GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL @ META HOUSE
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Art & Film Fans!
We are pleased to invite for the opening of our
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL @ META HOUSE
in cooperation with Goethe Institute Jakarta
on Thursday, 2nd of August, 7PM - FREE ADMISSION.
We are screening the highly accclaimed German feature film
STATUS YO (2004, German O-Version with English Subtitles) from the streets of Berlin: In the course of one day and one night we experience an enraged father, an embarrassing video shoot with a bitchy pop star, a violent brother, a sister in love and her desperate boyfriend, dangerous beef with weird drug dealers, the biggest party in town, the best break dancers and the coolest fistfight in the history of movies: AND, OF COURSE, A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC!!!!
Please be our guest - also for the following features and documentaries, that represent the best of German contemporary filmmaking.
THIS WEEKEND (3rd - 5th August):
Friday, 03/08/07, 7PM "FROM HERE TO HOME"
Documentary: A rubbish truck road movie full of longing and small adventures. Director: Thomas Adebahr and Andrea Zimmermann
Saturday, 04/08/07, 7PM "PEPPER" *
Documentary by Janina Moebius: The trade with the black gold –
a spicy tale of globalization…
Sunday, 05/08/07, 7PM "WHATZ UP?"
Documentary: A longitudinal study of four youths
whose parents left Morocco, Tunisia, Albania and Turkey
to live in Cologne. Director: Bettina Braun
NEXT WEEK (6th - 11th August):
Monday, 06/08/07, 7PM "AUGUST SANDER"
Documentary: The work of German photographer August Sander (1876-1964)
was a decisive influence on the history of art and photography. Director: Rainer Holzemer
Tuesday, 07/08/07, 7PM: "THE CROCODILES OF THE WANDAOGO FAMILY"
Documentary: Each year Kaddi Wandago travels with her parents Britta and Salif to Bukina Faso, her father's homeland. A personal statement
on the explosive subject of bi-national families and culture – directed by Britta Wandaogo
Wednesday, 08/08/07, 7PM: "SCHILLER"
Feature film: An impressive biopic directed by Martin Weinhart, starring Matthias Schweighoefer in a brilliant performance about the famous poet and thinker
Thursday, 09/08/07, 7PM: "THE RAPOPORTS – OUR THREE LOVES"
Documentary about an exceptional couple entangled in the political systems of the 20th century – featuring American folk singer Pete Seeger. Director: Sissi Huetlin and Britta Wauer
Friday, 10/08/07, 7PM "RETURN OF THE TUEDELBAND"
Documentary film about Ludwig and Leopold Wolf, two of the most popular entertainers in Hamburg in the early 20th century. A descendant from the USA, hip hop musician and rapper, follows their tracks. Director: Jens Huckeriede
Saturday, 11/08/07, 7 PM "SCHULZE GETS THE BLUES
Feature Film and a "tender piece of cross culturalism". East German Schultze is a quiet man, recently retired, who suddenly discovers the beauty of zydeco music. Director: Michael Schorr
German Originals with English Subtitles
except * english narration
META HOUSE
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Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
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Meta House Weekend Update
META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 – 224 140, Mobil +855- (0) 12- 607 465
Homepage:
www.meta-house.com, email: mesterharm@gmx.net
Hello from Meta House!
We invite you cordially for two more highly interesting doc film nights
dedicated to OVCs (orphans and vulnerable children) from Cambodia and
Thailand: THIS WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FROM 7PM.
Please join our events, Q&A's and inform yourself also about the upcoming
Meta House (educational & art) projects with/for the Cambodian youth - THE
PEACE PROJECT, the Khmer Hip Hop Team OVC and the VIDEO WORKSHOP/CLASS
together with Pannasastra University and Bophana Center.
Thanks to our partners.
Pls. help us to empower the kids of Cambodia, too.
Kind regards, Nico Mesterharm
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Fri., 27thJuly, 7PM
HEAVEN'S MEADOW
BAAN GERDA is the first children's village in Thailand where HIV-positive
orphans find again a family and a future. They receive the life-prolonging
ARV. "Heaven's Meadow" by German director Detlev Neufert is a moving
documentary about hope – even if there is no cure for AIDS yet. Could BAAN
GERDA become a future model for other countries such as Cambodia????
Sat., 28th July, 7PM
VIDEOPOSTCARDS (NOT ONLY) FROM CAMBODIA
Authentic and amazing: Asian kids record their lifes, wishes and dreams
within the VIDEO POSTCARDS project (facilitated by Darren Swallow): A rugby
team from the Stug Mean Chey dumpsite in Phnom Penh, members of the
circus/art school "Phare Ponleu Selapak" from Battambang meet children from
the "Joshua project" in India….
PLUS + FINE ARTS + COOL MUSIC +
FULL BAR + THAI FOOD + BBQ
On-going art exhibition: HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT
Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien by Bruce Gundersen (USA)
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Next: PEACE PROJECT with Cambodian kids -
opening on 23rd of August
plus KIDS FILM FESTIVAL
Cultural Show by YPD
Cultural show held by Young People for Development (www.ypdnews.info)
21st July 2007
6pm-9pm
At Gasolina, #56/58, Street 57, North of Boeung Keng Kang market,
www.gasolina-cafe.com
YPD is an NGO which focuses on the education and encouragement of young
people to contribute to local, regional and world development through
innovation and shared ideas.
