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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 24 February, 2015

Greetings all,

At Bophana Center tonight, Tuesday 24 at 6 pm, a lecture entitled Audiovisual Preservation and the Challenges of Digital Age to be given by Dr Dietrich Schüller, a cultural anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, and consultant to the Austrian Academy of Sciences and UNESCO, on the efforts to preserve cultural artefacts in a digital setting. The lecture is in English, and will be followed by a Q&A session.
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All this week at Meta House, a presentation of an international documentary competition, the Los Angeles based SIM (Social Impact Media) Awards, which aims to support and promote independent film and humanitarian communities in global awareness, social justice, human rights and humanitarian development. The selection includes films from all over the world, with a wide variety of subject matter. First screenings Tuesday 24 from 7 pm, then every day through to Sunday 1 at 4 pm and 7 pm. Two Cambodian films are included in the programme on Wednesday 25.
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Until the end of the week, Friday 27, an exhibition BarCamp 2014 Sketchnotes at Rik Reay Gallery (Street 178, nr St 19), featuring art from Prum Vannak, Sao Sreymao,Moeu ‘Vuth’ Diyadaravuth, and Kong Monirath.
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Coming soon to Phnom Penh Community College, on Saturday 7, an afternoon session on still life oil painting presented by Katsiaryna Montague. To register, emailinfo@phnompenhcommunitycollege.com with your name and contact details.
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For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

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

In brief: new and returning…
Tuesday 24 at 6 pm at Bophana Center, a lecture Audiovisual Preservation and the Challenges of Digital Age by Dr Dietrich Schüller, followed by a Q&A session.
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Tuesday 24 at 7 pm at Meta House, opening of the SIM (Social Impact Media) Awards Festival, featuring independent social issues documentaries from around the world.
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Wednesday 25 to Sunday 1, at 4 pm and 7 pm, at Meta House, twice daily sessions of films from the the SIM (Social Impact Media) Awards, independent social issues documentaries from around the world.
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Until the end of the week, Friday 27, an exhibition BarCamp 2014 Sketchnotes at Rik Reay Gallery (Street 178, nr St 19), featuring art from Prum Vannak, Sao Sreymao,Moeu ‘Vuth’ Diyadaravuth, and Kong Monirath.
More info

Ongoing….

At Meta House, Khmer, A Portrait, an exhibition by Canadian photographer Blair McDougall.
More info

Showbox Gallery presents Faces of India, a photographic exhibition by Kaztet Dee.
More info

Java Café, presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work of Kim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
More info

At the French Institute and spreading all over Phnom Penh until the end of February, PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents a parallel exhibitions: Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, and Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuring many Bangkok and Phnom Penh artists.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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 theNational 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
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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 17 February, 2015

Greetings all,

On Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19, Meta House is hosting a series of screenings of Cambodia documentaries from the 80s and 90s, presented personally, with Q&A sessions, by filmmaker David A. Feingold. Waiting for Cambodia, and Return to Year Zero? screen on Wednesday, then Inside the Khmer Rouge and Silent Sentinels, Coward’s War on Thursday – both nights commence at 7 pm.
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In Siem Reap on Thursday 19, the fortnightly participatory Spoken Arts night at KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited from 8pm.
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On Friday 20 at 6 pm, Meta House presents the opening of Khmer, A Portrait, an exhibition by Canadian photographer Blair McDougall. He writes: “I wanted to isolate the subject but still maintain a subtle connection to their surroundings. I feel that this allows the viewer to create a narrative of their own in most cases which, by default (I think), makes it more interesting and/or personal.”
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At Meta House on Saturday 21 at 7 pm is a screening of the 2014 documentaryAngkor’s Children, a telling of the cultural and artistic renaissance in contemporary Cambodia, focusing on young Cambodian women: a singer of Buddhist poetry, a circus artist and the Messenger Band, a protest singing group formed former garment workers. The evening will feature a Q&A with the artists featured in the film.
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On the afternoon of Sunday 22, a chance to take a cyclo tour of the buildings of major Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann, whose style defines 1960s Phnom Penh architecture, including University buildings and Olympic Stadium. Hosted by Khmer Architecture Tours. $15 per person. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
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While on the topic of Vann Molyvann, an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign has been recently established for The Man Who Built Cambodia, an independent documentary bylittleBIG Films. You can read all about it here. And there’s more about efforts to save the Vann Molyvann legacy here.

To finish the week, a special Chinese New Year concert at Meta House on Sunday 22 at 8 pm, works of Bach and Chopin performed by Steve Retallick (Cello) and Etienne Chenevier (Piano). USD10/USD3. Free wine and soft drinks!
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For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh

fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

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

In brief: new and returning…
Wednesday 18 at 7 pm at Meta House, filmmaker David A. Feingold presents 1980s documentaries Waiting for Cambodia, and Return to Year Zero?
More info

Thursday 19 at 7 pm at Meta House filmmaker David A. Feingold presents 1990s documentaries Inside the Khmer Rouge and Silent Sentinels, Coward’s War.
More info

Thursday 19 at 8 pm, Spoken Arts night at KARMA Café- Bar in Siem Reap.
More info

Friday 20 at 6 pm at Meta House, the opening of Khmer, A Portrait, an exhibition by Canadian photographer Blair McDougall.
More info

Saturday 21 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts a screening of the 2014 documentary Angkor’s Children, a telling of the cultural and artistic renaissance in contemporary Cambodia, focusing on young Cambodian women, plus Q&A with the artists featured in the film.
More info

Sunday 22 at 2.30 pm, a cyclo tour of the buildings of major Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 22 at 8 pm at Meta House, a special Chinese New Year concert featuring the works of Bach and Chopin performed by Steve Retallick (Cello) and Etienne Chenevier (Piano). USD10/USD3. Free wine and soft drinks!
More info

Ongoing….

