Greetings,

Up in Siem Reap tonight, Tuesday 29 at 7.30 pm, the return of Spoken Arts, an open mic night focusing on poetry and prose, but open to inspiration of all kinds. New venue: Tim’s Greasy Spoon, on Soksan Road, next to Reggae Bar.
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On Wednesday 30, 7 pm at Meta House, a screening of the documentary Cyclo Diaries (2011, 54 min), “a humorous and irreverent documentary about a month-long journey by cyclo from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by two Australians”. Co-director Marty Sharples will hold a Q&A following the screening.
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On Thursday 1, Inner Healing Therapy is holding a trial class in Chakra Sounds Meditation, from 5:30pm- 7:00pm. Experience deep, peaceful inner silence through the use of vocal sounds and music to open and harmonize the 7 chakras. Limited places are available: register before Wednesday 30 September at charlene@innerhealing-therapy.com
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On Friday 2, from 6.30 pm, Bophana Center hosts the official opening of an exhibition of photographs and archival materials by Prum Ero, Phnom Penh’s Corner Architecture, focusing on areas around the city’s markets – Psar Thmei, Psar Kandal, Psar Chas, Psar Olympic and Psar Orussey – and the adaptions made by successive waves of architectural styles.   Runs to 30 October.  
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For those with an interest in creativity, thought and ideas, Dipika Kohli plans to hold a conversation – in which nobody is wrong and nothing can be confirmed, only asserted with whatever style one can muster – about time, at a time and place to be mutually agreed upon by participants. The window to put your hand up is open until October 10.

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 7.30 pm, at Tim’s Greasy Spoon, Siem Reap, the return of Spoken Arts, an open mic night focusing on poetry and prose.
More info

Wednesday 30 at 7 pm at Meta House, a screening of the documentary Cyclo Diaries. Co-director Marty Sharples will hold a Q&A following the screening.
More info

Thursday 1 at 5.30 pm, Inner Healing Therapy is holding a trial class in Chakra Sounds Meditation, from 5:30pm- 7:00pm. Limited places are available: register before Wednesday 30 September at charlene@innerhealing-therapy.com
More info

Friday 2, from 6.30 pm, Bophana Center hosts the official opening of an exhibition of photographs and archival materials by Prum Ero, Phnom Penh’s Corner Architecture, focusing on areas around the city’s markets.   Runs to 30 October.  
More info

Ongoing….

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

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh presents Inside/Out, a group show featuring the work of eight artists: Chhan Dina, Chhim Sothy, Frederikke Tu, Bernadette Vincent, Anna Sudra, Marcel Wanders, Christopher Bryce Morris and Ouk Chim Vichet, each tackling the theme in their own style. Gallery is open Monday to Saturday 10 am – 6 pm and by appointment.
More info

SaSaBassac hosts a new solo exhibition by sculptor and installation artist Svay Sareth, entitled I, Svay Sareth, eat rubber sandals.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents In the City by Night, an exhibition of photographs by Sovan Philong.
More info

The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition of shadow puppets, Lights & Shadows.
More info

The French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm.
More info

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh.
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.

More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.

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,

On Friday 25 at 6 pm, Bophana Center presents the Filmmakers Without Borders Student Film Festival, featuring eight short films representing a range of styles, made by grade 7 to 10 students as part of a Children for Change project by FWB and Jake Wachtel. A Q&A will be held following the screening.
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Opening on Saturday 26 at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh is Inside/Out, a group show featuring the work of eight artists: Chhan Dina, Chhim Sothy, Frederikke Tu, Bernadette Vincent, Anna Sudra, Marcel Wanders, Christopher Bryce Morris and Ouk Chim Vichet, each tackling the theme in their own style. The resulting works range from explorations of landmines to domestic violence, spiritual heritage and body image. The show runs until October 26; the gallery is open Monday to Saturday 10 am – 6 pm and by appointment.
More info

On Saturday 26 at 2 pm Bophana Center’s Cine Club presents a screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up, introduced by a lover of Italian cinema, Daniel Mattes.
More info

Also on Saturday 26, at 6 pm, SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by sculptor and installation artist Svay Sareth, entitled I, Svay Sareth, eat rubber sandals. The exhibition runs until 28 November.
More info

On Sunday 27, from 2.30 pm, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a three hour tour of selected works by 1960s Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Music educator, ethnomusicologist and percussionist and presenter Andy Gleadhill will offer a day-long training seminar on world music and composition at Logos International School on Sunday, November 15.  Sessions will include lots of interactive and hands-on learning. Find more information along with registration and payment details here:. Andy is also available the following week for full or half-day workshops with students at schools in the area.