Young people from around the world (France, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines,
Laos, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Sweden to name a
few) will be collaborating to produce a show involving dancing, music and
singing.
The purpose of the event is to raise money for the local YPD team whilst
simultaneously building solidarity through intercultural
awareness, and of course have lots of fun at the same time!
It will be a fabulous evening, so make sure you join us!
Tickets will be on sale at Gasolina, or can be purchased on the door for $3.
[Thanks to Linda for news]
Archaeology & Heritage in Near-East Doura-Europos on the Euphrates
Mardi 24 juillet 2007 / Tuesday 24th of July 2007
Vous êtes cordialement invités à la présentation informelle You are
cordially invited to attend the informal presentation:
Prof. Pierre Leriche
Directeur de Recherche CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique)
ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure) Paris
Archéologie et patrimoine au Proche-Orient
Doura-Europos sur l'Euphrate
Archaeology & Heritage in Near-East
Doura-Europos on the Euphrates
Exploration archéologique, sauvetage monumental et mise en valeur
d'une cité antique en Syrie au travers de la création d'un musée de
site.
Archaeological exploration, monumental preservation and presentation
of an Ancient city in Syria, through the case of a site-museum.
18 h 30, Mardi 24 juillet 2007, au centre de l'EFEO.
Tuesday 24th of July 2007, at 6:30 pm at the EFEO.
Presentation will be in English - La présentation sera en AnglaisEcole Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem ReapP.O. Box 93 300, Siem Reap - Angkor
Phum Beng Don Pa, Khum Slâ Kram, Siem Reap, Cambodge
Tel: (885) (16) 635 037 / (63) 964 630 . Tel/Fax: (855) (63) 964 226
Email:
efeo.angkor@online.com.kh /
efeo.angkor.bib@online.com.kh
Technical freedom and haemorragic diseases
From the 'What's On ' Email List by Mitch Isaacs:
Some news and announcements this week. There's a lot of dengue fever going around this year, take precautions and stay safe! Remember you're at highest risk from daytime mosquitoes - see http://outdoorgenius.com/dengue.html for some details on dengue. I'm now archiving this list online, with some links and stuff as well - see http://outdoorgenius.com. It's not by any means complete - I got bored as I was putting some of it online so I stopped. And if anyone wants a ticket (just one spare) to see the cure in Singapore Aug 1 call Swifty on 092603894.
This week:
** Wednesday 18th **
- Cambodian fashion doll project. (opening)
New Art Gallery, #20 St 9. 012824570.
- Print workshop with Pat Hunsinger. Until Jul 20.
5.30pm, Sala Artspace. #339E2,Sisowath Quay. 012894180.
followed by
- Lecture series, pt 1. Pat Hunsinger and Shari Diamond.
8pm, Sala Artspace
- Australian Business Association Cambodia (ABAC), Sundowners.
6pm, ANZ Royal rooftop. #20 St 114.
** Thursday 19th **
- German Film Nite: SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES (english subtitles).
7pm, Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465
- Screening and discussion: Planète.D. (http://planete.d.free.fr/)
7pm French Cultural Centre. #218 St 184. 023213124.
- Lecture series pt 2. Valentina DuBasky and Denise A. Scott.
8pm, Sala Artspace. #339E2,Sisowath Quay. 012894180.
** Friday 20th **
- 2 x Documentaries: THE FLUTE PLAYER and THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM.
7pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Ayai, Khmer improvising. This art requires fast thinking,good voice, some acting ability and a mastery of Khmer poetry
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Saturday 21st **
- SPIRIT HOUSE: Collaborative Exhibition/Performance. Until end July.
4pm, Khmer Arts Academy (in Takhmao). 012894180
- Cultural show held by Young People for Development ($3)
6pm Gasolina, #56/58, St 57.
- EVERYSOMEWHEREVER shows the "unstill life" of travelling artist Steven Eastaugh (Australia, present at screening).
7pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Latin Rock Band (?)
9pm, FCC. #363 Sisowath Quay. 023724014.
- Black party.
9pm Q Bar, Sothearos Blvd, 092541821.
- Vivaldissimo. A selection of great works by this famous Italien baroque master
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Sunday 22nd **
- Cricket: Pakistan vs the best of the rest.
10am, Boeng Keng Kang High School, Cnr St 360 & 71.
Email or text John johndonn@runbox.com 092967055
** Tuesday 24th **
- Women's Reflections of the Environment, a Global Compilation of Thoughts with Pat Hunsinger
6pm, Sala Artspace. #339E2,Sisowath Quay. 012894180. Until Aug 12.
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And of course a BIG thank you to everyone who let me know about events!
*** Advance notice ***
July 27
- Beer tasting, Monsoon Wine Bar.