Meta House presents an installation by artist Ingrid Heuser:Group Picture – holes in people are for breathing or from shooting.
More info

Showbox Gallery presents Faces of India, a photographic exhibition by Kaztet Dee.
More info

Java Café, presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work of Kim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
More info

At the French Institute and spreading all over Phnom Penh until the end of February, PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents a parallel exhibitions: Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, and Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuring many Bangkok and Phnom Penh artists.
More info

Simone Art Café (93 St, Boeung Kak Lake) presents an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh hosts an exhibition, Alive + Hope, by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. Until February 22.

The Teahouse (#32, St 242) presents Collages, a collection of portraits of celebrities by French artist Mario Angel.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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 theNational 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 10 February, 2015

Greetings all,

On Wednesday 11 Java Café’s monthly Open Stage features novelist and singer/songwriter Ma Chanpanha, screenwriter Stephen Row and poet and singer-songwriter Tim Hall. As usual, the evening commences at 6 pm with a writers’ meet-up, with main acts at 7 pm to be followed by a open mic session to close. Note Tim Hall is also performing full concerts, of differing musical stripes, at Meta House on Friday and Java Cafe on Saturday nightMore info

Also on Wednesday 11, at Meta House, the premiere screening of Sao Sopheak’sdocumentary The Beauty and the Beat, featuring the career and work of Chumvan Sodhachivy, known as Belle, a Cambodian contemporary dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. To be followed by Q&A with Chumvan Sodhachivy and Sao Sopheak.
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To be followed at 8 pm, also at Meta House, by a screening of a new documentary,Snow, the story of Ian Woodford, an Australian who spent many years in Cambodia, probably best known for opening the legendary bar Maxine’s on Chruy Changvar. Director Tim Corrigan will hold a Q&A afterwards.
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On Thursday 12, Showbox Gallery presents the opening of Faces of India, a photographic exhibition by Kaztet Dee, images inspired by his love for the country and its people. The exhibition runs only until February 19.More infoFrom Thursday 12 to Sunday 15, Meta House hosts a series of presentations of the best international short films in 2014 via Interfilm Berlin. In particular, on Thursday night from 7 pm, the best films from the 60th edition of Interfilm, including a Q&A with festival director Heinz Hermanns. Check out the Meta House website for details of the Best Short Films from Japan on Saturday evening, and short films for children on Sunday afternoon.
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On Friday 13, Meta House presents a filmmaker talk by Britta Senn, from Dok Lepizig, the prestigious non-fiction and animation film festival, on new trends in documentary cinema in cross media, transmedia and interactive media, such as webdocs, apps, and web native projects. From 5 pm.
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Up in Siem Reap this weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, the Sok San Festival is an epic conglomeration of workshops and performances featuring everything from hula hoops and skateboards to African drumming and kite flying.  Two days of exuberance.

Also out of town, a new fundraising project has been launched for the Kampot Arts and Music Association, a new effort by Julien Poulson of the Cambodian Space Project to build a performing arts centre in Kampot. You can find out more and contribute here and get details in preparation for the opening party here.

A new website has been launched for Phnom Penh resident Frederikke Tu, a professional artist from Denmark. Frederikke works full time creating artwork, including oil, acrylic, watercolor paintings, photography, animation and digital media.

For a more 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.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list. We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…
Wednesday 11 Java Café’s monthly Open Stage features novelist and singer/songwriter Ma Chanpanha, screenwriter Stephen Row and poet and singer-songwriter Tim Hall. As usual, the evening commences at 6 pm with a writers’ meet-up, with main acts at 7 pm to be followed by a open mic session to close.
More infoWednesday 11, 7 pm at Meta House, the premiere screening of Sao Sopheak’sdocumentary The Beauty and the Beat, featuring the career and work of Chumvan Sodhachivy, known as Belle, a Cambodian contemporary dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. To be followed by Q&A with Chumvan Sodhachivy and Sao Sopheak.
More info

Wednesday 11, 8 pm at Meta House, by a screening of a new documentary,Snow, the story of Ian Woodford. Director Tim Corrigan will hold a Q&A afterwards.
More infoThursday 12, 6 pm, Showbox Gallery presents the opening of Faces of India, a photographic exhibition by Kaztet Dee.
More infoThursday 12 to Sunday 15, Meta House hosts a series of presentations of the best international short films in 2014 via Interfilm Berlin. Check out the Meta House website for the range of sessions.
More info

Friday 13 at 5 pm Meta House presents a filmmaker talk by Britta Senn, from Dok Lepizig, the prestigious non-fiction and animation film festival, on new trends in documentary cinema.
More info

Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, in Siem Reap, two days of exuberance at the Sok San Festival.
More info

Ongoing….

Meta House presents an installation by artist Ingrid Heuser:Group Picture – holes in people are for breathing or from shooting.
More info

Java Café, presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work of Kim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
More info

At the French Institute and spreading all over Phnom Penh until the end of February, PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents a parallel exhibitions: Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, and Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuring many Bangkok and Phnom Penh artists.
More info

Simone Art Café (93 St, Boeung Kak Lake) presents an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh hosts an exhibition, Alive + Hope, by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. Until February 22.

