German Cinema at Meta-House
Dear Friends and Art Lovers,
This week we are launching a new film series –
* German cinema in English language (on Wednesdays) and
* German cinema in German language (on Thursdays).
The new German cinema nights are opening with the Oscar-winning
LIVES OF OTHERS (Engl./Wed.) and the highly acclaimed feature ALASKA.DE (Germ./Thursd). Please,, be our guest and enjoy the art of filmmaking.
Below you will find also our complete event programme for the coming week.
TUE, 01/04, 7 PM Artists Special: UTOPIA & WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT –
Young filmmaker Kautsar Anggakara (Indonesia) presents his work @ Meta
WED, 02/04, 7 PM German Cinema: THE LIVES OF OTHERS (engl.)
THU, 03/04, 7 PM German Cinema: ALASKA.DE (only german!!!!)
FRI, 04/04, 7 PM Phnom Penh Docfest: THE OTHER FINAL
SAT, 05/04, 7 PM Focus Cambodia: THREE DOC FILMS by N. Mesterharm
"Concrete Visions" (2007), "Sold Out" (2006), "Life's a Beach" (2005)
SUN, 06/04, 7 PM Set In Asia: EMPIRE OF THE SUN
On-going ART EXHIBITION
UNDERLYING
March 21 - April 08
'Underlying' is the first traveling exhibition co-curated by four curators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their aim is to explicit the contextual interpretations and expressions of people living in this region through art practices, and to encourage an understanding among audiences of various nationalities. The curators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam have interpreted the main theme, 'Underlying', based on contexts developed in their own locations, and present their results through the curatorial practice.
GALLERY OPENS FROM 6PM TUESDAYS TILL SUNDAYS,
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS BY PHONE: 012 607 465
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TUE, 01/04, 7 PM
ARTIST SPECIAL: UTOPIA & WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT
Films by Kautsar Anggakara (Indonesia)
Short visits to the mind of teenagers turned into corporate slaves, each portraying also youth perception of values, conformism, peer pressure and consumerism - directed by filmaker/video artist Kautsar Anggakara, who will be present at the screening. (In English, 2004)
WED, 02/04, 7 PM
GERMAN CINEMA: THE LIVES OF OTHERS
This thriller/drama involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin in Mid 1980s till the reunification in 1989 by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police. By Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
(In English, 2006, 137 min)
THU, 03/04, 7 PM
GERMAN CINEMA: ALASKA.DE
In ihrem Spielfilm-Regiedebüt schildert die Kurzfilm-Regisseurin Esther Gronenborn das Erwachsenwerden Jugendlicher in einer Satellitenstadt. Gefühlskälte, Geltungsdrang und Bandenkriege sind an der Tagesordnung. In diese Welt wird die 16-jährige Sabine gestoßen. Im Mikrokosmos der Plattenbausiedlung erlebt Sabine Gewalt unter gleichaltrigen Jugendlichen.
(In German/ Deutsch, 2000, 89 min)
FRI, 04/04, 7 PM
PHNOM PENH DOCFEST: THE OTHER FINAL
…is a documentary film, directed by Johan Kramer, about a football match between Bhutan and Montserrat, the then-lowest ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings. The game was played in the Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan. (In English, 2003, 78 min)
SAT, 05/04, 7 PM
FOCUS CAMBODIA: "Concrete Visions" (2007), "Sold Out" (2006),
"Life's a Beach" (2005): Various Docs by Nico Mesterharm on the works of the Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann and the recent construction boom, on human trafficking and on the touristic and economic development of the beach town Sihanuokville – seen through the etes of a 16-year old fruitseller.
SUN, 06/04, 7 PM
SET IN ASIA: EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, this near-epic film tells the story of an English boy living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade in 1941. Separated from his parents, he survives in Soo Chow detention camp for British citizens, which is located next to an airfield. The boy develops a fascination and admiration for both the American and the Japanese pilots. By Steven Spielberg (In English, 1987, 154 min)
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Cambodia
CAMBODIAN JUNGLE METAL NEWSLETTER 03-2008: BnD at "Zombie's Funeral" 11.04.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:07 PM
This randomly published newsletter is targeted to all alternative rock music lovers and the fans, friends and supporters of the Bum N' drazE band (except for illiterate groupies). The editor welcomes all news, events, reviews and other stuff related to the slowly but surely emerging rock scene of Cambodia and South-East Asia in general. Please do not hesitate to contact bumndraze@hotmail.com for bookings, merchandise, CDs, DVDs and other shit or just for sending fan or hate mail to your favourite underground rock band!
