Greetings:

A quietish week ahead as we prepare for Pchum Ben. Kumnooh will most likely have nothing to report next week, so see you on the other side.

On Wednesday 25 the WASH poetry/musica/electronica collaboration returns to Equinox Bar (St 278 just off St 51) to present The Next Horizon, from 8 pm. There will be special cabaret-style seating for the event. And if you can’t make it, it will be live streamed on Video Free Equinox.
More info Even more info

Also on Wednesday, Meta House hosts the opening of Bruno Levy’s Cambodian manadalas exhibition, Angkor Rebuilt, from 6 pm; followed by a screening of three short docs about the White Building: The Building by Alnoor Dewshi, Dancing in the Building by Neang Kavich, and Red Earth Village by Erik Lofting, from 8 pm.
More info Even more info

This weekend at Java Café and Gallery, the Siew Phew Yeung/Our Books group is coordinating the Cambodian participation in the worldwide 24 hour Comic Day. This is an international event that challenges comic artists to produce a finished 24 page comic in 24 hours – the rest of the world will be doing it next weekend, but thanks to Pchum Ben the Phnom Penh version is brought forward one week. The Cambodian variation on the 24 hour theme, to account for the different lifestyle, is to produce one page in one hour; the event goes on from 8 am on Saturday to 8 am Sunday. A preparatory opening event and exhibition, Strip all Night will take place on Friday evening from 6 – 8 pm.
More info Even more info

Strip all night (serving suggestion).

Get in before it’s too late for two new photography workshops at Phnom Penh Community College on Saturday 28, to be facilitated by Zeeshan Haider. The morning session is for beginners; the afternoon a field trip and class critique.
More info

Saturday 28 at 5 pm at Bophana Center (Street 200, btw 63 & Monivong), the official launch of the photographic exhibition Chinese and Cambodia by Michael Liu, telling the stories of ethnic Chinese living in Cambodia. Drinks and snacks will be offered.
More info Even more info

Finally this weekend, the Institute francais presents French trapeze artist Marie Mercadal in a circus show at the National Circus, across the street from the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, the culmination of two weeks of workshops which have been documented by photographer Francois Alaitru. Shows are at 7 pm on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29; tickets are on sale at the Insitute francais (St 184 between St 63 and Monivong).
More info

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.com

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Wednesday 25 at Meta House, Bruno Levy’s Cambodian manadalas exhibition, Angkor Rebuilt, from 6 pm; followed by a screening of three short docs about the White Building from 8 pm.
More info Even more info

Friday 27 from 6 pm, then Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am at Java Café and Gallery, the Siew Phew Yeung/Our Books brings you the Strip All Night exhibition, followed by 24 Hour Comic Day.
More info Even more info

Saturday 28, photography workshops at Phnom Penh Community College.
More info

Saturday 28 at 5 pm at Bophana Center (Street 200, btw 63 & Monivong), the official launch of the photographic exhibition Chinese and Cambodia by Michael Liu, telling the stories of ethnic Chinese living in Cambodia.
More info Even more info

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 at 7 pm: French trapeze artist Marie Mercadal in a circus show at the National Circus. Tickets are on sale at the Insitute francais (St 184 between St 63 and Monivong).
More info

Greetings:

A fascinating range around Phnom Penh this week, from spoken word to calligraphy to photography!

All comers are welcomed to the commencement of a new monthly poetry event for Phnom Penh. On Wednesday 18^th at 7.30 pm Scott Bywater hosts Open stage : Poetry at Java Cafe and Gallery. All languages and styles encouraged.
More info Even more info

Also on Wednesday 18, the commencement of a photographic exhibition at Bophana Center (Street 200, btw 63 & Monivong), Chinese and Cambodia by Michael Liu, telling the stories of ethnic Chinese living in Cambodia. While the official launch is not until Saturday 28, there will be an unofficial launch with a workshop in Chinese calligraphy this Saturday 21 at 3 pm (places are limited: to register please e-mail info@bophana.org, or call 077749879). The exhibition runs until October 12.
More info