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…

Friday 25 at 6 pm, Bophana Center presents the Filmmakers Without Borders Student Film Festival, featuring eight short films representing a range of styles, made by grade 7 to 10 students. A Q&A will be held following the screening.
More info

Saturday 26 at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh opens Inside/Out, a group show featuring the work of eight artists: Chhan Dina, Chhim Sothy, Frederikke Tu, Bernadette Vincent, Anna Sudra, Marcel Wanders, Christopher Bryce Morris and Ouk Chim Vichet, each tackling the theme in their own style. Gallery is open Monday to Saturday 10 am – 6 pm and by appointment.
More info

Saturday 26 at 2 pm Bophana Center’s Cine Club presents a screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up, introduced by a lover of Italian cinema, Daniel Mattes.
More info

Saturday 26, at 6 pm, SaSaBassac presents a new solo exhibition by sculptor and installation artist Svay Sareth, entitled I, Svay Sareth, eat rubber sandals.
More info

Sunday 27, from 2.30 pm, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a three hour tour of selected 1960s era works by Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Ongoing….

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

Java Café Independence Monument presents In the City by Night, an exhibition of photographs by Sovan Philong.
More info

The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition of shadow puppets, Lights & Shadows.
More info

The French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm.
More info

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh.
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
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,

At Samai Distillery on Thursday 17 from 6 pm, the opening of an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Thai artist Chanachai Tongloon (Yao), For the love of human figures. Samai is located at #9B, St 830 (off Sothearos Blv near the Russian Embassy).
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Commencing Thursday 17 and continuing to Sunday 20, Bophana Center and the French Institute present Carte Blanche to Rithy Panh, French-Cambodian film director and co-founder of Bophana Centre – screenings of seven films including his own La France est notre Patrie (France is our mother country) and The Missing Picture. The season kicks off with a special opening at the French Institute on Thursday 17 at 6 pm, with a Q&A and cocktail reception to follow the presentation of La France est notre Patrie. Organisers warn: doors open at 5.30 pm, please arrive early to ensure seating,
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The Piano Shop/ArtPlus Foundation’s 2015 concert series continues at Meta House on Sunday 20 with Esterhazy Divertimento. Trio Melange (Ashley Pensinger, violin; Tara Mar, violoncello; Anton Isselhardt, flute) perform works by Haydn, Pergolesi and Boccherini. Tickets $10/$3, 8 pm start. Contact 077787038 / 016 985828 or by email: artplusfundation@gmail.com.
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.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Thursday 17 from 6 pm, the opening of an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Thai artist Chanachai Tongloon (Yao), For the love of human figures.
More info

Thursday 17 at 6 pm at the French Institute the opening of Carte Blanche to Rithy Panh with the presentation of La France est notre Patrie. A Q&A and cocktail reception will follow. Screenings continuing through to Sunday 20 at Bophana Center and the French Institute – seven films The Missing Picture.
More info

Sunday 20 at 8 pm Meta House presents Esterhazy Divertimento. Trio Melange (Ashley Pensinger, violin; Tara Mar, violoncello; Anton Isselhardt, flute) perform works by Haydn, Pergolesi and Boccherini. Contact 077787038 / 016 985828 or by email: artplusfundation@gmail.com.
More info

Ongoing….

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

Java Café Independence Monument presents In the City by Night, an exhibition of photographs by Sovan Philong.
More info

The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition of shadow puppets, Lights & Shadows.
More info

The French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm.
More info

Meta House presents Cambodians in Germany, a photographic exhibition by Buntha “Alex” Thoeurng, a look at the experience of life in East Germany for young Khmer in the 1980s.
More info

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh.
More info

The front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter made by Trash Talkers for the Second Terrain Biennial. The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market. Until September 20.
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.
More info
At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
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,