BUM N' DRAZE: "BATES MOTEL REVISITED" 2008 TOÜR DATES:
- "Zombie's Funeral" on Friday 11 April 2008 at Zombie Birdhouse, St. 278, Phnom Penh. Band live at 8.30 PM. Last Friday night of Zombie before its closing for good. Don't miss this historic live gig #49 of the band! Free entry. Gig poster attached.
- Stay tuned for the next 2008 tour dates in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Siem Reap and possibly also other provinces in Cambodia.
NEW BnD LINE-UP:
- The second bass player, Gildas "G-String" Maronneaud joined the band in the end of February 2008 and brings more balls to the already dick-thick wall of sound of Bum N' drazE. His "maiden voyage", the first live gig with the band was on 29 February at the Colonial Bar in Phnom Penh and he is now a permanent BnD member.
- Note that the BnD Horn(y) Section may join the band occasionally, but is not a permanent feature of the 2008 tour.
LATEST THIS BASTARD'S NOISE (TBN) LABEL'S CD RELEASES:
- Bum N' drazE: "Unfunkable". 2008 single. The new original BnD hit featuring the special guest star Jermu Koivukoski on trumpet. Price: USD 2,-.
- Bum N' drazE: "Slap and Burn – Undead in Vomitville". Live album. Semi-official live bootleg, recorded in the jungle at Norden House Yaklom, Rattanakiri on 8 December 2007. The historic first gig of Pasi "Pornosonic" on the bass and Paul Gager on the horn. A real limited edition collector's item with PG (Parental Guidance) sticker. Feel and hear the fire, smoke and noise of the pyrotechnics and explosives and smell the Absinthe and other intoxicants through the music! Price: USD 10,-.
- Bum N' drazE: "No Sleep 'til Hammerfest (Live at Budokan)". Live album. Arguably one of the band's musically finest live gigs (03.03.2007 at Peace Pub, Phnom Penh) of all time captured on this CD, including also the arrival by ambulance in straitjackets and aftermath of the gig. Setlist virtually the best of Bum N' drazE 2003-2007, including numbers from all 5 previous tours and 4 albums. A must purchase for all BnD's friends and enemies. Price: USD 3,-.
2008 BnD MERCHANDISE available at the gig places and by ordering from bumndraze@hotmail.com, better hurry because these are usually sold out immediately:
T-Shirts:
- "Norman". Bum N' drazE – Bates Motel Revisited 2008 Cambodia Toür. Description: Norman Bates with Bum N' drazE skull shirt on. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
- "Skull". Description: Bum N' drazE's famous skull logo in the front and BnD "tattoo" on the right back shoulder. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 6,-.
- "Bum N' DrazE Bates Motel Revisited Cambodia 2008"-text. Sleeveless unisex shirt. Colour: White with black text. Size: M. Price: USD 4,-.
- "No Sleep 'til Hammerfest". Description: The band's ape mummy mascot plays guitar in Johnny Ramone position with seven bare female butts in the front of the stage. Negative image of the original 2005 shirt. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
- "Unplugged Funeral-Cambodia Tour 2003-2004". Description: Khmer Apsara dancer in an unplugged coffin, with a ghost torture gang on the background and open graves in the front. Negative image of the original 2003-2004 shirt. Colour: Black. Size: L. Price: USD 5,-.
Baseball caps:
- "Bum N' drazE" text on the cap's forehead. Colour: Black with white text. Size: Adjustable from shrunken to swollen heads. Price: USD 4,-.
OTHER LOCAL ROCK'N ROLL NEWS:
Phnom Penh: Zombie Birdhouse on St. 278 has announced to close mid-April, which is a huge loss to all real rock music fans of Phnom Penh. The Swiss owner David has not revealed his future plans, but has said that four years of bar-keeping is now enough. It still remains unclear from where Zombie's charming regular gang can be found next, drinking cheap Pastis and listening to Motörhead, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Ted Nugent, Stormtroopers of Death etc. Stay tuned anyway. For "Zombie's Funeral" night with BnD 11.04., see the attached poster.