On Friday 20^th at 6 pm Chinese House opens a new Monkey Arts Cooperative/Daniel Rothenberg photo exhibit, Snap Shots, images from the Life Is series. Check out samples in the links below.
More info Even more info
Bophana Cineclub on Sunday afternoon at 3 pm features special guest Cambodian director Chhorn Bunhom, screening a satirical comedy film with discussion in Khmer afterwards. Free admission. To follow, a screening of Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture ($5/$2 students). Book tickets at missingpicture.film@bophana.org / 077 811 668.
More info

New this week at the Rik Reay Gallery and Noodle Shop (St 178 near St 19) is Angkor Impressions, sketches from Irish comics traveler, illustrator and animator Cliodhna Ztoical. Brought to you by the crew at Siew Phew Yeung/Our Books, who delight in putting on spontaneous exhibitions. Comic afficionados also stand by for the 24 Hour Comics Day coming to Java Café and Gallery on Saturday 28. Bonus comic: http://www.quickdraw.me/2721
More info Even more info

Bookings are now being taken for two new photography workshops at Phnom Penh Community College on Saturday 28, to be facilitated by Zeeshan Haider. The morning session is for beginners; the afternoon a field trip and class critique.
More info

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.com

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Message Stick, contemporary Australian indigenous art presented by the Australian Embassy, Meta House. Until September 29
More info Even more info

An Heritage House, an exhibition for the ICF’s annual architecture competition. Institut français du Cambodge Gallery. Until October 5.
More info

Let’s make it possible, works by photographer Laurence Leblanc. Institut français du Cambodge Exhibition Hall. Until October 5.
More info

Life and Nature, paintings by Chhim Sothy. The Insider Gallery, InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until October 12.
More info

Promotion, by Than Sok, a Phnom Penh based artist who works in installations, video and sculpture, Sa Sa Bassac gallery (#18, 2nd floor, Sothearos Blvd). Until 12 October.
More info Even more info

The New Age: Until Now, featuring works by Chhim Sothy, Prum Vichet, Phe Sophon, Meas Sokhorn and Sou Sophy, curated by curator-in-residence Yean Reaksmey, Java Cafe and Gallery. Until October 13
More info Even more info

Finding the Lost Art Forms, at Cambodian Living Arts gallery, (128-G9 Sothearos Blvd), the result of a year-long search to archive vanishing folk arts. Until October 18.
More info

One day in Phnom Penh,a photographic exhibition by Tim Kelsall, at Baitong Gallery (#7, St 360, between Norodom and 51). Silent auction for Friends International.
More info

Queen for a Night, works by Kampot-based artist Vincent Broustet opens Saturday night at 6 pm, McDermott Gallery Old Market in Siem Reap. The show runs until October 31.
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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info Even more info

Greetings:

Brace yourselves, there’s a lot on.

The Kumnooh week opens tonight Tuesday 10 at Meta House with Message Stick, an exhibition of contemporary Australian indigenous art presented by the Australian Embassy, from 6 pm. The exhibition is drawn from the active urban art scene, and features works by Ian W. Abdulla, Brook Andrew, Richard Bell, Robert Campbell Jnr, Julie Dowling, Adam Hill, Reko Rennie, Danie Mellor, Darren Siwes, Christian Thompson, and H. J. Wedge. Until September 29.
More info Even more info

Untitled, Adam Hill

Wednesday 11 from 6 pm JavaArts presents The New Age: Until Now, featuring works by Chhim Sothy, Prum Vichet, Phe Sophon, Meas Sokhorn and Sou Sophy, put together by curator-in-residence Yean Reaksmey, with the theme of rebuilding and destroying inside contemporary Cambodia. Each of the artists represents a different generation; they have contributed installations, paintings and poetry. Until October 13.
More info Even more info

Also on Wednesday night, Tamarind Restaurant on St 240 (btw Norodom and 19) hosts the opening of an exhibition by Siem Reap-based artist Bruno Levy called Angkorian Mandalas. The fun starts at 6 pm.
More info Even more info

The evening of Thursday 12 includes twin events at Institut français du Cambodge (St 184, btw Monivong and 63). In the Gallery, at 6.30 pm, the opening of An Heritage House, an exhibition and prize giving for the ICF’s annual architecture competition. This year the final year students’ project was the former Phnom Penh police headquarters.
More info
While at the same time, the Exhibition Hall hosts the opening of Let’s make it possible, works by photographer Laurence Leblanc.
More info
Both shows run until October 5.