The Teahouse (#32, St 242) presents Collages, a collection of portraits of celebrities by French artist Mario Angel.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February. More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.

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 1995-2009. 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 theNational 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 3 February, 2015

Greetings all,

Tonight, Tuesday 3, Meta House presents a German-Cambodian art night. At 6 pm the opening of an installation by artist Ingrid Heuser: Group Picture – holes in people are for breathing or from shooting, which “features 30 human shaped figures, made of paper – live-sized, movable, vulnerable and dotted with small holes – like shadow puppets.”
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Then at 8 pm, also Tuesday 3, Meta House hosts a DVD-extras kind of night to celebrate the Cambodian premiere last weekend of the documentary Cambodian Son, in the presence of its subject, the poet Kosal Khiev, and filmmaker Masahiro Sugano. The evening will include screenings of unreleased footage and an internationally networked Q&A.
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The rest of the week is dominated by events to wind up the first week of PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Note that many exhibitions around the city remain open through the month of February. For full details see the festival website. Here is a sample of what’s on this week:

Tuesday 3 at 6.30 pm, opening of the exhibition Femmes photographes, at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, featuring Harit Srikao, Katharina Lepic, Shen Chao-Liang and Alban Lécuyer.
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Wednesday 4 at 6.30 pm: Intersection, at the French Institute, the presentation of a project involving Cambodian and international photographers in dialogue over the city of Phnom Penh. Screening and discussion with Caleb Ming, Harit Srikao, Shen Chao-Liang, EmericLhuisset, Vannak Khun, Neak Sophal, Serey Kith, and Chung Uong Chhor (Gio).
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Also on Wednesday 4 from 6.30 pm, a concert with music from Tamaraka in the garden of the French Institute, which will include a screening of a PhotoPhnomPenhretrospective.
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Then up in Siem Reap on Thursday 5, the fortnightly participatory Spoken Arts night is on at KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited from 8pm.
More info

For a change of pace, Khmer Architecture Tours are offering two public cyclo tours this month: Central Phnom Penh on Sunday 8 and the New Khmer Architecture of Vann Molyvann on Sunday 22. Meet at the Post Office at 8.30 am. $15 per person including transport. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

For a more musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guideLengPleng.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 3 at 6 pm, Meta House presents an installation by artist Ingrid HeuserGroup Picture – holes in people are for breathing or from shooting.
More info

Tuesday 3 at 8 pm, Meta House hosts a DVD-extras kind of night to celebrate the Cambodian premiere last weekend of the documentary Cambodian Son, in the presence of its subject, the poet Kosal Khiev, and filmmaker Masahiro Sugano.
More info

Tuesday 3 at 6.30 pm, opening of the exhibition Femmes photographes, at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, featuring Harit Srikao, Katharina Lepic, Shen Chao-Liang and Alban Lécuyer.
More info

Wednesday 4 at 6.30 pm: Intersection, at the French Institute, the presentation of a project involving Cambodian and international photographers in dialogue over the city of Phnom Penh. Screening and discussion with Caleb Ming, Harit Srikao, Shen Chao-Liang, EmericLhuisset, Vannak Khun, Neak Sophal, Serey Kith, and Chung Uong Chhor (Gio).
More info

Wednesday 4 from 6.30 pm, a concert with music from Tamaraka in the garden of theFrench Institute, which will include a screening of a PhotoPhnomPenh retrospective.
More info

Thursday 5, the fortnightly participatory Spoken Arts Siem Reap at KARMA Café- Bar. From 8pm.
More info

Sunday 8 Khmer Architecture cyclo tour: Central Phnom Penh. Meet at the Post Office at 8.30 am. $15 per person including transport. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Ongoing….
Showbox Gallery (#11, St 330, Tuol Sleng) presents The City. Featured artists include Peter Klashorst, David Holliday, Kosal Khiev, Conrad Keely, and Bernadette Vincent. Runs until the February 10.
More info

Java Café, presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work of Kim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
More info

Meta House hosts Save the change? Evolution from Student to Designer, an exhibition showcasing the work of 14 Limkokwing University graduating students in professional design.
More info

At the French Institute and spreading all over Phnom Penh until the end of February, PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents a parallel exhibitions: Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, and Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuring many Bangkok and Phnom Penh artists.
More info

Simone Art Café (93 St, Boeung Kak Lake) presents an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh hosts an exhibition,Alive + Hope, by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. Until February 22.

The Teahouse (#32, St 242) presents Collages, a collection of portraits of celebrities by French artist Mario Angel.
More info

Meta House presents a showcase of the latest painting graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts: Sou Kimsan, Chheng Kimhong, Mom Tola, Im Pisey, Pang Darin, Sum Samnang, Thun Dina, Tep Chanthy, Yi Sophanith, and Uy Sopheaktra.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February. More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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 theNational 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 27 January, 2015

Greetings all,

Tonight, Tuesday 27 at 7.30 pm, Java Café presents From the Atomic Bomb to Exiles: Creating Modern Fables, a talk by filmmaker Masahiro Sugano (who recently completed the eagerly awaited Kosal Kiev documentary Cambodian Son), “delving deep into his own personal histories … his motivations and process as a filmmaker—as a father, a husband and Japanese.”