Phnom Penh: Taiwanese-owned ex-Zeppelin Café/Rock Zone, now Rock Bar has moved in March 2008 from next to Phnom Penh Hotel along the road to the Backpackerville to the Walkabout region of the St. 51 bar strip. At least for vinyl LP freaks, the new location is probably more convenient when nightclubbing in the heart of Phnom Penh. Apart from an impressive collection of 70s and 80s rock music from vinyl, probably also live music occasionally available.
Sihanoukville: Independence Hotel organised the first "Rock On The Beach" event on the Independence Beach on Saturday 22 March 2008 with the expat rock band Whack Daddy Down from Singapore as the main act and some local performers. The WDD band has thrown some gigs in Cambodia also before, including the Rock at Angkor Wat (RAW) festival in Siem Reap in 2003. According to local information, the event coincided with many simultaneous full moon parties in Sihanoukville, which resulted in an audience of a relatively modest size. However, there are plans to improve the concept further for the next time, has been heard from IH management.
REGIONAL ROCK'N ROLL NEWS:
Thailand: Phuk's PTK band plays Pattaya. The amazing house band of Bangkok's former popular Country Road II establishment, Phuk's PTK band, has moved to Pattaya after the CR II's building was demolished to give way for new high-rise development in the Sukhumvit area. According to the regulars, the band played literally until the end on the edge of the construction hole before the final excavator's hit arrived. But Phuk & co. still keep on rocking, of course. They have also played several times in Saigon during the previous years. So check'em out if you happen to be in Pattaya, the name of the place is still Country Road, what else.
Exhibition opening at REYUM: Monday March 31, 5-8pm
Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture
#47, Street 178, P.O Box: 2438
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel / Fax: 855 23 217 149
E-mail: reyum@camnet.com.kh
www.reyum.org
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Cambodia
This Week at Meta-House: March 25 to March 30
Dear Friends and Art lovers,
Please join our events from Friday, March 25 till Sunday March 30.
Please see below the detailed program and a special announcement.
Best regards, from Meta House team
TUE, 25/03, 7PM: Artist Special: RICHARD TURNER
WED, 26/03, 7PM: "THOM THOM" Music DVD Launch
THU, 27/03, 7 PM: "BUCKAROO BANZAI" Cult SF Movie
FRI, 28/03, 7 PM: "UXO" and other SE Asian docs by IAN WHITE
SAT, 29/03, 7PM: Double Doc Feature by PETER DEGEN
"MEKONG - THE MOTHER" & "WHEN THE FLOODS RECEDE"
SUN, 30/03, 7PM: "KWAIDAN" – Classic Feature, set in Asia
Ongoing ART EXHIBTION "UNDERLYING"
Mekong Art & Culture project, until April 08 2008
Open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 6PM
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TUE, 25/03
ARTIST SPECIAL: RICHARD TURNER
Southern Californian artist Richard Turner teaches studio art and contemporary Asian art at Chapman University where he is also director of the Guggenheim Gallery. At Meta House Mr. Turner will present two short videos and a work-in-progressThe Surrealist Hotel, a project inspired by an imagined collaboration between Vann Molyvann and Max Ernst on the design of tourist hotels for Siem Reap.
WED, 26/03
KHMIX IT! : THOM THOM DVD LAUNCH
In November 2006 Cambodia's only indie rock band made a live recording in Battambang at the Arts School PHARE Ponleu Selpak. The performance has been filmed and a selection of 5 songs is the basis of a 2 hours DVD – including music videos by Rithy Panh and KM Lo. People of the different bands and projects will be there to answer all the questions after the screening.
THU, 27/03 7 PM
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension"
American science fiction film that has reached cult film status. It was released in a 1984, directed and produced by W. D. Richter and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller), a physicist, neurosurgeon, Samurai, rock musician, Jet Car driver and comic book hero, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens.
FRI, 28/03 7 PM
UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) Lao
Laos is the most heavily UXO contaminated country in the world.
Over 6 million tones of bombs were dropped between 1965-73. Up to 25 percent failed to explode, lying dormant in farms and villages. 25 years later filmmaker Ian White traveled up the Ho Chi Minh trail as guest of UXO Lao, capturing incredible scenes of people living in areas that have been described as live bombing ranges and UXO Lao staff risking their lives as they disarm 1000kg bombs, rockets, and tones of cluster munitions.