Also on Thursday 12, a new exhibition of paintings by leading Khmer contemporary artist Chhim Sothy at The Insider Gallery, InterContinental Phnom Penh opens. Life and Nature examines the struggle to maintain human and natural contact in the face of the convenience of technology. From 6 pm; until October 12.
More info

On Friday to Sunday at 7.30 pm, Show Box (#11, St 330, btw Sts 105 and 113) presents Belle de Nuit (Srey Kouch), a performance that blends drama, dance, music and poetry in an exploration of the world of prostitution. The piece arises from an arts exchange between the Kok Thlok artists collective and Chantier Arts, from France, and uses movement, sound and shadow to transcend spoken language. The singing of Smot poetry over French recitation is particularly moving. Don’t miss.
More info

Belle de Nuit

Also on Friday 13, at Bophana Center (St 200, btw Monivong and 63), from 6 pm, the exhibition Cambodian Forgotten Songs: 8 Songs from our Ancestors closes with a bang: the CD launch for Cambodian Forgotten Songs Volume 2. This archival project has attempted to recreate pre-1920 Cambodian music that was unrecorded but existed in written form, covering a range of genres. The evening will include live performances of the music, as well as video footage.
More info

Groundbreaking dance company Amrita Performing Arts is celebrating its ten years with a series of events at Java Café and Gallery, including a photographic exhibition that launched on Monday, and a party on Friday 13 featuring dance performances, music and a DJ. There’s even a special drink, Tuk Amrith, invented for the occasion, available this week only. 8 til late!
More info Even more info

On Saturday 14, the WASH collaboration comes to Meta House at last, with a brand new work, The Next Horizon. Electronic music meets poetry and they get along pretty well. Or, if you prefer: beats, bass lines, melodies and blank verse are thrown in a blender to make a multi-textured smoothie. Either way, it’s happening between 7 pm and 9 pm. Get ready for a downloadable release of their first work, Triptych, very soon.
More info Even more info Even even more info

Finally, Sunday afternoon at 5 pm it’s time to sharpen pencils and order a round for Drink and Draw Cambodia, at Baitong Restaurant, #7 Street 360, between Norodom and 51.
More info

Up in Siem Reap, the Park Hyatt’s opening exhibition presents works by Lim Muy Theam, Mao Soviet and Amy Lee Sanford. Until 22 November.
More info Even more info

In other news, we welcome a new guest curator at JavaArts, Daen Lia Kelly, as they make preparations for the Our City Festival. The festival returns to Siem Reap, Battambang and Phnom Penh in mid January 2014.
More info

We also welcome a new initiative from Teo + Namfah Gallery. CANVAS aims, through exhibitions, artist-in-resident programs and short courses, to support and nurture creativity in Cambodia. The more the merrier.
More info Even more info

Entries are now open for season four of the IDP Education Photo contest. The theme this time is: me at my study desk . Entries close September 15.
More info

Meanwhile, if you’re not satisfied by all of the above, here’s a look at what’s going on in Myanmar.

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.com

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Cambodian Forgotten Songs, cataloguing the production of a new CD release of music recovered from old scores, at Bophana Centre. The official launch of the CD will be on the last day of the exhibition, on Friday 13 September.
More info

Promotion, by Than Sok, a Phnom Penh based artist who works in installations, video and sculpture, Sa Sa Bassac gallery (#18, 2nd floor, Sothearos Blvd). Until 12 October.
More info Even more info

Finding the Lost Art Forms, at Cambodian Living Arts gallery, (128-G9 Sothearos Blvd), the result of a year-long search to archive vanishing folk arts. Until October 18.
More info

One day in Phnom Penh,a photographic exhibition by Tim Kelsall, at Baitong Gallery (#7, St 360, between Norodom and 51). Silent auction for Friends International.
More info

Queen for a Night, works by Kampot-based artist Vincent Broustet opens Saturday night at 6 pm, McDermott Gallery Old Market in Siem Reap. The show runs until October 31.
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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info Even more info

Greetings:

Just when we thought low season was gone, another quiet week. But watch out next week: openings at Meta House (Tuesday) and Java (Wednesday), twin events at L’institute français on Thursday, CD launch at Bophana Center on Friday, poetry electronica fusion at Meta House on Saturday, and Drink and Draw on Sunday.

