@ the Arthouse - 'Stop Evictions' exhibition
STOP EVICTIONS goes to siem reap:
ART INSTALLATION & PHOTOS
a collaboration between Khmer artist Leang Seckon and the Housing Rights Task Force
Opening:
Location: The Arthouse, Old market,
Following on from the Housing Right Task Force's Photo Exhibition at the FCC Phnom Penh the HRTF has been able to develop their work in collaboration with Leang Seckon, one of Cambodian most renowned young Artists. Disillusioned by the upcoming loss of his studio on Boeung Kak ( a lake in the centre of Phnom Penh) to the latest wave of developers' plans, Seckon decided to collaborate in creating a striking installation which is called "Gom haiht taim' (don't tear again) .
HRTF's aim is to show that while development can lead to improvements in the lives of cambodians, the current style of development is actually leading to increased misery for many of the country's poorest families. Evicted and relocated from homes many have lived on since the end of the Pol Pot era in 1979, there are being sent to live in sites many miles outside the city, far from work opportunities and lacking almost all forms of basic services. With a fraction of the profits these developers are making the situation could be so very different. the HRTF shows are part of a wider appeal to the Cambodian Government to revisit how it wants to 'develop' the country.
Installation by Leang Seckon is a well known Cambodian artists whose pioneering work is now shown across the region and worldwide. 012 294731
Photographs by
Local NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut is organising the event on behalf of the Housing Rights Task Force
DED, the German Aid organisation is sponsoring the event in conjunction with the Arthouse, Siem Reap who have kindly donated the space and other assistance
Leang Seckon 012 294731
Sasha Constable/Arthouse 012 699249
Phann Sithan/Housing Rights Task Force 012 707960
Sahmakum Teang Tnaut 012 360472
posted by Jinja @ 2:46 PM
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