SAT, 29/03
FOCUS CAMBODIA/DOUBLE FEATURE:
"MEKONG - THE MOTHER"
This film portrays the Mekong River in the Lower Mekong Basin through its people who live from the river's abundant natural resources. People not only fish but also plant rice, use the Mekong and its associated tributaries as a means of communication and transportation. Documentary in English language with subtitles for interviews in riparian languages by Peter Degen. (2000, 45 min)
"WHEN THE FLOODS RECEDE"
In this documentary fishermen and women describe their lives that depend on fishing. Each year 10 days before full moon in January a big fish migration takes place in the Tonle Sap River. Thousands of people flock to the Tonle Sap from all over the country to by Trey Riel fish or exchange it for rice to make prahoc, the famous Cambodian fermented fish paste. Documentary in English language with subtitles for Khmer interviews by Peter Degen. (2001, 52 min)
SUN, 30/03
SET IN ASIA: KWAIDAN
This film contains four distinct, separate stories. A high-class horror anthology laced with unforgettable imagery. By Masaki Kobayashi (Japan, 1964, 183 min)
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Underlying
Contemporary Art Exhibition from the Mekong Sub-Region
The Mekong Art & Culture Project with Tadu Contemporary art present this major traveling exhibition – the first artist/curator collaboration in the Mekong sub-region – features 32 art works by 20 artists from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, in varied contemporary media: oil painting, mixed-media, woodcuts, video art, photography and installation.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
"LOOK AT US!"
Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:30 PM
At Sovanna Phum, Street 360 corner 105, # 111
Ticket for foreigners: USS 3
Produced by the Artists in collaboration with Amrita performing Arts
Supported and directed by Bob Ruijzendaal
The Theatre Director from the Netherland who conducted a 3-week workshop with 8 Cambodian dancers and musicians to create and present a work-in-progress.
Cambodia ICT & Telecommunications World Expo 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dear Friends and Visitors,
On behalf of International Data Group (IDG) Indochina and NiDA of Kingdom of Cambodia, We would like to take pride in introducing "Cambodia ICT & Telecommunications World Expo 2008", the 4th Annual Largest Event at Mondial Center from 4-6th April 2008
Benefit to visit ICT World Expo:
1. IT and Electronic Show (Enjoy Hi-Tech)
2. Lucky Draw 10 times per day to win the various gifts
3. Gifts are waiting for you
4. Game Pavilion and win the total prize 12,000,000 Riel = 3000$
5. Free Internet Usage
6. Meet your target clients, partners, and cooperated companies.
7. Business Matching Time
8. Job Pavilion
9. CADCOMMS (013 Company) will distribute thousands Sim Cards and sell the special numbers with low price.
10. Estimated visitors: 40,000 participants
* Many lucky Draw and Game with competition are waiting for you.
* There are 30 companies showing their products and service in that Expo.
* Free entering and get more gifts from Organizer.
If most of you know me and be my friend, I am preparing some gifts for you.
Ang inquiry, feel free to call me and mail to me.
Best wishes,
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Chhoun Pheakdey (Mr)
Event Coordinator
International Data Group – IDG IndoChina
HP: (+855) 16 497 658/ 012 782 684
Email: pheakdeypresident32@yahoo.com
Website: www.idg.com, www.idgcambodia.com
Tag: Cambodia
POSTPONED! "UNDERLYING" NOW OPENS THIS SUNDAY, 6PM @ META HOUSE
Dear friends and colleagues!
Please read the following two notifications:
1. First we would like to apologize that the
OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION «UNDERLYING»
UNDER THE ROOF OF THE MEKONG ART & CULTURE PROJECT
is now finally postponed to Sunday, 23rd, 6PM @ META HOUSE
(due to custom clearance problems)
- it's neither today, nor tomorrow (as stated in an SMS yesterday)!
'Underlying' is the first traveling exhibition co-curated by four curators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their aim is to explicit the contextual interpretations and expressions of people living in this region through art practices, and to encourage an understanding among audiences of various nationalities. The curators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam have interpreted the main theme, 'Underlying', based on contexts developed in their own locations, and present their results through the curatorial practice.
PLEASE BE OUR GUEST ON SUNDAY, FROM 6PM -
THERE WILL BE GREAT ART, SOME DRINKS AND SNACKS...
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2. CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE: Because of the same issue we are also not able to show the documentary WIDOWS' FARM tonite, Friday, 21st. It will be replaced by the wonderful documentary HEAVEN'S MEADOW by German filmmaker Detlev Neufert about a children's village for HIV positive kids in Thailand.