Back to the present, though. Tonight at Meta House you can view a selection of the best South East Asian documentaries from Chopshots 2012, from 7 pm.
More info      Even more info

Then at Bophana Center on Saturday 7 at 4 pm, Kon Khmer Koun Khmer presents 11 short films made by young Khmer filmmakers, both prizewinners and premieres. The filmmakers will be present for Q&A.
More info

For those that like to walk and observe there is another Phnom Penh Photo Walk event this Sunday 8, featuring Wat Phnom and the Night Market. Meet at Brown Cafe, riverside, at 4.30 pm. Check the WordPress or Facebook presences for previous walks.
More info

The big event of the week is a special celebration of the 10 year anniversary of innovative dance company Amrita Performing Arts, to be held at Java Cafe and Gallery on Monday 9 from 6.30 pm. Along with an exhibition of images from past productions, founder Fred Frumberg, new Executive Director Kang Rithisal and dancer/choreographer Chumvan Sodachivy will talk about the growth and development through the decade.
More info         Even more info

Amrita Performing Arts marks its ten year anniversary

Baitong Gallery (#7, St 360, between Norodom and 51), is currently hosting a photographic exhibition by Tim Kelsall, One day in Phnom Penh, documenting the street life the city. The exhibition includes a silent auction in benefit of Friends International.

Swing dancers take note: free refresher courses at Doors (Sts 47 and 84) on Tuesday nights during September in preparation for the official launch of SwingPenh at the end of the month.

Travel blog Ambot-ah recently posted an account of a visit to 1961 Hotel in Siem Reap.

And elsewhere in Cambodia, artists of all stripes quietly get on with what they are doing.

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.com

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Amazing Cambodia Golden Era photo exhibition at Meta House. Until 6 September.
More info      Even more info

Cambodian Forgotten Songs, cataloguing the production of a new CD release of music recovered from old scores, at Bophana Centre. The official launch of the CD will be on the last day of the exhibition, on Friday 13 September.
More info

Finding the Lost Art Forms, at Cambodian Living Arts gallery, (128-G9 Sothearos Blvd), the result of a year-long search to archive vanishing folk arts. Until October 18.
More info

Promotion, by Than Sok, a Phnom Penh based artist who works in installations, video and sculpture, Sa Sa Bassac gallery (#18, 2nd floor, Sothearos Blvd). Until 12 October.
More info        Even more info

Queen for a Night, works by Kampot-based artist Vincent Broustet opens Saturday night at 6 pm, McDermott Gallery Old Market in Siem Reap. The show runs until October 31.
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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info Even more info

Greetings:
The week starts with a bang this very afternoon, Tuesday 27, with the opening of a multimedia exhibition, Finding the Lost Art Forms, at the Cambodian Living Arts gallery, (128-G9 Sothearos Blvd, marking the completion of a year-long CLA project to research and archive the most endangered forms of Cambodian music. The project includes CD releases of Smot poetry chanting, Angkorian era wedding music, Areak music for spirit possession ceremonies, and traditional funeral music, complemented by three documentaries exploring these arts. The exhibition includes information about how the project unfolded, the surprises and discoveries.

The documentaries will be screened this afternoon from 2 pm, with an official opening at 6 pm, followed at 6.40 pm by a 20 minute performance of classical wedding music. The documentaries will continue to be screened through the life of the exhibition, which runs until October 18.
More info

Areak musicians recording at CLA Studio (photo supplied by CLA)

Friday evening from 5.30 pm, Sa Sa Art Projects presents A Child’s Eye View, put together by Children of the White Building, Sothearos Blvd, in collaboration with Aziza School, and Sa Sa Art Project’s artist-in-residence Emma Ota, as part of Sa Sa Art Project’s Pisaot Experimental Arts Residency programme. The children have used animation, photography and mapping to give an inside view of life inside this iconic example of post-colonial architecture.

The event, which will be held in the Sa Sa Art Project space in the White Building itself will include a brief presentation by the participants, a screening of their moving image work, and the distribution of a unique map produced by the children themselves.
More info Even more info

This weekend Bophana Centre is continuing its screenings of Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture, Friday to Sunday, at 6 pm. The Saturday screening is preceded at 4 pm by his 2003 film The People of Angkor.