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On Wednesday 28, a new Conrad Keely-curated exhibition, The City, opens at Showbox Gallery (#11, St 330, Tuol Sleng). “This exhibit seeks to explore the theme of urban living and its complexities – beautiful and ugly, real and imaginary.” Featured artists include Peter Klashorst, David Holliday, Kosal Kiev, Conrad Keely, and Bernadette Vincent. Champagne and fingerfood from 6 pm upstairs at the gallery. Runs until the February 10.
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Also on Wednesday 28, at 6.30 pm, Java Café upstairs presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work of Kim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
More info

On Friday 30 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts Save the change? Evolution from Student to Designer, an exhibition showcasing the work of 14 Limkokwing University graduating students in professional design, including videos, animation, typography, graphic design, and photography. The night will include participatory activity with the students.
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From Saturday 31 – continuing until the end of February – is PhotoPhnomPenh 2015, which this year features the work of around 20 Cambodian and international photographers, exhibited at ten venues across the city. The opening on Saturday night features a mass tuk-tuk tour of venue spaces (Bophana Center, Java Café, La Plantation, X-Em La Galerie,Romeet Gallery, and Chinese House) – beginning at the French Institute at 2.30 pm. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
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Bophana Center’s Cine Saturday this week is a 29 minute documentary, Cambodia’s other lost city: French Colonial Phnom Penh, that traces the influence of the colonial period on the architecture, planning and aesthetics of Phnom Penh. English language version. 5 pm start.
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Also on Saturday 31, SaSa Bassac presents a double opening of exhibitions curated by Roger Nelson. Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, commences with an artist talk at 5 pm. Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuringOrawan Arunrak, Makha Sanewong Na Ayuthaya, Tada Hengsapkul, Khvay Samnang,Pen Sereypagna, Pinaree Sanpitak (with Seng Simouy and Sok Chanrado), Jakkai Siributr, Imhathai Suwatthanaslip, and Tith Kanitha, will include an artist talk by four Bangkok artists at 7 pm. In between, at 6 pm, is the official opening for both exhibitions.
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For those who recall the contemporary art/history exhibition Jorng Jam at Bophana Center during the Our City Festival last year, this on-going project has established a Facebook page –www.facebook.com/JorngJam – and is celebrating the news that Jorng Jam II will take place this May in Brisbane, Australia, with the original creative team collaborating with the local Cambodian community, thanks to funding from Arts Queensland.

For a more musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guideLengPleng.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.com and 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 27 at 7.30 pm at Java Café, From the Atomic Bomb to Exiles: Creating Modern Fables, a talk by filmmaker Masahiro Sugano (Cambodian Son), “delving deep into his own personal histories … his motivations and process as a filmmaker—as a father, a husband and Japanese.”
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Wednesday 28 from 6 pm at Showbox Gallery (#11, St 330, Tuol Sleng), a new Conrad Keely-curated exhibition, The City. Featured artists include Peter Klashorst, David Holliday,Kosal Kiev, Conrad Keely, and Bernadette Vincent. Runs until the February 10.
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Wednesday 28 at 6.30 pm at Java Café, presents Unity, the celebrated photographic work ofKim Hak, “an intimate and emotional portrayal of a country mourning the death of its former King Sihanouk.”
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Friday 30 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts Save the change? Evolution from Student to Designer, an exhibition showcasing the work of 14 Limkokwing University graduating students in professional design.
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Saturday 31 from 2.30 pm, commencing at the French Institute and spreading all over the city until the end of February, PhotoPhnomPenh 2015. Check out the wide ranging programme at the website: http://ppp.institutfrancais-cambodge.com.
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Saturday 31, 5 pm at Bophana Centre for Cine Saturday, Cambodia’s other lost city: French Colonial Phnom Penh, a documentary on influence of the colonial period on the architecture, planning and aesthetics of Phnom Penh.
More info

Saturday 31 from 5 pm, double exhibition opening at SaSa Bassac. Day by Day, by Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, and Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh, featuring many Bangkok and Phnom Penh artists. Artist talks at 5 pm and 7 pm, official openings at 6 pm.
More info

Ongoing….
 

Simone Art Café (93 St, Boeung Kak Lake) presents an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh hosts an exhibition, Alive + Hope, by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. Until February 22.

The Teahouse (#32, St 242) presents Collages, a collection of portraits of celebrities by French artist Mario Angel.
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Meta House presents a showcase of the latest painting graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts: Sou Kimsan, Chheng Kimhong, Mom Tola, Im Pisey, Pang Darin, Sum Samnang, Thun Dina, Tep Chanthy, Yi Sophanith, and Uy Sopheaktra.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong,Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s newCommunity Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February. More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.