MEKONG TV films tonite also include:
The artful doc film BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE (director: Roland Wehap)
and shorts by young SE Asian filmmakers
under the roof of the IMAGENING THE PROJECT.
The program starts tonite, Friday, 7PM. Free Admission.
Sorry for All the best, NICO MESTERHARM
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
CINEMEKONG @ META: PREMIERES & PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Dear Friends of Meta House!
We are proud to host
CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE
from March 15 till March 21
THE BEST DOC/FILMS ABOUT CAMBODIA
WITH A VIEW TO THE NEIGHBOURS
by Cambodian and international Directors
presented every night from 7PM until 11PM
on the open-air-rooftop. Free Admission
Pls. note the following Cambodian premieres:
SUN, 16/03. 07.20PM A REFLECTION ON CAMBODIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
A filmic letter from Linda Saphan to the former director of CCF Guy Isssanjou – Directed by Christine Bouteillier (France).
MON, 17/03. 07.00PM "KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH" is the first documentary after Khmer Rouge, shot by famous GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann. Thanks to Progress Berlin for letting us screen it!!!!
FRI, 21/03. 08.00PM "WIDOW'S FARM: New ARTE-documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) about the human costs of the on-going civil war in the South of Thailand
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SAT, 15/03. DOUBLE FEATURE!
07.00PM "NICE HAT" by David Brisbin (Canada)
Nice Hat! is an breathteaking expedition through Cambodian life and history,
seen entirely through hats and headgear.
09.00PM "STRAIGHT REFUGEEZ" by Ian White (Australia).
Urban Doc Film on the so-called returnees in Phnom Penh:
Khmer American convicts and their new lifes
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SUN, 16/03. THE REVIVAL OF KHMER ARTS
07.00PM "THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM" by Chuon Sarin (Cambodia)
about shadow puppetry after the Khmer Rouge.
07.20PM A REFLECTION ON CAMBODIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
A filmic letter from Linda Saphan to the former director of CCF Guy Isssanjou –
Directed by Christine Bouteillier (France). Cambodian Premiere!
08.00PM "SEASONS OF MIGRATION" by John Bishop (USA)
about Sophiline Cheam Shapiro's contemporary dance piece.
09.30PM THE PHNOM PENH VIDEO ART PROJECT
ANA-funded MH initiative - conducted by Chiang Mai artist Som Sutthirat (Thailand)
with Vandy Rattana amm.
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MON, 17/03. THE KHMER ROUGE LEGACY
07.00PM "KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH" is the first documentary after Khmer Rouge, shot by famous GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann: The scenes filmed during spring 1979 in Cambodia are part of history: a metropolis left to rampant nature, skull heaps, destroyed faces and cultural landscapes. The reports of the survivors are moving and harrowing. Thanks to Progress Berlin for letting us screen it!!!! Cambodian Premiere!
08.30PM "LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD" - 10 Mini Documentaries on Khmer Rouge History and Reconcilitation by DMC students at the Royal University of Phnom Penh
09.30 THE FLUTE PLAYER by Jocelyn Glatzer (USA)
The Flute Player" is a one-hour documentary film about the life and work of Cambodian genocide survivor Arn Chorn-Pond. Today at the age of 38, Arn has taken his very tragic past and turned it into something inspirational. He is striving to heal the deep scars of Pol Pot's genocide by bringing Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music back to his people.
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TUE, 18/03. PHNOM PENH - CITYLIFES
07.00PM "PHNOM PENH/INTERCITY" are short films by students of Pannasastra University in coop. with Bophana Center and Meta House
08.00PM "CONCRETE VISIONS" Short Documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) and Helen Grant-Ross (UK) about 1960's New Khmer Architecture, the architect Vann Molyvannn and the recent development in Phnom Penh
08.30PM "DEY KRAHORM" (Red Earth) by Eric Lofting (Australia):
A slum community is facing eviction….
09.00PM "PIROI" by Ignazio Zurutuza (Spain) about expats in Phnom Penh,
09.30PM "AMAZING CAMBODIA" - Groovy video music collage by Jan Mueller (Germany)
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WED, 19/03: NATURE AND GLOBALIZATION
07.00PM "TOMORROW" by filmmaker Om Kimsour (Cambodia)
about the impact of globalization in Ratanakiri
08.00PM "WHEN THE FLOODS RECEDE" by Peter Degen
Each year 10 days before full moon in January a big fish migration takes place in the Tonle Sap River. Thousands of people flock to the Tonle Sap from all over the country to make prahoc, the famous Cambodian fermented fish paste.