Also at Bophana, check out their current exhibition, Cambodian Forgotten Songs, marking a new CD production that has trawled through old music scores to arrange, rehearse, perform and record eight songs to recreate several genres of Cambodian music. The exhibition of photographs documents the whole process. The official launch of the CD will be on the last day of the exhibition, on Friday 13 September.
More info

On Saturday 31, from 6 pm, for those that cannot get enough of the Golden Era, Meta House hosts a photographic exhibition by Amazing Cambodia, a Facebook page, that features a massive collection of historical images. Looks stunning. Check last week’s 7 Days for background.
More info

On Saturday 31, in Siem Reap, the McDermott Gallery Old Market launches a new exhibition, Queen for a Night, works by Kampot-based artist Vincent Broustet. The theme of the paintings is the transformation that young Khmer women make from their everyday selves as they prepare for weddings and other significant occasions. 6 pm start. The show runs until October 31.
More info

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

The Chitrakar Collection, photographic exhibition presented by Kiran Man Chitrakar, Meta House, 6 pm. Until August 29
More info

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info Even more info Even even more info

Cambodian Forgotten Songs, cataloguing the production of a new CD release of music recovered from old scores. Bophana Centre. The official launch of the CD will be on the last day of the exhibition, on Friday 13 September.
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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info Even more info

Greetings:
It appears last week was the low season. This week it’s back on, and a great host of exciting events are coming through September… followed of course by festival season as the rains clear. More on these events as we get closer.

Tonight, Tuesday 20 August, Meta House hosts the opening of an exhibition by Iranian
photographer Morteza Ariana called Made on Japan, a critical reflection on the social fabric of Japanese society. The artist will attend the opening, which commences at 6 pm. At 8 pm there will be a screening of TOKYO!, a feature film about life in 21st Century Tokyo.
More info       Even more info

Also tonight the return of performed poetry in electronic soundscape: a new work, The Next Horizon, created by the WASH collaboration. This time they are taking it to the stage at Doors, cnr Sts 47 and 84, as part of Vibe Music Festival, from 8 pm. Look out for a performance at Meta House next month, as well as a downloadable recording of their first work, Triptych.
More info       Even more info

Thursday 22, Sa Sa Bassac gallery opens a new show, Promotion by Than Sok, a Phnom Penh based artist who works in installations, video and sculpture. The launch will commence at 6 pm.
More info      Even more info

On Friday 23, Meta House is hosting a Jackson Pollock tribute night, with cinema, blues, jazz and poetry, including the screening of a Pollock documentary at 7 pm, followed by performances by Frisco Tony & The Beatniks and poetry reading by Antonio Pineda.
More info

Phnom Penh Community College’s next sessions, on 24 August, comprise a double drawing workshop, covering still life in the morning and figure drawing in the afternoon, facilitated by artist France Damon. To book contact PPCC at info [at] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com or via their new blog, http://www.phnompenhcommunitycollege.com/.
More info

A new Khmer film makes its Cambodian premiere next week. Where I Go, by young filmmaker Neang Kavich, will screen at Legend Cinema on Monday 26 at 7.30 pm and Platinum Cineplex on Wednesday 28^th at 6.30 pm.
More info        Even more info

DanceWorldCambodia’s new season of classes is now underway: the current offering includes lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Classes are held at the Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info        Even more info

Also in dance, Cambodian Living Arts and American dancer and choreographer Gillian Rhodes are offering two series of contemporary dance worships between now and the end of the year.
More info

And for the musical, the Young Composers in Southeast Asia 2013 program offers workshops, meetings with international experts and the opportunity to have original musical works performed by the German ensemble Mosaik in Thailand!
More info

For inspiration, we add a recent interview with Cambodian composer Him Sophy about his new music school.

Phew. Pause for breath. It’s also your last chance to see a number of exhibitions that are closing between now and the end of the month: check the on-going listings below for more details.

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know. And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Continuity, Char Printmaking Workshop, RUFA, opening at The Insider Gallery at InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until August 25^th.

