, the first of the 2016 Classical Music Concert Series at Meta House, Domestic sphere meets mystical ecstacy, a piano excursion with Pietro Bonfilio.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, February 7.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators.
More info

Bophana Center hosts the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 19 at 7 pm at Meta House, The Mekong Review and Monument Books present the launch of Deathpower: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia, by Erik W Davis, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The book, the result of three years of intensive field research, explores Buddhist rituals of death in contemporary Cambodia.
More info

On Wednesday 20, the opening at the Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation of Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper, depicting the impromptu parties held by moonlight in the Cambodian countryside, near Kampot. 6.30 pm start.
More info

On Saturday 23 at Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators. Many of the illustrators and scientists involved in the project will be present, and original artwork will be on sale. The exhibition and launch starts at 4 pm, followed by a wine reception and art sale from 6 pm.
More info

On Saturday 23, Sophiline Arts Ensemble will present a concert of new and experimental dance and music at the Khmer Arts Theatre in Takhmao as part of their What Next series. Tompeang Snong Russey (Bamboo Shoots) features six dance pieces, “with the intention of developing creativity among a generation of highly accomplished performers and stimulating cultural vibrancy.” The performance commences as 7 pm at the Khmer Arts Theatre, #135, Street 115 (about 300 metres from National Road 2) in Takdol Village, Takhmao (see the map). $2.50 on the door.
More info

On Sunday 24, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a tour of The New Khmer Architecture of the 1960s, visiting sites built of Vann Molyvann, Cambodia’s most prominent architect, including the 100 Houses Social Housing project, university buildings and Olympic Stadium. $15 per person, 3 hours, transport included. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org. Meet at the Post Office, 2.30 pm.
More info

Also on Sunday 24, Drink and Draw is back at Show Box. $3 entry provides you 2 hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials. 7 pm start.
More info

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 19 at 7 pm at Meta House, The Mekong Review and Monument Books present the launch of Deathpower: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia, by Erik W Davis, a book on Buddhist rituals of death in contemporary Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 20 at 6.30 pm, the opening at the Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation of Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

Saturday 23 from 4 pm at Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators. The exhibition and launch starts at 4 pm, followed by a wine reception and art sale from 6 pm.
More info

Saturday 23 at 7 pm, Sophiline Arts Ensemble will present a concert of new and experimental dance and music at the Khmer Arts Theatre in Takhmao as part of their What Next series: Tompeang Snong Russey (Bamboo Shoots) features six dance pieces (see the map).   $2.50 on the door.
More info

Sunday 24 from 2.30 pm, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a tour of The New Khmer Architecture of the 1960s, visiting sites built of Vann Molyvann, Cambodia’s most prominent architect. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 24 at 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box. $3 entry provides you 2 hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, January 24.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

 Bophana Center hosts the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Meta House hosts the exhibition Surabaya Beat by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

All this week at Meta House, the best Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) films for 2015, which “champion eye-opening impact cinema that exemplifies excellence in its potential to inspire social change.”   Every night at 7 pm until Friday.
More info

Tonight, Tuesday 12, Bophana Center hosts the opening of the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana, “explorations of a territory raising questions about limits, boundaries, memory of places beyond codified figures which produce a disembodied vision.” The evening will also include a screening of Vann Nath, the Memory-Painter (2013) by Pierre Bayard and Soko Phay. 6 pm start.
More info

Opening on Thursday 14 and running through until Saturday 16 at Cambodian Living Arts is the third conference of ANCER, the Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Education &  Research, in partnership with the Institut français du Cambodge and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Arts professionals, cultural leaders and policy makers from the region will meet to discuss and collaborate. The title is Vitality and Viability: Arts Ecosystems in Asia.
More info

On Friday 15, Bophana Center hosts Digital Archives and Forensic Aesthetics in Contemporary Art, in association with Sa Sa Art Projects and Sa Sa Bassac, an art history forum and discussion based around two recent films: Sarah Vanagt and Katrien Vermiere’s The Wave (2013) and Effi & Amir’s The Vanishing Vanishing-Point (2015). An English language event with Khmer interpretation.
More info

On Sunday 17 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offer a tour of the Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and the White Building. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org.
More info

Coming up on January 31, Design Kompany presents BEGINNINGS. A mixer.  What’s opening for you in 2016? New people. New beginnings.    RSVP for the venue.  $5
More info
Even more info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Nightly from 7 pm through to Friday, at Meta House, the best Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) films for 2015.
More info

Tuesday 12 at 6 pm, Bophana Center hosts the opening of the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 at Cambodian Living Arts is Vitality and Viability: Arts Ecosystems in Asia, the third conference of ANCER, the Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Education &  Research, in partnership with the Institut français du Cambodge and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
More info

Friday 15 at 6 pm, Bophana Center hosts Digital Archives and Forensic Aesthetics in Contemporary Art, an art history forum and discussion. English language with Khmer interpretation.
More info