A new series of body music classes commence at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) this Tuesday 8, 6.30 – 7.30 pm (and then weekly thereafter) presented by Eric Ellul – teach yourself how to play your body as a musical instrument.   “You’ll learn how to integrate body, voice and rhythm and how to improve your improvisational skills.” Sessions are free, with no experience required.
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On Wednesday 9 at 6.30 pm, Java Café Independence Monument presents In the City by Night, an exhibition of photographs by Sovan Philong. “The work quite literally illuminates the dark corners and the unseen of Phnom Penh. The carefully composed images and the artificial light seem almost theatrical. But when asked about this, Philong responded that he never posed his subjects. He merely unveiled their natural drama.”
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Also on Wednesday 9, at 7 pm, Meta House hosts the premiere of Christophe Gargiulo’s documentary film The Last Shore (2013, 56 min), offering a rare glimpse of life in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Director will be present and hold a Q&A.
More info

Commencing Thursday 10 at 7 pm (and then weekly thereafter), theatre workshops in the drama hall at the French school – all languages are welcome.
More info

On Friday 11 at 7 pm, Meta House presents highlights from recent Cambodian entries in Tropfest South East Asia, including three 2015 winners, two 2014 winners, and other submissions.
More info

This Saturday 12, Phnom Penh Community College presents double photography workshops with Leonard Reyes: 9 am – 12.30 pm, Master your Camera, and in the afternoon, 1.30 – 5 pm, Introduction to street photography. Registration essential.
More info

On Sunday 13, from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a public tour viewing central Phnom Penh by cyclo. $15 per person including cyclo transport. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
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.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 8, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, the first of a series of body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Wednesday 9 at 6.30 pm, Java Café Independence Monument presents In the City by Night, an exhibition of photographs by Sovan Philong.
More info

Wednesday 9 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts the premiere of Christophe Gargiulo’s documentary film The Last Shore (2013, 56 min), life in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Director will be present and hold a Q&A.
More info

Thursday 10 at 7 pm (and then weekly thereafter), theatre workshops in the drama hall at the French school – all languages are welcome.
More info

Friday 11 at 7 pm, Meta House presents highlights from recent Cambodian entries in Tropfest South East Asia.
More info

Saturday 12, Phnom Penh Community College presents double photography workshops with Leonard Reyes: 9 am – 12.30 pm, Master your Camera, and in the afternoon, 1.30 – 5 pm, Introduction to street photography.   Registration essential.
More info

On Sunday 13, from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a public tour viewing central Phnom Penh by cyclo. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Ongoing….

The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition of shadow puppets, Lights & Shadows.
More info

The French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm.
More info

Meta House presents Cambodians in Germany, a photographic exhibition by Buntha “Alex” Thoeurng, a look at the experience of life in East Germany for young Khmer in the 1980s.
More info

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh.
More info

The front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter made by Trash Talkers for the Second Terrain Biennial. The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market. Until September 20.
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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 1, at 7.30 pm and 9 pm, Sundance Riverside (79 Sisowath Quay), presents premiere screenings of a new short film, Quicksand, produced by students of the multimedia course at the Limkokwing University Cambodia as their final year project.
More info

On Wednesday 2 from 6 pm, The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition Lights & Shadows, a display of 40 sbek thom (giant shadow puppets), constructed to present excerpts from the traditional Reamker, the Cambodian version of the Indian epic Ramayana. The evening will include a 25 minute performance with the puppets, from 7.30 pm.
More info

(Photo credit: Alicia Guthert, The Cambodia Daily)

On Thursday 3 from 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm, at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports. Featured photographers include Cheng Maly, Chhoeng Mola, Hourt Vuthy, Khiev Kanel, Keo Sangva, Ou Vunnarun, Sarun Dina, Soun Sayon, Thorng Vuthy, and Ung Ratha.
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Also on Thursday 3, Meta House hosts a Cambodian filmmaker night with Davy Chou, who will screening his short film Cambodia 2099 (2014) as well as the 2011 documentary Golden Slumbers, resurrecting the heyday of Cambodian cinema in the 60s and 70s. From 7 pm.
More info

On Friday 4 at Bophana Center, from 6 pm, a cocktail reception for their on-going exhibition Crossed Views on Cambodia, a collaborative exhibition featuring works of Ricardo Casal and recent Royal University of Fine Arts graduates Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm. The show continues until September 27.
More info

SaSaBassac’s Vann Molyvann Project Summer School 2015 concludes on Saturday 5 with a reception from 5 pm to 8 pm, with presentations to mark the closing of the research and work of architects, students and others over the last three months.
More info

Also on Saturday 5, Meta House presents a special pre-screening of Gilles Sainsily’s Enchanted by Cambodia, a documentary built on aerial footage of the Kingdom. There will be a Q&A with the director after the screening.
More info

On Sunday 6 at 7 pm, Drink and Draw returns to Show Box – $3 entry gives you two hours with a life model, BYO materials as the spirit moves you.
More info

Note that as of yesterday, the long running LadyPenh.com guide has relaunched itself as PhnomPenhWeek – listing a broad swathe of Phnom Penh activities, from comedy to yoga to popcorn to restaurants.