The Chitrakar Collection, photographic exhibition presented by Kiran Man Chitrakar, Meta House, 6 pm. Until August 29
More info

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info     Even more info     Even even 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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
More info        Even more info

It’s a quiet week, looks like we’re having a low season after all. We’ll take this chance to look at what’s coming a little bit further in the future, so next week it’ll be a just a reminder.

Next Tuesday, 20 August, Meta House hosts the opening of an exhibition by Iranian
photographer Morteza Ariana called Made on Japan, a critical reflection on the social fabric of Japanese society. The artist will attend the opening, which commences at 6 pm.
More info      Even more info

Also on Tuesday the 20^th, the return of performed poetry in electronic soundscape, all original work created by the WASH collaboration. This time they are taking it to the stage at Doors, cnr Sts 47 and 84, as part of Vibe Music Festival, at 9 pm.
More info       Even more info

Next Thursday 22 August Sa Sa Bassac gallery is launching a new show, Promotion by Than Sok. More information is it comes to hand.
More info

Phnom Penh Community College’s next sessions, on 24 August, comprise a double drawing workshop, covering still life in the morning and figure drawing in the afternoon, facilitated by artist France Damon. Bookings now being accepted.
More info

Check the on-going listings below for more details.

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know.

And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Continuity, Char Printmaking Workshop, RUFA, opening at The Insider Gallery at InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until August 25^th.

The Chitrakar Collection, photographic exhibition presented by Kiran Man Chitrakar, Meta House, 6 pm. Until August 29
More info

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info     Even more info      Even even 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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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

On Thursday 8th at 6.30 pm, Romeet Contemporary Art Space is hosting an artist talk by Australian physical contemporary performance maker Deborah Leiser-Moore, which will feature a narrated presentation of images and video from the artist’s oeuvre, followed by Q&A.
More info Even more info Even even more info

Remember that screenings of Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture continue at Bophana Center (St 200 between Monivong and 63) until Saturday 10^th, nightly at 6.30 pm.
More info

Phnom Penh Community College is holding double workshops this weekend: in the morning, Creative Writing Crash Course; and in the afternoon Songcraft, both hosted by William Triska. Triska aims to provide a toolkit for aspiring creatives, assisting you to unlock your potentials.
More info

Posted this week: a short interview with Kathryn Lejeune, director of Year 33, a coming documentary film tracing the Cambodian arts revival through the story of three young Khmer artists.

And the news from New York is that the aptly named Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten, John Pirozzi’s documentary about Golden Era Cambodian music, was screened in rough cut in Brooklyn last week. It gets closer!

Check the on-going listings below for more details.

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know.

And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Season of Cambodia photographic exhibition at Bophana Center until August 8.

Our Books comic art exhibition at Rik Reay gallery on St 178 by comic artist Chan Pisey. Until Sunday August 12.

Kromas, new paintings by Pen Robit, Romeet Gallery. Until August 11^th.
More info Even more info

Continuity, Char Printmaking Workshop, RUFA, opening at The Insider Gallery at InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until August 25^th.

The Chitrakar Collection, photographic exhibition presented by Kiran Man Chitrakar, Meta House, 6 pm. Until August 29
More info

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info Even more info Even even 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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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

Some new and exciting events have appeared on this weekend’s calendar, so Kumnooh is coming at you again.

On Saturday night, August 3, at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center (St 200, between St 63 and Monivong) hosts the Cambodian premiere of The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh’s latest film that recently won Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Advance bookings are recommended (missingpicture.film@bophana.org), and tickets are to be picked up at least 15 minutes beforehand. Cost of admission is $5/$2 (students).

The Saturday premiere kicks off a week of screenings of the film, every night at 6.30 pm until August 10. Bophana also proudly announces an upgrade to their screening room, now with soundproofing and staggered seating.
More info

And note: if you miss the Meta House screening on Thursday 1 at 7 pm, Bophana Center also presents Kalyanee Mam’s documentary film A River Changes Course on Friday 2 at 3 pm, with a Q&A with the director to follow.
More info

Then on Sunday 3, Meta House presents a new exhibition, The Chitrakar Collection, a selection of photographs covering over 100 years of development in Nepal through the eye of the Nepalese state and royal court photographers, a post handed down through one familiy. Third generation state photographer Kiran Man Chitrakar is in Phnom Penh with co-curator Dave Kleiman to introduce the exhibition. Opening commences 6 pm; the show runs until August 29.
More info

Check the on-going listings below for more details.