09.00PM "THE SERENGETI OF ASIA" by Allan Michaud (UK)
A fine selection of footage of Cambodian birds – filmed eg. In the famous Prek Tol bird sanctuary on the Tonle Sab lake
9.30PM: "FOREST MOUNTAIN VOICES" – 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
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THU, 20/03: KIDS IN CAMBODIA
07.00PM VIDEOPOSTCARDS by Christine Bouteillier (France) with Daren Swallow (UK): Cambodian kids record their lifes, wishes and dreams. A rugby team from the Stung Mean Chey dumpsite in Phnom Penh meet members of the circus/art school "Phare Ponleu Selapak" from Battambang.
08.00PM THE DAY WILL COME by Benjamin Pederick (Australia)
about the Cambodian Child Forum – held by NGO World Vision
08.30PM CAMBODIA CHILD SURVIVAL INITIATIVE by Christoph Waskow (Germany)
Healthcare and maternity care in the Cambodian countryside
09.00PM BUILDING A DREAM by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
A German architect is building a children's village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
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FRI, 21/03: MEKONG TV
07.00PM "IMAGENING THE MEKONG"-Project, done by young SE Asian filmmakers – short films from Thailand, China, Vietnam and Cambodia
08.00PM "WIDOW'S FARM: New ARTE-documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) about the human costs of the on-going civil war in the South of Thailand – Cambodian Premiere!
08.30PM BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE by Roland Wehap (Austria)
10.00PM UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) by Ian White (Australia)
Laos is the most heavily UXO contaminated country in the world – the filmmaker traveled up the Ho Chi Minh trail as guest of UXO Lao, capturing incredible scenes of people living in areas that have been described as live bombing ranges…
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
CINEMEKONG, UNIVERSAL CHAIR, UNDERLYING
Dear Friends!
Just a quick reminder of our program this week @ Meta House:
TONITE, TUESDAY : ARJAY STEVEN'S FOTO EXHIBIT "UNIVERSAL CHAIR"
and CAMBODIAN DOC FILMS on the roof -
free admission, great fun, bar & BBQ
Filmmakers Inazio Zurutuza and Jan Mueller
will be present and open 4 questions....
07.00PM "PHNOM PENH/INTERCITY" - short films
by students of Pannasastra University (Cambodia)
08.00PM "CONCRETE VISIONS" Short Doc
by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)/ Helen Grant-Ross (UK)
08.30PM "DEY KRAHORM" (Red Earth) by Eric Lofting (Australia)
09.00PM "PIROI" by Ignazio Zurutuza (Spain)
09.30PM "AMAZING CAMBODIA" by Jan Mueller (Germany)
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WED, 19/03: NATURE AND GLOBALIZATION
07.00PM "TOMORROW" by Om Kimsour (Cambodia)
08.00PM "WHEN THE FLOODS RECEDE" by Peter Degen (Germany)
09.00PM "THE SERENGETI OF ASIA" by Allan Michaud (UK)
9.30PM: "FOREST MOUNTAIN VOICES" – the first indigenous community media (Cambodia)
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THU, 20/03: KIDS IN CAMBODIA
07.00PM VIDEOPOSTCARDS
by Christine Bouteillier (France) with Daren Swallow (UK
08.00PM THE DAY WILL COME by Benjamin Pederick (Australia)
08.30PM CAMBODIA CHILD SURVIVAL INITIATIVE by Christoph Waskow (Germany)
09.00PM BUILDING A DREAM by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
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FRI, 21/03: Opening of the Mekong Art & Culture Project Exhibit UNDERLYING with art from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thiland and Laos
On the rooftop: MEKONG TV (doc films from the Mekong region)
07.00PM "IMAGENING THE MEKONG"-Project, done by young SE Asian filmmakers
08.00PM "WIDOW'S FARM by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
08.30PM BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE by Roland Wehap (Austria)
10.00PM UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) by Ian White (Australia)
la semaine prochaine au CCF Siem Reap - next week in CCF Siem Reap
mardi 18 Mars à 18h30 au CCF (en français)
Conférence "l'ombre d'un doute"
par Somanos Sar, lauréat du prix littéraire Phnom Penh Accueil
Né à Phnom Penh en 1965, Somanos Sar subit le régime des khmers rouges. Dans "l'ombre d'un doute", Somanos Sar nous entraîne dans une histoire invraisemblable racontée avec brio dans un style léger, pour évoquer des choses profondes et justes à portée philosophique.