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 1, at 7.30 pm and 9 pm, Sundance Riverside (79 Sisowath Quay), premiere screenings of a new short film, Quicksand, produced by students of Limkokwing University Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 2 from 6 pm, The Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts the Kok Thlok Ensemble’s exhibition Lights & Shadows, with a 25 minute puppetry performance from 7.30 pm.
More info

Thursday 3 from 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents The Mysterious Art of the Portrait, the culmination of a series of photographic workshops conducted by French photographer William Ropp with students from Studio Images, the Institute’s photography arm.
More info

Thursday 3 from 7 pm, Meta House hosts a Cambodian filmmaker night with Davy Chou, screening Cambodia 2099 and Golden Slumbers.
More info

Friday 4, 6 pm at Bophana Center, a cocktail reception for the on-going exhibition Crossed Views on Cambodia, a collaborative exhibition featuring works of Ricardo Casal and recent Royal University of Fine Arts graduates.
More info

Saturday 5, 5 pm – 8 pm, SaSaBassac’s Vann Molyvann Project Summer School 2015 concludes with a reception and presentations.
More info

Saturday 5 at 7 pm, Meta House presents Gilles Sainsily’s Enchanted by Cambodia, a documentary built on aerial footage of the Kingdom, with Q&A.
More info

Sunday 6 at 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box – $3 entry for two hours, BYO materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Meta House presents Cambodians in Germany, a photographic exhibition by Buntha “Alex” Thoeurng, a look at the experience of life in East Germany for young Khmer in the 1980s.
More info

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. A cocktail reception with the artists will be held on Friday 4 September.
More info

The front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter made by Trash Talkers for the Second Terrain Biennial. The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market. Until September 20.
More info
Even more info

Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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 25, from 6 pm, in cooperation with the Sinn Sisamouth Association, Meta House hosts the closing night party for the Cambodian Vintage Music Archive exhibition of rare record sleeves from the 1960s and 70s.
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On Thursday 27, from 6 pm, Meta House presents Cambodians in Germany, a photographic exhibition by Buntha “Alex” Thoeurng, a look at the experience of life in East Germany for young Khmer in the 1980s.   “Contemporary photos are exhibited alongside with old souvenir photos and short testimonials.” The opening is followed at 8 pm by the screening of Bonne Nuit Papa, a film by German filmmaker Marina Kem, about her Cambodian father’s life and her own family and identity.
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On Sunday 30 at Meta House, Allusions – Transformations, a recital by two young German performers, Jana Gerhart on cello and Gerd Isselhardt on piano, featuring works by Martinu, Brahms, Mendelssohn and others. $10/$3, for tickets contact 077 787038 or 016 985828 or email: artplusfundation@gmail.com
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Beginning next week, Inner Healing is offering, in weekly classes, a healing dance course for teenagers (15 years old and above) and adults. First trial class on Thursday 3 at 6 pm, registration required by Tuesday 1.
More info

Coming up on the first weekend of November, with a full programme to be announced in the middle of October, is the Kampot Writers and Readers Festival, hosted by the Kampot Arts and Music Association.   Expect readings, concerts, exhibitions, launches and workshops from this official sister festival of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali.   For more information, check out their page.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 25, from 6 pm, Meta House hosts the closing night party for the Cambodian Vintage Music Archive exhibition of rare record sleeves from the 1960s and 70s.
More info

Thursday 27, from 6 pm, Meta House presents Cambodians in Germany, a photographic exhibition by Buntha “Alex” Thoeurng, a look at the experience of life in East Germany for young Khmer in the 1980s, followed at 8 pm by the screening of Bonne Nuit Papa, a film by German filmmaker Marina Kem
More info

Sunday 30, 8 pm at Meta House, Allusions – Transformations, a recital by two young German performers, Jana Gerhart on cello and Gerd Isselhardt on piano. For tickets contact 077 787038 or 016 985828 or email: artplusfundation@gmail.com
More info

Ongoing….

At Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. A cocktail reception with the artists will be held on Friday 4 September.
More info

The front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter made by Trash Talkers for the Second Terrain Biennial. The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market. Until September 20.
More info

Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

ARTillery Cafe in Siem Reap, near Wat Bo Street, presents My City, a collection of paintings by young artist Chheang Rena, showcasing the brokenness of the city due to poverty and corruption.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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,

Commencing today, Tuesday 18, at Bophana Center is Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm. Casal has been working in Cambodia since 2012, and takes this opportunity to share both his work and that of a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. A cocktail reception with the artists will be held on Friday 4 September.
More info

Also tonight, Tuesday 18, at 6 pm, Meta House presents an exhibition of vintage Cambodian record cover art, provided by the Cambodian Vintage Music Archive, a group dedicated to the preservation and digitisation of pre-1975 Cambodian music releases. Exhibition runs until August 25.
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At Meta House on Friday 21 from 7 pm, a film night dedicated to the preservation of Cambodia’s architectural heritage, in cooperation with Sa Sa Bassac gallery and the Vann Molyvann Summer School.  Screenings include Concrete Visions, Building, Colonial Houses in Battambang, and a trailer for the upcoming documentary The Man who built Cambodia.
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On Friday 21, Phnom Penh takes part in an international environmental art exhibition, the Second Terrain Biennial, based in Chicago. The front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter. “Trash Talkers is a group of Phnom Penh primary, high school and university students, who observe issues in their community then research, question and discuss how to better care for their environment. They can often be found taking action in reducing trash in their neighborhoods by transforming garbage into art.”  The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market.
More info
Even more info

On Friday 21 at 6.30 pm at Bophana Center, a special lecture in Khmer by Professor Thuy Chanthourn, about the use and development of iron and stone technologies in ancient Cambodia, and their use in weaponry, arts and architecture.
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This Saturday 22, Phnom Penh Community College presents a double art workshop: Still Life Oil Painting in the morning and Abstract Oil Painting in the afternoon. The presenter is France Damon, who previously presented acrylic painting workshops earlier in the year. Bookings essential.
More info

Following other recent street art events in Phnom Penh in recent years, Passerelles numériques Cambodia (PNC) is opening its campus for Street art in my school for the weekend Saturday 22 and Sunday 23. The event will feature developing Khmer artists Koy and Davido, and accomplished British artist, Victor Blanco.
More info

On Sunday 23 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a public architecture tour featuring the White Building, the 100 Houses and Doctor’s villa. Reservations required, email contact@katours.org.

Also on Sunday 23, Java Café is opening its new venue in Tuol Kork, with a special celebration, from 5 pm. The Tuol Kork venue will continue Java’s programme of art, music and design in support of Cambodian arts at #20A, Street 337.
More info

In brief: new and returning…

From Tuesday 18 at Bophana Center, Crossed views on Cambodia, a group exhibition by nomadic artist Ricardo Casal and seven young Cambodian artists: Im Pesey, Sou Kimsan, Thun Dina, Nhem Sopheap, Seng Visal, Tep Chanty and Tola Morm, a group of artists who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. A cocktail reception with the artists will be held on Friday 4 September.
More info

Tuesday 18, at 6 pm, Meta House presents an exhibition of vintage Cambodian record cover art, provided by the Cambodian Vintage Music Archive. Exhibition runs until August 25.
More info

Friday 21 from 7 pm at Meta House, a film night dedicated to the preservation of Cambodia’s architectural heritage, in cooperation with Sa Sa Bassac gallery and the Vann Molyvann Summer School.
More info

From Friday 21,the front balcony space of a Khmer apartment is hosting a mobile made out of litter made by Trash Talkers for the Second Terrain Biennial. The mobile will be found hanging at #29 Street 173, 1.5 blocks directly west of the Russian Market.
More info
Even more info

Friday 21 at 6.30 pm at Bophana Center, a special lecture in Khmer by Professor Thuy Chanthourn, about the use and development of iron and stone technologies in ancient Cambodia.
More info

Saturday 22, Phnom Penh Community College presents a double art workshop: Still Life Oil Painting in the morning and Abstract Oil Painting in the afternoon. Bookings essential.
More info

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23, Street art in my school at Passerelles numériques Cambodia (PNC) featuring developing Khmer artists Koy and Davido, and accomplished British artist, Victor Blanco.
More info

Sunday 23 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a public architecture tour featuring the White Building, the 100 Houses and Doctor’s villa. Reservations required, email contact@katours.org.