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know.

And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Season of Cambodia photographic exhibition at Bophana Center until August 8.
More info
Our Books comic art exhibition at Rik Reay gallery on St 178 by comic artist Chan Pisey. Until Sunday August 12.

Kromas, new paintings by Pen Robit, Romeet Gallery. Until August 11^th.
More info     Even more info

Continuity, Char Printmaking Workshop, RUFA, opening at The Insider Gallery at InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until August 25^th.

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info     Even more info      Even even 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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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

Greetings: here’s some things to do to take your mind off the political world this week.

Beginning with a piano: this Wednesday evening, July 31 at 8 pm, Meta House is hosting a piano recital by German pianist Gerd Isselhardt. The programme will include works by the three Bs, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, along with Fischer-Muenster, Bartok and Prokofieff.
More info

Meta House continues the week with two Asian-American directors personally presenting their works: Kalyanee Mam with A River Changes Course on Thursday 1 and Tiana Alexandra with From Hollywood to Hanoi on Friday 2. Both start at 7 pm, will be followed by Q&A, and are free admission events.
More info

Meanwhile, in Battambang, a new exhibition opens at Sammaki Gallery (#87, St 2.5) on Friday 2 at 5.30 pm: Global Hybrid featuring women artists from the USA and Cambodia. The exhibition will run until August 16th. The following evening, Saturday 3, Global Hybrid curator Denise A Scott will present a film screening of Humble Beauty, a story of homelessness and art in Los Angeles, at Padma’s (#76, St 2.5), from 7 pm.

The current Our Books exhibition at Rik Reay gallery (#69c, St 178, near St 19) is by comic artist Chan Pisey. The show opened over the weekend and continues until Sunday August 12. One story, Birthday, was especially created for the event.
More info

From Birthday, Chan Pisey

For a more active activity, on Saturday morning, those with legs and lenses may wish to take part in the latest in an ongoing series of Phnom Penh Photowalks. This walk will focus on an exploration of the Psar Thmei/Central Market area. Meet at True Coffee Shop (cnr Monivong and St 217) at 11 am.
More info Even more info

As part of the dust-settling around the recent Season of Cambodia in New York, Bophana Center (St 200, between St 63 and Monivong) is hosting a photographic exhibition that documents the activities and participants across the range of visual and performing arts, music and cinema. The exhibition runs until August 8.
More info

A brand new initiative has been launched by the Ragamuffin crew, Songkites, a programme to nurture, support and promote Cambodian songwriting. They are seeking applications for young songwriters to take part, spread the word.
More info  Even more info

The Phnom Penh Post’s 7Days magazine has launched a new regular fortnightly feature encouraging the re-imagining of unused corners of Phnom Penh, based on the ideas submitted by readers. Submissions to ppp.lifestyle [ at ] gmail.com.
More info

Baitong Restaurant and Gallery on St 360 (between Norodom and St 51) is seeking artists or all persuasions who would be interested in mounting an exhibition. Contact Matthew Cuenca: matthewcuenca [ at ] gmail.com

Check the on-going listings below for more details.

Make yours a creative week, support an artist near you! Tell your friends about Kumnooh, like us on Facebook, send us things we don’t seem to know.

And for rock and roll and clubs, make sure you follow LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Season of Cambodia photographic exhibition at Bophana Center until August 8.

Our Books comic art exhibition at Rik Reay gallery on St 178 by comic artist Chan Pisey. Until Sunday August 12.

Kromas, new paintings by Pen Robit, Romeet Gallery. Until August 11^th.
More info Even more info

Continuity, Char Printmaking Workshop, RUFA, opening at The Insider Gallery at InterContinental Phnom Penh. Until August 25^th.

Homme et nature (Man and Nature) by Nou Sary, at L’Institute francais. Until 31 August.
More info

Agua & Achiote: colours of ritual pigments in the Amazon. Photographs by Cybéle Andrei, at Chinese House. Until August 31.
More info

This Dog Barking, exhibition of new graphic novel This Dog Barking – The Strange Story of UG Krishnamurti, Nicolas C. Grey and James Farley at Java Cafe and Art Gallery
Until September 1st.
More info Even more info Even even 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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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