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 1995-2009. 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 20 January, 2015

Greetings all,

Tonight, Tuesday 20, Meta House presents an evening with Thierry Cruvellier, author of The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer, an account of the life of Kaing Guek Eav, a.k.a Duch, culminating in his trial at the ECCC in 2009. Two documentaries about S21 will be presented at 7 pm, followed by a presentation on the book, the ECCC, and covering war crimes tribunals. The English translation of this excellent book is now available, and will be available for purchase.
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On Wednesday 21 comes the monthly poetry event Open Stage at Java Cafe, featuring Kim Philley, Chath Piersath, and Kosal Khiev. As ever, the evening commences with a writers meet up at 6 pm, performances at 7 pm, and then an open mic to follow.
More info

Also on Wednesday 21 at 7 pm, the opening of an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic, at Simone Art Café, 93 St, Boeung Kak Lake.
More info

On the morning of Thursday 22, spacemaker Dipika Kohli presents Self: a workshop on memoir writing, a chance to look into writing your life story, examine your narrative and your themes. Get in quick: numbers for the two hour event are limited.
More info

In Siem Reap on Thursday 22 is the fortnightly Spoken Arts Siem Reap night, which has a new home at KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited from 8pm.
More info

Also on Thursday 22, Alive + Hope opens at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh, an exhibition by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. The show runs to February 22.

On Friday 23 at 7 pm, Meta House presents the premiere of a new Cambodian documentary, Rubber in a Rice Bowl, looking at the impact of the rubber boom in rural Cambodia. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Amaury Peeters, Suon Seng and Chay Keartha, the researchers involved in the production of the documentary.
More info
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On Friday 23 at 6 pm, Bophana Center presents an artists talk by painter Roeun Sokhom, focused on his recent exhibition focusing on French colonial buildings in Battambang.
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At Bophana Center’s regular Cine Saturday this weekend, filmmaker Sao Sopheak will present the screening of three short films: Survival Final Master; The Quiet Movement; and Ready for Change. A Q&A will follow. 5 pm start.
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On Sunday 25 between 9 am and 11 am, Wat Ounalom (northern end of Sothearos Blvd), hosts a performance of traditional Khmer instruments by a group of musicians led by Min Bona. Various instruments will also be on display until 5 pm. For more information, call 070 692 379 or 092 721 321.

On Sunday 25 at 8pm, Meta House and The Piano Shop present Telemania, a concert performance of the works of Telemann and Pisendel, featuring the violin of Markus Gundermann and the flute of Anton Isselhardt. $10/$3. Look out for the 2015 concert programme to be released next week.
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Show Box gallery is shortly hosting a group exhibit, The City, being curated by Conrad Keely. “This exhibit seeks to explore the theme of urban living and its complexities – beautiful and ugly, real and imaginary. We invite the artists of Phnom Penh to put their talents to the challenge of illustrating what this, our urban landscape, means to them.” To contribute to the show, please contact Conrad Keely or Carla at Show Box.
More info

For a more 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.com and 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 20 at 7 pm at Meta House presents an evening with Thierry Cruvellier, author of The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer, an account of the life of Kaing Guek Eav, a.k.a Duch, culminating in his trial at the ECCC in 2009.
More info

Wednesday 21 at Java Café, monthly poetry event Open Stage at Java Cafe, featuring Kim Philley, Chath Piersath, and Kosal Khiev. Writers meet up at 6 pm, performances at 7 pm, and then an open mic to follow.
More info

Wednesday 21 at 7 pm, the opening of an exhibition by street artist Anthea Missy, Holographic, at Simone Art Café, 93 St, Boeung Kak Lake.
More info

Thursday 22, spacemaker Dipika Kohli presents Self: a workshop on memoir writing, a chance to look into writing your life story, examine your narrative and your themes.
More info

Thursday 22 at 8 pm, the fortnightly Spoken Arts Siem Reap night at KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited .
More info

Thursday 22, Alive + Hope opens at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Phnom Penh, an exhibition by photographer Kim Hak, in partnership with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE. The show runs to February 22.

Friday 23 at 6 pm, Bophana Center presents an artists talk by painter Roeun Sokhom, focused on his recent exhibition focusing on French colonial buildings in Battambang.
More info

Friday 23 at 7 pm, Meta House presents the premiere of a new Cambodian documentary, Rubber in a Rice Bowl, looking at the impact of the rubber boom in rural Cambodia. Q&A session to follow.
More info
Even more info

Saturday 24 at 5 pm at Bophana Center, filmmaker Sao Sopheak will present the screening of three short films: Survival Final Master; The Quiet Movement; and Ready for Change. A Q&A will follow.
More info

Sunday 25 between 9 am and 11 am, Wat Ounalom (northern end of Sothearos Blvd), hosts a performance of traditional Khmer instruments. For more information, call 070 692 379 or 092 721 321.

Sunday 25 at 8pm, Meta House and The Piano Shop present Telemania, a concert performance of the works of Telemann and Pisendel. $10/$3.
More info

Ongoing….
Meta House presents a showcase of the latest painting graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts: Sou Kimsan, Chheng Kimhong, Mom Tola, Im Pisey, Pang Darin, Sum Samnang, Thun Dina, Tep Chanthy, Yi Sophanith, and Uy Sopheaktra.
More info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Bophana Center hosts an exhibition of watercolours by Roeun Sokhom, Old Building: French Period. The paintings focus on colonial era buildings in the artist’s home town of Battambang, their place and variety of roles within the city today. The exhibition will run through to the end of January, and will include an artists talk on Friday 23 January.
More info

Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. Until the end of January.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February. More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 13 January, 2015

Greetings all,Tonight, Tuesday 13 at 6 pm, Meta House presents a showcase of the of the latest painting graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts: Sou Kimsan, Chheng Kimhong, Mom Tola, Im Pisey, Pang Darin, Sum Samnang, Thun Dina, Tep Chanthy, Yi Sophanith, and Uy Sopheaktra. The exhibition will features ten new works, including several larger pieces.
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In Siem Reap on Thursday 15, McDermott Gallery Old Market hosts the opening of Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet. The work is inspired by the people and countryside of the local area, their tales and beliefs. The fun starts at 6.30 pm, the show runs until April 15th.
More info