July 29
- City of Ghosts Location tour
Cambodian Fashion Doll Project
Cambodian Fashion Doll Project
Exhibition
at New Art Gallery
No. 20, St. 9, next to Phsar Kapko,
Phnom Penh
012-824-570/ 016 386 943
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 from 5-8 PM
The Cambodian Women's Crisis Center and Art in a Box are proud to present the first exhibition of The Cambodian Fashion Doll Project. The project is a collection of unique, one-of-a kind, twodimensional, silk and paper art collages created by the women of CWCC. Celebrating Cambodian women's fashion through both traditional costume and contemporary fashion design, the exhibition reflects the ability of art to heal, transform, empower and delight the human spirit. Each small work of art is on sale for $5.
All proceeds from the exhibition will benefit the women of CWCC.
The Cambodian Women's Crisis Center Established in 1997, the
Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre (CWCC) is a local NGO in Cambodia, with a vision to eliminate gender based violence for equality, peace, development and happiness. Currently with an office and shelter in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Banteay Meanchey province, CWCC provide women with direct services including legal, shelter, vocational training, and counseling.
For further details, please contact CWCC:
Head Office #42F, St. 488, Phsar Doem Thkaov, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel/Fax +855 (0) 23-982-158
Email cwccpnp@cwcc.org.kh
Website www.cwcc.org.kh
Art in a Box is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that partners with people in communities around the world who are facing crisis situations and assists in recovery and empowerment through art and art education. www.artinabox.org
Planète.D
Special evening: screening and discussion
Planète.D
> Thursday, July 19 7pm
> French Cultural Center
> Free admission
> movies have english subtitles
Screening of short films realised by Delphine Million and Damien Artero during their project "Planète D."
« Planète D. is a volunteering world tour on the tandem bike with the camera at hand.
what does it mean?
1. we cycle (clean, quiet, healthy, and utterly non discreet just picture the 3 meters long tandem bike)
2. we volunteer with NGOs in different countries (at least for a month, trying to be really useful)
3. we film, and edit short videos to share our experiences and promote our partners' work (NGOs and associations) ».
It will be possible discuss with Delphine and Damien between each short film.
For more information: http://planete.d.free.fr/
Centre Culturel Français du Cambodge
218 rue Keo Chea (184)
Phnom Penh Cambodge
Tel : 855 (0)23 213 124 / 125
Fax : 855 (0) 721 382
www.ccf-cambodge.org
Bastille Day
Vann Nath Exhibition at Bophana Centre
Survivor of Khmer Rouge torture center chronicles ordeal with paintingsInternational Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/12/arts/AS-A-E-ART-Cambodia-Survivors-Art.phpSurvivor blasts KRTPhnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/TXT/current/stories/1614/surv.htmTag:
Cambodia,
exhibition
Southeast Asian Documentaries
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Art lovers!
These are the interesting SE Asian documentaries
we will screen this weekend, 7PM, on our rooftop:
Fri., 13th of July: ISAN GHOSTS by Robert Millis/USA
+ ISAN POP & FOLK MUSIC by Sublime Frequencies/USA
Sat., 14th of July: BUILDING A DREAM by Nico Mesterharm/GER
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
More infos and our completed July schedule is copied below.
See you soon, with kind regards,
Nico Mesterharm
P.S. Yesterday we successfully opened our new art exhibition "HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT: Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien". by NYC artist Bruce Gundersen. His color photomontages vividly reflect the traditional myths of Southeast Asia using contemporary computer imaging. We invite you to have a look at it Fridays or Saturdays, 6PM to Midnite. For special appointments pls. call….
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DOCFILMS WEEKENDS @ META HOUSE
EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 7PM
Fri., 13th of July: ISAN GHOSTS by Robert Millis/USA
+ ISAN POP & FOLK MUSIC by Sublime Frequencies/USA
Sat., 14th of July: BUILDING A DREAM by Nico Mesterharm/GER
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
Fri., 20th of July: THE FLUTE PLAYER by Jocelyn Glatzer/USA
+ THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM by Chuon Sarin/Cambodia
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
Sat., 21st of July: EVERYSOMEWHEREEVER
(The unstill life of Stephen Eastaugh) by Stephen Eastaugh/Australia
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
Friday, 27th "HEAVEN'S MEADOW" by Detlev Neufert/Germany
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
Sat. 28th of July: LONEGONE by David Eberhardt/USA
and a trailer for the film KORSANG, that is currently shot in Phnom Penh
Filmmaker will be present at the screening…
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MORE INFOS ABOUT OUR JULY FILMS…..
Fri., 13th of July, 7PM: ISAN GHOSTS
Brimming with colour and music "Ghosts of Isan" (director: Robert Millis/USA) documents a unique festival held in a small town in Thailand's Isan province. The film puts the viewer in the middle of the festivities, creating an immersive "you are there" experience featuring masgnificent masks, ornate costumes, phallic charms, ceremony, drinking, dancing and endless addictive Molam music… EXTRA: Video "ISAN Pop Music" (Sublime Frequencies/USA)
Sat., 14th of July, 7PM: BUILDING A DREAM
In February 1999 the German architect Michael Weiss came to Cambodia - fascinated by the ruins of Angkor but moved by the numerous child beggars. Weiss purchased 2.5 ha of land in Phnom Penh. There he is building a children's village, which has been designed by vulnerable children. "Building a Dream" (director: Nico Mesterharm/Germany) is a long-term documentary that follows this unique aid program from its beginning…
Fri., 20th of July, 7PM: THE FLUTE PLAYER
If the Khmer Rouge had not taken over Cambodian in 1975, Arn Chorn-Pond probably would have carried on his family's legacy and become an opera star. Instead, at the age of nine Arn was thrust into the darkness of Cambodia's ghastly Killing Fields. Now, after living in the U.S. for 20 years, Arn faces the dark shadows of his war-torn past as he fights to save Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music from extinction. (Director: Jocelyn Glatzer/USA)
Plus: THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM – short documentary by Chuon Sarin about two groups of puppeteers that were very famous puppet troupes in Siem Reap before the Khmer Rouge era. Today, these two troupes continue to rebuild itself after the Khmer Rouge, but they struggle to maintain this art form.