Sunday 17 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offer a tour of the Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and the White Building.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, January 24.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Meta House hosts the exhibition Surabaya Beat by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Wednesday 6 at 8 pm at Meta House, a special concert by American avant-garde musician and composer Bob Ostertag, that will feature two sets – the first of abstract electronic sound played with a gamepad connected to a laptop, and the second a piece entitled Sooner or Later, written after a period working in El Salvador at the end of the 80s.
More info

In Battambang on Thursday 7 at 5 pm, the opening of a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly, at Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang.
More info

On Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Bassac gallery at the White Building presents an Open Studio with artist-in-residence Tran Minh Duc, sharing work in progress based around a Vietnamese proverb, buông màn nhiếp chính (release the curtain, hold the power), exploring “the entangled and complicated histories of Cambodia and the region […] Tran presents images of political figures from Cambodian history books, which are increasingly grainy and degraded due to their repeated reproduction as inexpensive photocopies. These are presented in contrast with bright pink curtain lace purchased at Orussey Market.”
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Also on Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts the opening of a new exhibition, Surabaya Beat, by Swiss photographer Beat Presser, which “takes the viewer on a unique journey from Sulawesi via Zanzibar all the way down to Madagascar travelling with boats and ships on the Indian Ocean”.
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On the evenings of Friday 8 and Saturday 9, Java Café Independence and Meta House present twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence, with film screenings introduced by Mexican scholars. At 6.30 pm on Friday at Java, a film screening and talk by Dr Liliana Gallegos, featuring Rigoberto Pérezcano’s newest film, Carmin Tropical. Then at 6 pm on Saturday at Meta, Dr Jose Cesar del Toro introduces three films about dancers, which will be followed by a Q&A with Prumsodun Ok, a Cambodian Classical dancer, teacher and community leader and subject of Robert F. Douglas’ film From The Heart Of The Brahma.
More info – Java Cafe
More info – Meta House

Saturday 9 at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions Book via info [at ]phnompenhcommunitycollege.com.
More info

Khmer Architecture Tours have a full calendar for January, the next is Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo on Sunday 10. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org. Further tours are scheduled for Sunday 17 and Sunday 24, and on Saturday 30 a brand new tour, Four Religions of Phnom Penh.
More info

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.  Next event, Sunday 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

On Sunday 10 at 7 pm, the regular Drink and Draw at Showbox – $3 entry gets you two hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Coming up at the end of the month, Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 6 at 8 pm at Meta House, a special concert by American avant-garde musician and composer Bob Ostertag.
More info

Thursday 7 at 5 pm, the opening of a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly, at Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang.
More info

Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Bassac gallery at the White Building presents an Open Studio with artist-in-residence Tran Minh Duc.
More info

Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts the opening of a new exhibition, Surabaya Beat, by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

Friday 8 at 6.30 pm on Friday at Java, a film screening and talk by Dr Liliana Gallegos, featuring Rigoberto Pérezcano’s newest film, Carmin Tropical, as part of the twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence.
More info

Saturday 9 at 6 pm on Saturday at Meta House, Dr Jose Cesar del Toro introduces three films about dancers, which will be followed by a Q&A with Prumsodun Ok as part of the twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence.
More info

Saturday 9 at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas.   Morning and afternoon sessions Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com.
More info

Sunday 10 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours present Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo on Sunday 10. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 10 at 7 pm, the regular Drink and Draw at Showbox – $3 entry gets you two hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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.  Next event, January 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info 

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More inf

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 29 at 7 pm, Meta House presents a series of short documentaries, Far Away From Angkor – Cambodians in the GDR, looking at the lives of returnees from cultural and vocational education in East Germany in the 70s and 80s, produced by young Cambodian media students and film makers. A Q&A will follow the screenings. Also includes a photo exhibition and free sausage barbecue.
More info

Also tonight, and every Tuesday at 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, Spoken Arts invites writers and readers to share poetry, music, writings, or whatever comes to mind.
More info

On Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

Next week at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday 9 January. Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com
More info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 29 at 7 pm, Meta House presents a series of short documentaries, Far Away From Angkor – Cambodians in the GDR, looking at the lives of returnees from cultural and vocational education in East Germany in the 70s and 80s. With Q&A.
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Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement.
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Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
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Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
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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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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.  Next event, January 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
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SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
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The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
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The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
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The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
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Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
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ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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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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Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
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Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Wednesday 23 at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices, who provide grassroots training in information dissemination, including photography, interviewing and writing skills and production. A group discussion will be held from 9 am, and guests are invited to vote on their favourite photograph. Exhibition runs until January 10.
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The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop is a regular gathering of Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. Events held every second Sunday – this week on Sunday 27.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Coming up in the new year at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday 9 January. Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com
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The Boat floating arts centre project has just launched a crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

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.
More info

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 Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

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.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

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.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com