On Thursday 15 at Elephant Bar, Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh, jazz pianist Mathias Aspelin and space-maker Dipika Kohli host a conversation installation entitled Math + Jazz, an opportunity to explore unexpected linkages. 6 pm start.
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On Sunday 18 between 4.30 pm and 7.30 pm at the White Building, Sa Sa Art Projects presents Bassac Genealogy, an open studio with Pen Sereypagna and students of architecture from Royal University of Fine Arts, and Parsons, the New School For Design, New York. The project examines the Bassac area of Phnom Penh from an urban/historical/community perspective.
More info

Also on Sunday, at 8 pm, Meta House hosts a screening of This is Sanlitun, a 2013 comedy feature film about Beijing and its people. The film is presented by scriptwriter and actor Carlos Ottery, who will participate in a Q&A session afterwards.
More info

Coming up at the end of January, 2015 Photo Phnom Penh, a city-wide festival of photography under the auspices of L’institut Francais, with a range of activities and sites.
More info
For a more 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.com and 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 13 at 6 pm, Meta House presents a showcase of the of the latest painting graduates from the Royal University of Fine Arts: Sou Kimsan, Chheng Kimhong, Mom Tola, Im Pisey, Pang Darin, Sum Samnang, Thun Dina, Tep Chanthy, Yi Sophanith, and Uy Sopheaktra.
More infoThursday 15 at 6.30 pm, McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the opening of Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

Thursday 15 at 6 pm, at Elephant Bar, Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh, jazz pianist Mathias Aspelin and space-maker Dipika Kohli host a conversation installation entitled Math + Jazz, an opportunity to explore unexpected linkages.
More info

Sunday 18, 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm at the White Building, Sa Sa Art Projects presents Bassac Genealogy, an open studio with Pen Sereypagna and students of architecture from Royal University of Fine Arts, and Parsons, the New School For Design, New York.
More info

Sunday 18 at 8 pm, Meta House hosts a screening of This is Sanlitun, presented by scriptwriter and actor Carlos Ottery, plus Q&A.
More info
Ongoing….
Bophana Center hosts an exhibition of watercolours by Roeun Sokhom, Old Building: French Period. The paintings focus on colonial era buildings in the artist’s home town of Battambang, their place and variety of roles within the city today. The exhibition will run through to the end of January, and will include an artists talk on Friday 23 January.
More info

Romeet Gallery
presents Characters of my Inner Tales, by Battambang artist Mil Chankrim: “a personal vision of Cambodia’s trauma emerges, engaging with the impact of age to face the injuries and emotions of the past.”
More infoAt Meta House, an exhibition featuring new works from students at RUFA, the Royal University of Fine Arts.
More infoAlso at Meta House, a computer art exhibition by Italian artist Enrico Gaveglia entitled KIKONTHEROAD.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Hotel Phnom Penh presents Romhaur, a new photographic exhibition by Battambang based artist Loeum Lorn. The exhibition runs until January 16.

Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. Until the end of January.
More info

At the 1961 Coworking and Art Space in Siem Reap, a new presentation of The Buddhist Bug, the latest stop in a travelling life for this semi-autobiographical narrative work of artist Anida Yoeu Ali. Until January 20.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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

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Kumnooh: weekly arts guide for Cambodia, week commencing 6 January 2015

Greetings all,

Wednesday 7 at 7 pm, Meta House presents a screening of a new film, Scars of Cambodia, part of a cross-media art project by photographer Emilie Arfeuil and director Alexandre Liebert. In this spare film, without use of speech, Tut, a survivor of the regime recounts his experiences as a teenager during the Khmer Rouge period. Q&A will follow.
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0701 7PM SCARS_01

Returning to the Siem Reap calendar this week on Thursday 8 is the fortnightly Spoken Arts Siem Reap, with a new venue: KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited from 8pm.
More info

On Friday 9 and Saturday 10, Bophana Center hosts a symposium entitled Time, Space, Voice: Phnom Penh’s White Building, covering urban space, politics law, art and geography, via architectural, artistic and activist approaches. The event is part of architect and urbanist Pen Sereypagna’s research residency in the White Building, hosted by Sa Sa Art Projects. Friday 12:30 pm to 5.30 pm; Saturday 9:30 am to 1 pm.
More info
Even more info

Friday 9 at 9 pm, Meta House presents a selection of experimental film and video by 9999 Arts Group, that has been playing Gothic Lounge music and showing films at venues as varied as the legendary CBGB’s in New York City, to roadhouses in Kansas, to art galleries in East Berlin.
More info

On Saturday 10, 2 pm at Bophana Center, Cineclub presents a screening (title to be announced later) hosted by Cambodian-French director Davy Chou, to be followed by discussion in Khmer and English.
More info

Saturday 10 from 9 pm is the eighth birthday party for Meta House, leading Phnom Penh arts space established back in 2007 by German filmmaker Nico Mesterharm. The evening will feature a DJ show from the Kimchi Collective, video art, an hour of free beer and other surprises. Drop in to congratulate Nico and the team on eight years of pioneering work.
More info

On Sunday 11, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo, a historical tour of Phnom Penh buildings. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org. Meet at the Post Office, 8:30 am.
More info