Sat., 21st of July, 7PM: EVERYSOMEWHEREEVER
(The unstill life of Stephen Eastaugh)
Steven Eastaugh (Australia): "During the past two decades I have somehow managed to travel to over 70 countries on all continents. Many places were short pit stops while others I spent some months in attempting to sink roots. Roots did not form or I was only able to produce aerial roots so a tumbleweed type of life has become my mode of living. Travel is a sort of home. Home as a concept has become very fluid. Like many people I have a gluttony for kilometres and new experiences, I get bored with stability and I have a distaste for possessions. Perhaps this is why I planted myself in a studio at Davis station in East Antarctica over the summer of 2002/03…"
Friday, 27th HEAVEN'S MEADOW by Detlev Neufert
Heaven's Meadow is a documentary about the Baan Gerda village. This community is the first children's village in Thailand where HIV-positive orphans find again a family and a future. They receive the life-prolonging ARV-therapy and grow up similar to ordinary children. For the Baan Gerda kids AIDS is not their fate but a disease which needs to be treated. Heaven's Meadow is a moving film about hope – even if there is no cure for AIDS yet. Could the children's village of Baan Gerda become a future model for other countries?
Sat. 28th of July: LONEGONE by David Eberhardt/USA
"David Eberhardt and Jack Cahill spent seven years riding the rails, asking for spare change and swapping stories around campfires with train hoppers. Their labors are repaid with a mesmerizing documentary full of touching characters and beautiful landscapes…. "Long Gone" poignantly captures a marginalized homeless group for which misconceptions have far too often prevailed and shows that the yearning for community doesn't change much from person to person, even if the definition of community does. (Sean Fowler for the Tribeca Film Festival)
META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
(South of Wat Botum Pagoda) Phnom Penh
Mobil 012- 607 465, www.meta-house.com,
The mashed up meeting express
Whoops, almost forgot about this week's email! Meetings, meeting, meetings... Have you ever thought of going to work for a military junta? There's one nearby, just the other side of Thailand.... I sent my application off today. Yes if you have jobs, with a nearby set of mountains, I'm all ears. In the meantime, here's what's on this week! I'm sure there's more on... If you find more things, please let me know. See you out there!
This week:
** Wednesday 11th **
- Exhibition opening. "HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT: Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien"
BRUCE GUNDERSEN (USA). 6pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465. Until Aug 4.
- Artist Talk: Valentina DuBasky
6.30pm Sala Artspace, #339E2, Sisowath Quay, 012894180.
- Vegetarian Banquet at Monsoon.
# 17 St 104. Bookings to Yvette 012214973.
** Thursday 12th **
- Notice: Trivia at Lazy Gecko is not on this week.
- Presentation: Architect Hok Sokol, Khmer Wooden Houses.
5.30pm REYUM Institute, #47 St 178. 012806150
- Opening: Transfer – Story of Artist Vann Nath. Until Oct 17.
6pm, Bophana AV Resource Center. #64 St 200. 0121758534
** Friday 13th (woooo scary...) **
- Friday 13th party at Teukei Bar.
#23B St 111, 012707609
- Latin-African Party at Monsoon.
# 17 St 104. 012214973.
- Documentary: Ghosts of Isan. Robert Millis (USA).
7pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Sonata de camera: this musical genre dominates from 15th-17th century
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Saturday 14th **
- Documentary: Building a Dream. Nico Mesterharm (Germany).
7pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Lao Music: the typical sound of Lao khene, drums and flute
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Tuesday 16th **
- Print workshop with Pat Hunsinger. Until Jul 20.
#339E2 Sisowath Quay. 012894180.
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And of course a BIG thank you to everyone who let me know about events!
*** Advance notice ***
July 29
- City of Ghosts Location tour
EFEO 16th of July 2007 de Gérard DIFFLOTH: Looking for the homeland of Mon-Khmer language
Lundi 16 juillet 2007 / Monday 16th of July 2007
Vous êtes cordialement invités à la présentation informelle
You are cordially invited to attend the informal presentation:
Looking for the homeland of Mon-Khmer language
Gérard DIFFLOTH
Associate Member of the EFEO
Récemment, plusieurs archéologues (Higham, Belwood) ont tenté de relancer l'hypothèse selon laquelle les populations parlant les langues de la famille Mon-Khmer seraient originaires de Chine Centrale.