Sunday 23, Java Café is opening its new venue in Tuol Kork, with a special celebration, from 5 pm at #20A, Street 337, Phnom Penh.
More info

Ongoing….

Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

Artillery Café, on Street 240 ½ presents a new exhibition by cartoonist John Weeks, Kingdom of I Wonder.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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,

On Tuesday 11 at 6 pm, Java Café presents an artists talk by poet and interdisciplinary artist Natasha Marin, discussing how being a citizen of three countries (Trinidad, Canada, and the United States) has shaped and affected her approach to creative-thinking and art-making. While in Phnom Penh, Natasha has hosted A Season of Contentment: A Self-Care Ritual for Women at Java and performed as part of The Stones are Awake at Meta House.
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Later on Tuesday 11, at 7 pm, the rescheduled launch at Meta House of Temple in the Clouds, by John Burgess, a book that traces history and significance of Preah Vihear temple in the far north of Cambodia.   John Burgess is a former Washington Post foreign correspondent with a long fascination with the Angkor civilisation, who first visited Preah Vihear in 1974; he will be in attendance.
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On Wednesday 12, Java Café’s monthly poetry event Open Stage welcomes back former host Greg Bem, a librarian and poet based in Seattle, USA, for one night only. Two other featured writers, Venerable Kroeun Yeun and Socheata Chheang (Cita), will perform, with an open mic to follow. Action starts at 7 pm.
More info

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 11 at 6 pm, Java Café presents an artists talk by poet and interdisciplinary artist Natasha Marin, discussing how being a citizen of three countries (Trinidad, Canada, and the United States) has shaped and affected her approach to creative-thinking and art-making.
More info

Tuesday 11 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts the rescheduled launch of Temple in the Clouds, by John Burgess, a book that traces history and significance of Preah Vihear temple in the far north of Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 12 at 7 pm, Java Café’s monthly poetry event Open Stage features former host Greg Bem, Venerable Kroeun Yeun and Socheata Chheang (Cita), with an open mic to follow. Action starts at 7 pm.
More info

Ongoing….

Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Bophana Center presents a photographic exhibition Cambodia Green Will, raising awareness and encouraging the idea of green economy.
More info
Even more info

Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

Artillery Café, on Street 240 ½ presents a new exhibition by cartoonist John Weeks, Kingdom of I Wonder.
More info
At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Romeet Gallery presents Phare Celebration; last but not least, a group exhibition of work by several Phare Ponleu Selpak artists, designed in the form of a family album. Until August 14.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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,

On Thursday 6 at Cabaret Restaurant, Dipika Kohli hosts a conversation-led garden party, Hello August, from 5 pm, followed by a jazz duo at 7.30 pm. $5 entry. Tickets and FAQs: gum.co/helloaugust
More info

Up in Battambang on Friday 7 at Sammaki Gallery, the opening of Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth. More information to come – keep an eye on www.facebook.com/sammakibtb.

At Meta House on Saturday 8, two video art presentations. At 6 pm, South African artist Minnette Vari will present selected works, which range from ink drawing to video installations, “work that examines the discomforts and desires at the heart of personal, political and historical narratives.” Khmer translation will be provided. This will be followed at 8.30 pm by the premiere of David Rylands’ Cambodia (2015, 30 min), the work of a electroacoustic composer and artist based in Brisbane, Australia that “explores the connection between everyday activity and a sense of belonging through engagement with place.” The sound and video was gathered throughout Cambodia during March 2015.
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On Sunday 9, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a public architecture tour, Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo. “A historical introduction to the urban planning of Phnom Penh and its colonial and religious architecture.” $15 per person including cyclo transport. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org, leaves from the Post Office at 8.30 am.
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Kumnooh notes the imminent closure of Romeet Gallery, that since 2011 has provided an opportunity for showcasing the works of Phare Ponleu Selpak artists. The work will continue, but PPS says it “wants to take this chance to develop new projects that provide the best possible opportunities to a new generation of talented, motivated students.” The final exhibition, Last but not least, continues until August 14.