Sunday 11 at 8 pm, Meta House hosts an Overseas Press Club of Cambodia presentation of Finding Vivian Maier, a new documentary about a mysterious woman now recognised as a great 20th century street photographer.
More info

For a more 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.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list. We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…
Wednesday 7 at 7 pm, Meta House Scars of Cambodia, part of a cross-media art project by photographer Emilie Arfeuil and director Alexandre Liebert. Q&A will follow.
More info

Thursday 8 at 8 pm is Spoken Arts Siem Reap, with a new venue: KARMA Café- Bar. Poets, performers, MCs, musicians and people with ears are invited.
More info

Friday 9 (12:30 pm to 5.30 pm) and Saturday 10 (9:30 am to 1 pm), Bophana Center hosts a symposium entitled Time, Space, Voice: Phnom Penh’s White Building, covering urban space, politics law, art and geography, via architectural, artistic and activist approaches.
More info
Even more info

Friday 9 at 9 pm, Meta House presents a selection of experimental film and video by 9999 Arts Group.
More info

Saturday 10 at 2 pm, Bophana Center, Cineclub presents a screening (title to be announced later) hosted by Cambodian-French director Davy Chou, to be followed by discussion in Khmer and English.
More info

Saturday 10 from 9 pm, the eighth birthday party for Meta House, leading Phnom Penh arts space, to feature a DJ show from the Kimchi Collective, video art, an hour of free beer and other surprises.
More info

Sunday 11 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo, a historical tour of Phnom Penh buildings. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 11 at 8 pm, Meta House hosts an Overseas Press Club of Cambodia presentation of Finding Vivian Maier, a new documentary about a mysterious woman now recognised as a great 20th century street photographer.
More info

Ongoing….
Bophana Center hosts an exhibition of watercolours by Roeun Sokhom, Old Building: French Period. The paintings focus on colonial era buildings in the artist’s home town of Battambang, their place and variety of roles within the city today. The exhibition will run through to the end of January, and will include an artists talk on Friday 23 January.
More info

Romeet Gallery
presents Characters of my Inner Tales, by Battambang artist Mil Chankrim: “a personal vision of Cambodia’s trauma emerges, engaging with the impact of age to face the injuries and emotions of the past.”
More infoAt Meta House, an exhibition featuring new works from students at RUFA, the Royal University of Fine Arts.
More info

Also at Meta House, a computer art exhibition by Italian artist Enrico Gaveglia entitled KIKONTHEROAD.
More info

The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Hotel Phnom Penh presents Romhaur, a new photographic exhibition by Battambang based artist Loeum Lorn. The exhibition runs until January 16.

Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. Until the end of January.
More info

At the 1961 Coworking and Art Space in Siem Reap, a new presentation of The Buddhist Bug, the latest stop in a travelling life for this semi-autobiographical narrative work of artist Anida Yoeu Ali. Until January 20.
More info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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

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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 30 December, 2014

Seasons greetings all,

Enjoy the quiet: it all gets busy again soon.

For a more 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.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list. We are only as good as the information we receive.

Ongoing….
Bophana Center hosts an exhibition of watercolours by Roeun Sokhom, Old Building: French Period. The paintings focus on colonial era buildings in the artist’s home town of Battambang, their place and variety of roles within the city today. The exhibition will run through to the end of January, and will include an artists talk on Friday 23 January.
More info

Romeet Gallery
presents Characters of my Inner Tales, by Battambang artist Mil Chankrim: “a personal vision of Cambodia’s trauma emerges, engaging with the impact of age to face the injuries and emotions of the past.”
More info

At Meta House, an exhibition featuring new works from students at RUFA, the Royal University of Fine Arts.
More info

Also at Meta House, a computer art exhibition by Italian artist Enrico Gaveglia entitled KIKONTHEROAD.
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The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Hotel Phnom Penh presents Romhaur, a new photographic exhibition by Battambang based artist Loeum Lorn. The exhibition runs until January 16.

Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. Until the end of January.
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At the 1961 Coworking and Art Space in Siem Reap, a new presentation of The Buddhist Bug, the latest stop in a travelling life for this semi-autobiographical narrative work of artist Anida Yoeu Ali. Until January 20.
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At the Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation, Expression Libre, a collection of 20 untitled paintings by Denis Laurent.
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The TeaHouse (#32 Street 242) presents Lotus Inspiration by Sino-Lao artist Teck. Until January 4.
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Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
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Institute français presents The Silent Life, a exhibition of works by French artists Chloé Jarry and Adrien Guigon, who are sharing a one-month creative residency in Cambodia, along with work produced by students from the Royal University of Fine Arts. Until December 31.
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Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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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 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex 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. 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 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
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Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 16 December, 2014