La famille Mon-Khmer (environ 120 langues) ne constitue qu'une moitié de la plus grande famille Austro-asiatique dont l'autre moitié, les langues de la famille Munda (environ 20 langues) se trouvent en Inde. Nous proposons quelques arguments suggérant que les origines de la famille Austro-asiatique serait plutôt à chercher du côté du Golfe du Bengale. Aussi quelques photos.
Recently, several archaeologists (Higham, Belwood) have tried to revive the idea that Mon-Khmer speaking populations originated in Central China.
However, the Mon-Khmer family (ab. 120 languages) constitutes only one half of the larger Austroasiatic family, the other half, the Munda family (ab. 20 languages) is located in India. We will present a few arguments suggesting that the origins of the Austroasitic family are more likely to be found somewhere on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. Some photos also.
Gérard Diffloth, PhD in Linguistics, UCLA (1968); Professor of Linguistics University of Chicago; Professor of Linguistics and Asian studies, Cornell University. Currently associate member of the EFEO, writing an « Introduction to comparative Mon-Khmer ».
18 h 30, Lundi 16 juillet 2007, au centre de l'EFEO.
Monday 16th of July 2007, at 6:30 pm at the EFEO.
Presentation will be in English - La présentation sera en Anglais
Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem Reap
P.O. Box 93 300, Siem Reap - Angkor
Phum Beng Don Pa, Khum Slâ Kram, Siem Reap, Cambodge
Tel: (885) (16) 635 037 / (63) 964 630 / 760 525. Tel/Fax: (855) (63) 964 226
Email: efeo.angkor@online.com.kh / efeo.angkor.bib@online.com.kh
Lecture at Reyum on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 5:30pm: "Khmer Wooden Houses: Now and Then", by Hok Sokol (Architect)
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event on July 12, 2007 at Reyum.
Architect Hok Sokol will present and discuss his research on Khmer Wooden Houses. The presentation will be only in Khmer but the discussion will be, both in Khmer and English.
We hope you can join us.
Best regards,
Daravuth LY
Co-founder, Director
REYUM Institute
47 street 178
Phnom Penh
PO Box 2438
Cambodia
Tel: (855) (0) 23 217 149
Cell: (855) (0) 12 806 150
www.reyum.org
META HOUSE this week
META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 – 224 140, Mobil +855- (0) 12- 607 465
Homepage: www.meta-house.com,
email: mesterharm@gmx.net
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Art Lovers!
Below you will find the META HOUSE program for this week, that is highlighted by the opening of our new exhibition
HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHTS
by renowned New York Artist Bruce Gundersen
THIS WEDNESDAY (11TH OF JULY)FROM 6PM.
We cordially invite you to welcome Bruce Gundersen and his wife Helen Fisher (known from her performance/dance works with Meredith Monk), who will be present at the event.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
+ Tuesday, 10th of July, 7PM: Milada Machova
American painting conservator from the Oakland Museum of California
+ Wednesday, 11th of July, 6PM: Bruce Gundersen (NYC)
Nu Art Exhibit HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT
Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien
* Friday, 13th of July, 7PM: GHOSTS OF ISAN
Documentary by Robert Millis (USA)
and ISAN Folk & Pop Music (by Sublime Frequencies/USA)
* Saturday, 14th of July, 7PM
BUILDING A DREAM
Documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
More infos are copied below.
Hope to see you all @ METAQ HOUSE,
best regards, NICO MESTERHARM
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* Tuesday, 10th of July, 7PM
Meet the American painting conservator Milada Machova
(USA/Oakland Museum of California)
Field of expertise covers preventive collection care, and conservation/ preservation treatment of paintings of various media on canvas or wooden support, wall paintings, gilded and painted wood, and lacquer objects. At META HOUSE Milada Machova holds an informal talk on "Preventive Conservation" - including general guidelines for handling art, storing, and displaying, but mainly creating an optimal "sustainable" environment, which would help to slow down deterioration, or even prevent damage of artworks.
* Wednesday, 11th of July, 6PM
Opening of the new exhibition
HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT
Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien
by Bruce Gundersen (NYC/USA)
Meta House Phnom Penh is pleased to present an exhibit of Bruce Gundersen's color photomontages "HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT' vividly reflecting the traditional myths of Southeast Asia using contemporary computer imaging. After an in depth research of the Reamker/ Ramakien /Ramayana, the New York artist, Bruce Gundersen was inspired to explore the inherent similarities and differences of the Thai and Khmer versions of this epic poem reflected in their literature, murals and performing arts. Through carefully manipulated digital photographs, Gundersen emphasizes each culture's unique style. (This exhibit runs from July 11 through August 4 2007 - Fridays and Saturdays, 6PM to Midnite. For special appointments call, pls.)