In brief: new and returning…

On Thursday 6 at Cabaret Restaurant, Dipika Kohli hosts a conversation-led garden party, Hello August, from 5 pm. Tickets and FAQs: gum.co/helloaugust
More info

Up in Battambang on Friday 7 at Sammaki Gallery, the opening of Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
More info

At Meta House on Saturday 8 at 6 pm, South African artist Minnette Vari will present selected works, which range from ink drawing to video installations.
More info

At Meta House on Saturday 8 at 8.30 pm, the premiere of David Rylands’ Cambodia (2015, 30 min), the work of a electroacoustic composer and artist based in Brisbane, Australia featuring sound and video gathered throughout Cambodia during March 2015.
More info

On Sunday 9, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo. $15 per person including cyclo transport. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org, leaves from the Post Office at 8.30 am.
More info

Ongoing….

Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Bophana Center presents a photographic exhibition Cambodia Green Will, raising awareness and encouraging the idea of green economy.
More info
Even more info

Artillery Café, on Street 240 ½ presents a new exhibition by cartoonist John Weeks, Kingdom of I Wonder.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
More info

The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
More info

Romeet Gallery presents Phare Celebration; last but not least, a group exhibition of work by several Phare Ponleu Selpak artists, designed in the form of a family album. Until August 14.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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,

On Wednesday 29, Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. He also kept a journal during the process, “offering an insight into his artistic process from the very practical challenge of finding decent paint in Phnom Penh to his philosophical struggle with nihilism.” Until September 4
More info

Also on Wednesday 29, New Leaf Book Café in Siem Reap hosts a poetry reading and launch by Scott Bywater of his most recent volume of work from thesilverpepperofthestars, Fog on the Loire. Plenty more info here. Starts at 7 pm.
More info

On Saturday 1 at 7 pm at Meta House, the second performance of a brand new original work, The Stones Are Awake: a collaborative, multi-faceted art performance blending poetry, sound, and images. Based on an original text by poet Scott Bywater, with accompanied music and light by Warren Daly, and the voices of Bernadette Vincent, Greg Bem and Natasha Marin. This is a limited seating event: $10 entrance, $5 for students, collected at the door. Ticketing/RSVPs via attendance list. To secure a seat, please email scoddy67@gmail.com with your preference of chair or floor cushion.
More info

VICE TV will be in town this week doing interviews for a report on the rise of art, music and film in Cambodia, to feature Sticky Fingers Prints at Space Four Zero (#40, St 118) and the Bokor Mountain Magic Band.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 29, Java Café presents Scar, the result of an impromptu residency by Chath Piersath that involved the reworking of old paintings and creation of entirely new pieces. Until September 4
More info

Wednesday 29, 7 pm, at New Leaf Book Café in Siem Reap, a poetry reading and launch by Scott Bywater of his most recent volume of work from thesilverpepperofthestars, Fog on the Loire. Plenty more info here.
More info

Saturday 1, 7 pm at Meta House, the second performance of a brand new original work, The Stones Are Awake: a collaborative, multi-faceted art performance blending poetry, sound, and images. This is a limited seating event: $10 entrance, $5 for students, collected at the door. Ticketing/RSVPs via attendance list. To secure a seat, please email scoddy67@gmail.com with your preference of chair or floor cushion.
More info

Ongoing….

Bophana Center presents a photographic exhibition Cambodia Green Will, raising awareness and encouraging the idea of green economy.
More info
Even more info 

Artillery Café, on Street 240 ½ presents a new exhibition by cartoonist John Weeks, Kingdom of I Wonder.
More info

At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion – unsold works still on the wall.
More info

The Plantation presents a new exhibition by well-known Cambodian painter Chhim Sothy, Consuming Passion, inspired by the on-going environmental degradation seen all around us.
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The Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) hosts No Boundaries, featuring the work of ten artists, five Cambodian (Kong Vollak, Chhin Taingchhea, Prom Vichet, Pen Robit, Nov Cheanick) and five Indonesian (Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Tiarma Sirait), a co-display with Java Café. Until September 22.
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Romeet Gallery presents Phare Celebration; last but not least, a group exhibition of work by several Phare Ponleu Selpak artists, designed in the form of a family album. Until August 14.
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The French Institute presents an exhibition featuring illustrators from L’Ecole des loisirs, the French children’s book publisher celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year. Until July 31
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At Sammaki Gallery in Battambang, Meet the neighbours, featuring photographs from Ben Valentine and drawings, paintings and sculptures by local children.
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Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
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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.
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In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
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DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com