Greetings all,The busy week starts tonight, Tuesday 16, at Meta House at 6 pm, with the opening of an exhibition featuring new works from students at RUFA, the Royal University of Fine Arts, notably Im Pesey, Nhem Sopheap and Thun Dina, winners of the Cambodian Fine Art Contest 2013.
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On Wednesday 17 at 6.30 pm, the Institute Francais and the Sipar Association present an evening with French author Marie Desplechin. “She will trace her experiences in writing, and discuss the topic of intergenerational transmission, which remains central in many of her journalistic and literary works.” The discussion will be in French, with simultaneous interpretation into Khmer and English.
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Also on Wednesday 17 at Meta House, from 6 pm, the opening of a computer art exhibition by Italian artist Enrico Gaveglia entitled KIKONTHEROAD, digital images reflecting experiences, memories and encounters with extraordinary people while working in post-conflict countries around the world.
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On Thursday 18 at Bophana Center from 6 pm, Sa Sa Bassac presents an artist talk by Cambodian-Israeli photographer, Kep Tomer. “His photographic practice is meticulous in composition, and approaches subjects relating to his family history, thus identity and questions of belonging, place and home are central.” In English with simultaneous Khmer translation.
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Also on Thursday 18, from 6 pm, at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Hotel Phnom Penh, the opening of Romhaur, a new photographic exhibition by Battambang based artist Loeum Lorn, who uses the melting of coloured ice as a metaphor for life and change. The exhibition runs until January 16.

On Friday 19 from 6.30 pm, Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. “I created an enjoyment from my face’s outstanding characteristics. I would like to make them look strange like a kind of weirdo to let the audiences wonder.” Until the end of January.
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At Meta House on Saturday 20 at 7 pm, the screening of Davy Chou’s new short film Cambodia 2099, set on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh, featuring a Q&A with the director, to be followed at 7.30 pm by his 2011 feature length documentary Golden Slumbers on the Cambodian cinema of the 60s and 70s.
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For Cine Saturday at Bophana Center this week, a screening of A Bend In The River, by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, a dramatic performance with pin peat music by the Khmer Art Academy, performing at The Joyce Theater, New York in 2013. This performance tells the story of a beautiful girl, Kaley, whose entire family is devoured by a crocodile, and whose spirit is reborn in the form of a magic
crocodile; strong enough to kill her enemy in the next life.
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Up in Siem Reap at the 1961 Coworking and Art Space from Sunday 21, a new presentation of The Buddhist Bug, the latest stop in a travelling life for this semi-autobiographical narrative work of artist Anida Yoeu Ali. The exhibition, curated by Dana Langlois, includes photographs, videos and an installation, and will run to January 20. “Siem Reap is the perfect site for an encounter with The Bug set against Cambodia’s iconic sites of rice fields, decaying colonial structures, ancient temples and tropical horizons.”
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For a more musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

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In brief: new and returning…
Tuesday 16 at 6 pm at Meta House, the opening of an exhibition featuring new works from students at RUFA, the Royal University of Fine Arts.
More info

Wednesday 17 at 6.30 pm, the Institute Francais and the Sipar Association present an evening with French author Marie Desplechin. In French, with simultaneous interpretation into Khmer and English.
More info
Even more info

Wednesday 17 at 6 pm at Meta House, from 6 pm, the opening of a computer art exhibition by Italian artist Enrico Gaveglia entitled KIKONTHEROAD.
More info

Thursday 18 at 6 pm at Bophana Center, Sa Sa Bassac presents an artist talk by Cambodian-Israeli photographer, Kep Tomer. In English with simultaneous Khmer interpretation.
More info

Thursday 18 from 6 pm at The Insider Gallery at the InterContinental Hotel Phnom Penh, the opening of Romhaur, a new photographic exhibition by Battambang based artist Loeum Lorn. The exhibition runs until January 16.

Friday 19 from 6.30 pm, Chinese House presents an exhibition of painted self portraits by Thai artist Popkapi: Weirdo Me. Until the end of January.
More info

Saturday 20 at 5 pm at Bophana Center, a screening of A Bend In The River, by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, a dramatic performance with pin peat music by the Khmer Art Academy, performing at The Joyce Theater, New York in 2013.
More info

Saturday 20 at 7 pm at Meta House, the screening of Davy Chou’s new short film Cambodia 2099, featuring a Q&A, to be followed at 7.30 pm by his 2011 feature length documentary Golden Slumbers.
More info

From Sunday 21 at the 1961 Coworking and Art Space in Siem Reap, a new presentation of The Buddhist Bug, the latest stop in a travelling life for this semi-autobiographical narrative work of artist Anida Yoeu Ali. Until January 20.
More info

Ongoing….

At the Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation, Expression Libre, a collection of 20 untitled paintings by Denis Laurent.
More info

The TeaHouse (#32 Street 242) presents Lotus Inspiration by Sino-Lao artist Teck. Until January 4.
More info
Even more info

Phnom Penh: City of Grids, featuring work by Sopheap Pich, Sokhorn Meas, Vollak Kong, Kimhong Chheng, and Sophal Neak, is the first exhibition at The Asia Foundation’s new Community Art Gallery at #59, Street 242. The show runs until the end of February.
More info

At Romeet Gallery, an exhibition of two new major installation works by Battambang based artist Srey Bandaul. Under the Sarong examines gender relationships in Cambodian society; Site 2 revisits a Thai border refugee camp.
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Institute français presents The Silent Life, a exhibition of works by French artists Chloé Jarry and Adrien Guigon, who are sharing a one-month creative residency in Cambodia, along with work produced by students from the Royal University of Fine Arts.
More info

Lightbox, in Kampot, hosts Move Kampuchea, featuring photographic portraits, with local students of Mayibuye Cambodia acting as photographers and subjects, in a large-scale, black & white format is produced collaboration with international street art initiative, the Inside Out Project. Currently open by appointment: please contact Katharina at k.glynne [ at ] lightboxart.org to visit.
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 1995-2009. 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
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