* Friday, 13th of July, 7PM
GHOSTS OF ISAN
Documentary by Robert Millis (USA)
Brimming with colour and music "Ghosts of Isan" documents a unique festival held in a small town in Thailand's Isan province. The film puts the viewer in the middle of the festivities, creating an immersive "you are there" experience featuring masgnificent masks, ornate costumes, phallic charms, ceremony, drinking, dancing and endless addictive Molam music
EXTRA: Screening of the video compilation
ISAN Folk & Pop Music (by Sublime Frequencies/USA)
* Saturday, 14th of July, 7PM
BUILDING A DREAM
Documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
In February of 1999 the German architect Michael Weiss came to Cambodia for the first time, while on vacation with his wife Veronica. They were fascinated by the ruins of Angkor but moved by the numerous child beggars. Weiss purchased 2.5 hectares of land on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. There he is building a children's village, which has been designed by orphans and vulnerable children under his supervision. "Building a Dream" is a long-term documentary that is following this unique aid program from its beginning. What began, as a child's drawing, will be followed through to the opening of the center on the 1st of December 2007 (World AIDS Day).
Bophana NEWSLETTER JUNE - JULY 2007
On May 25, 2007, the Bophana Audiovisual Resource
Center in cooperation with the Better Factories Cambodia
program of the International Labor Office (ILO), launched
a new photo exhibition "People behind the products – Garment
workers of Cambodia" at a ceremony presided over by His Exc. Cham
Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce.
The exhibition ran until June 15. Its purpose was to show the public what
the workaday world of textile factory workers is all about. Australian
photographer Livingston Armytage used this medium to put a human face
on textile production in this country.
Meanwhile, the ANZ Royal Bank provided support to the Bophana Center
to help it put on the full series of episodes of "At the Factory Gates",
produced under the Better Factories Cambodia program. All photographs
as well as entire series will soon be available for consultation in the
Center's database.
W H E R E A R E W E ?
Training in the audiovisual trades is moving ahead. Two French
instructors are providing daily tutoring for four young Cambodian technicians
at the Bophana Center. This has helped them learn about film shooting,
photography, sound pick up, searching, on location filming, editing, and
so on. A synergy was established among the trades, so much so that a
genuine production unit has come into being. The Bophana Center's
audiovisual team is now ready to respond to requests for quality institutional
film productions, news stories and documentaries.
The Bophana Center is doing its first documentary on Khmer
cuisine. After five days of filming in Ta Kong village in Kompong Cham
province, the audiovisual team is preparing a 26-minute documentary to
provide a social and historical reading of Cambodian cuisine: recipes
handed down from generation to generation, choices of ingredients and
traditional utensils. The viewer is introduced to the history of dishes and
memories of forgotten flavors while at the same time getting acquainted
with the life of a local family and its background.
From July 12 to October 12, the Bophana Center will be putting
on an exhibition by painter Vann Nath. He uses his canvasses to
depict what happened to him in the early months of 1978, from the time
he was arrested by the Khmer Rouge in Battambang until he was
transferred to the Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh. As an extra, the
exhibition is featuring the painter's memories that were recorded in the
Center's sound studio. In them, the painter comments about his pictures,
thus sharing the process of creating the images that provide both a
memory and tangible evidence of resistance against barbarity.
While the Vann Nath painting exhibition is going on, several
screenings are planned, including documentaries and reports on the
Khmer Rouge era taken from the Hanuman database. They will be put on
during July and August in the Paris Eden Cinema Room of the Bophana
Center.
Focus
Getting the Cambodian heritage
message out to the younger generation
Every afternoon the Bophana Center research analyst team
welcomes the public in the consultation area. Mornings are
devoted to planning educational tours for school groups. About
twice a week the Center hosts Cambodian pupils and students in
small groups of 20 as arranged with educational establishments
in Cambodia. Since the Center opened in December 2006,
nearly 500 young people have come in to see the facility.
Raising awareness about the importance of
archive preservation
Depending on the time available, the Center's research analysts
personalize the tour program. Visitors are usually invited to start
with a tour of the current exhibition. For most of these young
people, it's the first time they have ever seen an exhibition. They
learn to take a close look at the pictures or paintings on display
and think about them, reading the captions in order to find
answers to what they may be wondering about. The group then
moves into the projection room for a presentation about the
Center, the Hanuman database and work being done on
archives (collecting, digitizing and indexing). A number of short
documents taken from the database are then put on screen,
depending on what the audience is interested in: the Angkor
temples, fishing, Apsara dancers and the like.
Special showings of feature-length films can also be put on if
requested in advance.
Making the Center's collections accessible
The group is then taken upstairs to the consultation area. Two
students sitting at each station can do their own searches and
view the documents of their choice. Even the youngest visitors
do very well with the computers, even if they are only beginners.
Research analysts are on hand to offer assistance and answer
more technical questions from the older members of the
audience.
The goal is to give Cambodian youth a taste for discovering their
culture and history. We want them to come back again and again
to look at the archives available in the Center. Some of them do
just that, and that's something we're very happy about!
If you would like to support our efforts, if you hold or know of the
existence of documents (video, audio, or photo) concerning not
only the political history of Cambodia, but also the culture,
environment, daily life, health, sport, or religion, please do not
hesitate to contact our team in Phnom Penh or Paris.
Bophana Newsletter-June-July
From fish to earth
From Mitch Isaac's 'What's On' List:
This week:
** Wednesday 4th **
- Film at Scandinavia Hotel, 8pm. H4 St 282.
"Little Deiter Needs to Fly". Werner Herzog.
** Thursday 5th **
- Exhibition:"Vattho" (Things), Svay Ken. Until Sept 2.
Java café and Gallery. #56 E1 Sihanouk Blvd, 012894180.
- Exhibition: "14 + 1". Stephane Janin and students. Until Aug 31.
French Cultural Centre, 023212124.
** Friday 6th **
- Documentary: FOREST MOUNTAIN VOICES by various Cambodian directors
7pm, Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Akubra club drinnks and music, 4.30pm, Australian Embassy.
- Elsewhere 1st Friday Earth party. Includes exhibition about Global Warming.
- Khmer Dances. Ikhaon prea reach-troap"kings treasure theatre" from the royal court.
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Saturday 7th **
- Earth Day Events:
- Bi-lingual Forum on Environmental issues and the Arts Community
6pm Sala Artspace, #339E2, Sisowath Quay, 012894180.
- Giant Screening of Live Earth Events, 7.07PM, Elsewhere
- Exhibitions on Global Warming, July 6-8: Café Fresco, Café du Centre, elsewhere, FCC, Friends the Restaurant, Java Café and Gallery, Monument Books, Pacharan, The Pavillion, Romdeng.
- Garage sale. 9am-12pm only. Contact karenyoung01@dodo.com.au
Street 278, next door to golden gate hotel. Up narrow staircase, above old EU cafe.
- FILM at French Cultural Centre.
4pm. The Pianist. (in English)
- Documentary: LIFE'S A BEACH by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
7pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- Mozart&Devienne. W.A. Mozart and his contemporaries in France
7pm, Art Café. #184 St 108. 012834517.
** Sunday 8th **
- Talk and screening: RICHARD THOMAS (Australia). Installation and visual art.
6pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
** Tuesday 10th **
- Talk on "Preventive Conservation" (of art). MILADA MACHOVA (USA)
6pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465.
- FILM at French Cultural Centre.
6.30pm Congo River. (French, English subtitles)
** Wednesday 11th **
- Exhibition opening. "HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT: Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien"
BRUCE GUNDERSEN (USA). 6pm @ Meta House. #6 St 264, 012607465. Until Aug 4.
- Artist Talk: Valentina DuBasky
6.30pm Sala Artspace, #339E2, Sisowath Quay, 012894180.
- Vegetarian Banquet at Monsoon.
Bookings to Yvette 012214973.
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And of course a BIG thank you to everyone who let me know about events!
*** Advance notice ***
July 29
- City of Ghosts Location tour
3 days against Global Warming
Phnom Penh businesses are coming together against climate change, adding momentum to Live Earth 07 07 07 World Events.
The massive Live Music Events organized in London, New York, Hamburg, Istanbul, Rio De Janeiro, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney will stage more than 150 bands and top level artists, including Madonna, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jack Johnson, Black Eyed Peas, James Blunt…
In Phnom Penh, from Friday July 6 to Sunday July 8, Café Fresco, Café du Centre, elsewhere, The FCC, Friends The Restaurant, Java Café and Gallery, Monument Books, Online, Pacharan, The Pavilion and Romdeng are getting together to push the cause forward and give Phnom-Penhers the opportunity to gain awareness on climate change - and a chance to offset their carbon emissions with the help of GERES!
Phnom Penh Week-End Live Earth Events:
First Friday Earth Party at elsewhere on 06 07 07, with an exhibition about Global Warming and individual actions to fight climate change.
The Pavilion invites it's Registered Members to a Cocktail / Exhibition on Climate Change on 07 07 07 at 17:00
Environmental Forum at Sala Arts with the artists Leng Sokhom, Veronica Du Basky and Suwanna Gauntlet from Wild Aid on 07 07 07 at 6 PM
Giant Screening of the Live Earth Events from all continents on 07 07 07 from 7:07 PM to late at elsewhere.
And! all three days, exhibitions on Global Warming will be presented at Café Fresco, Café du Centre, elsewhere, The FCC, Friends The Restaurant, Java Café and Gallery, Monument Books, Pacharan, The Pavilion and Romdeng.
Further info / post comments on http://070707futurechanges.blogspot.com
Be a trend-setter… Change the future!
NU CAMBO DOCS & ART @ META HOUSE!!!
META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed 023 – 224 140, Mobil 012- 607 465
Homepage with map:
www.meta-house.comemail: mesterharm@gmx.net
Please be our guest....
THIS WEEKEND: NEW CAMBODIAN DOCUMENTARIES
WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND THE NEW KHMER GENERATION
Fri/Sat, 7PM, Free Entrance
* Friday, 6th: FOREST MOUNTAIN VOICES by various Cambodian directors
Forest Mountain Voices is the first indigenous community media project in
Ratanakiri/Cambodia. Young Tampeun, Jarai and Kreung make media in
indigenous languages about culture, community and the essential connection
between the indigenous people of Ratanakiri & the land. (O-Version/Engl.
Subtitles)
* Saturday, 7th: LIFE'S A BEACH by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
45 Minute travel documentary on the touristic and economic development in
Sihanoukville/Cambodia – seen through the eyes of 14-year old fruitseller
Soua at Ocheauteal Beach, who pays for her family as well as for her own
education. (Khmer/Engl./German O-Version wiith Engl. Subtitles)
++++++++
NEXT WEEK !!!!! THREE UPCOMING ART EVENTS!!!!!
PLEASE WELCOME OUR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS @ META HOUSE…
* Sunday, 8th of July, 6PM: RICHARD THOMAS (Australia)
… gives an artist talk and screening about his work as an installation and
visual artist and also coordinator of artist initiatives. META HOUSE will
show video footage from projects he has been involved in both as
co-ordinator and/or participating artist: "the bridge" (construction in
process) project 1998, melbourne (director); "matchmaking" shanghai
(participating artist) 2004; "wanakio" project okinawa japan 2005
(participating artist); "satellite" project shanghai 2006 (participating
artist and curator); "lodz biennale poland 2006 (performance). Richard
Thomas is also a DJ and active environmentalist working with many NGOs. He
works as fundraiser and produced a video documentary about forest
destruction in Tasmania.
* Tuesday, 10th of July, 6pm: MILADA MACHOVA (USA)
… is a painting conservator and completed the conservation studies and
training in California Bay Area in early 1990's. Recently employed at
Oakland Museum of California, where she cares primarily for the California
painting collection. Field of expertise covers preventive collection care,
and conservation/preservation treatment of paintings of various media on
canvas or wooden support, wall paintings, gilded and painted wood, and
lacquer objects. At META HOUSE Milada Machova holds a talk on "Preventive
Conservation" - including general guidelines for handling art, storing, and
displaying, but mainly creating an optimal "sustainable" environment, which
would help to slow down deterioration, or even prevent damage of artworks.
* Wednesday, 11th of July, 6pm: BRUCE GUNDERSEN (USA)
…opens his solo exhibition "HEARTS OF DARKNESS - HEARTS OF LIGHT:
Reflections on the Reamker and the Ramakien" @ META HOUSE. Gundersen's color
photomontages vividly reflect the traditional myths of Southeast Asia using
contemporary computer imaging. Bruce Gundersen's career has encompassed
performance art, filmmaking, furniture design and photomontages. He has had
several one-man shows and has lately exhibited the Southeast Asian inspired
work in California, New Jersey and Bangkok. His film work,' fishgun films',
has been shown in New York at a variety of venues. He has received awards
and grants by state and federal agencies.
This exhibit runs from July 11 through August 4. Open: Fridays and
Saturdays, 6PM to Midnite. For special appointments call META HOUSE. Fixed
023 – 224 140, Mobil 012- 607 465.
+ FREE ENTRANCE + COOL MUSIC + FULL BAR + THAI FOOD + BBQ SAUSAGES +
Hello,Since September 2006, I have been teaching history, culture and photography to Cambodian students twice a week at the gallery I manage in Phnom Penh, the Popil PhotoGallery. While the class was designed to provide basic knowledge and photographic techniques, the main goal was for the students to practice what they learned during the classes and to develop an individual, photographic project.
The result of our work together will be soon featured at the French Cultural Center: 14 different photographic works on Cambodia by young Cambodian people. Please join for the opening of that show this Thursday at 6.30pm at the French Cultural Center.This project would not have been possible without the donations and contributions from many art lovers and supporters, both here in Phnom Penh and outside of Cambodia. I especially would like to thank the Fuji SPK Photo Shop on Monivong Boulevard, which has provided all film, development and prints for the show. It is through their generosity and time that we are very happy to present this exhibition.PS: you may have noticed that there is another show opening the same evening, same time, a Svay Ken paintings and objects exhibition at Java Arts & Café Gallery. Dana Langlois and I both hope that you can go to these two openings the same evening to appreciate on both venues (CCF and Java) some sincere Cambodian artistic expression.We hope to see you this Thursday at 6.30pm at the French Cultural Center.Stéphane and all the students in the projects.Stephane JaninPhotographer and Director of the Popil PhotoGallery.
Popil PhotoGallery
#126, street 19
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(855) - 12 992 750
www.lepopil.comwww.pbase.com/stephanejanin
Upcoming Events
Upcoming events:
THINGS
A unique collection of paintings by Svay Ken featuring objects and things
Opening 6 – 9pm Thursday, 5 July, 2007
Showing until September 2, 2007
At Java Café & Gallery
Earth Day Events 7/7/7
· Environmental awareness exhibition at Java Express
· Bi-lingual Forum on Environmental issues and the Arts Community, paneled by Leang Seckon, Valentina DuBasky and more…
6pm at Sala Artspace (Happy Hour from 5pm!)
Open to the public
Artist Talk: Valentina DuBasky
6:30pm 11 July, 2007 (Khmer/English)
At Sala Artspace
Art Workshop and Portfolio Exchange with Pat Hunsinger and selected women artists
Subject: Environment
Work in progress exhibited during the workshop
5:30 – 7:30pm, 16 – 20 July 2007
At Sala Artspace
SPIRIT HOUSE
Collaborative Exhibition/Performance
At Khmer Arts Academy
4 – 7pm 21 July, 2007
Installations on view until the end of the month
(please note that the date has been changed)
Women's Reflections of the Environment, a Global Compilation of Thoughts
Exhibition of the works created during the workshop
Opening 6 – 9pm Tuesday, July 24
Showing until August 12
At Sala Artspace