vendredi 21 Mars à 18h30 au Vat Enkosei
Oratorio "Angkor dégagé de la forêt"
composition de Patrick Portella, vidéo de Françoise Buadas
L'espace sonore des temples d'Angkor servira d'empreinte sonore pour un orchestre recomposé virtuellement à partir d'éléments instrumentaux isolés, et restitués sur plusieurs hauts-parleurs. Des chants funéraires smot seront interprêtés par la chanteuse khmère Soun Saron.
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Tuesday 18th of March 6.30pm at CCF (in french)
Conférence "l'ombre d'un doute"
by Somanos Sar, winner of litterary price Phnom Penh Accueil
Friday 21st of March 6.30pm at Vat Enkosei
Oratorio "Angkor dégagé de la forêt"
composition by Patrick Portella, vidéo by Françoise Buadas
An unique audiovisual performance meddling videos of Angkor temples with a virtual orchestra. The khmer singer, Soun Saron, will sing mortuary songs.
Centre Culturel Français du Cambodge
Responsable de l'annexe de Siem Reap
418 groupe 12 rue Vat Bo
BP 9315 Siem Reap - Angkor
tel (855)12.949.709 fax(855)63.963.265
Meta House programme March 14th till March 18th
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 2:56 PM
Subject: Meta House programme March 14th till March 18th
Dear Friends and Art lovers,
Please see our event from Friday, March 14 till Tuesday March 18.
+++ FILM
FRI, 14/03
DOCFEST: THE POISON CLOUDS OF BATTLE
Tambuti Films, directed by Cecile Trijssenaar is portraying the legacy
of chemical war and herbicides called Agent Orange sprayed during the
Vietnam War over the jungles of Indochina (including parts of
Cambodian and Laos) through the United States.
(2001, 54 min)
+++ CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE - Roof top from 7 till 11 PM
SAT, 15/03
CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE
OPENING NIGHT: DOUBLE FEATURE
"NICE HAT" by David Brisbin (Canada)
Nice Hat! is an expedition through the life and times of the SE Asian
Kingdom, seen entirely through hats and headgear.
"STRAIGHT REFUGEEZ" by Ian White (Australia). This film focuses on the
so-called returnees: Cambodian convicts, who have been expelled from
the USA.
SUN, 16/03
CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE
THE REVIVAL OF KHMER ARTS
"SEASONS OF MIGRATION" by John Bishop (USA) about Sophiline Cheam
Shapiro's contemporary dance piece.
"THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM" by Chuon Sarin (Cambodia) is about
shadow puppetry after the Khmer Rouge.
MON, 17/03
CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE
THE KHMER ROUGE LEGACY
"KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH" is the first documentary after Khmer
Rouge, shot by famous GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann: The scenes
filmed during spring 1979 in Cambodia are part of history. The reports
of the survivors are moving and harrowing. Thanks to Progress Berlin
for letting us screen it.
"LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD" - 10 Mini Documentaries on Khmer Rouge
History and Reconcilitation by DMC students at the Royal University of
Phnom Penh
+++EXHIBITION OPENING
SUN, 16/03, 6PM
Opening of photo exhibitions
"THE UNIVERSAL CHAIR" by Arjay Stevens (Germany) in Gallery Hall and
Mezzanine room.
TUE, 18/03
ARTIST SPECIAL:
"Cambodian Artists design the Universal Chair"
Meta House and Arjay Stevens invited young Cambodian artists design
plastic chairs. The audience shall vote for the best work - and the
winner of this Meta-House-contest gets a prize of 100 USD.
+++PREVIEW
Underlying
Contemporary Art Exhibition from the Mekong Sub-Region
The Mekong Art & Culture Project with Tadu Contemporary art present
this major traveling exhibition - the first artist/curator
collaboration in the Mekong sub-region - features 32 art works by 20
artists from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, in varied
contemporary media: oil painting, mixed-media, woodcuts, video art,
photography and installation.
21 March - 8 April 2008
Meta House, Phnom Penh
Tuesday - Sunday, 1800-2400h (special appointment by phone)
Tel: +855 (0)23 224 140
www.meta-house.com
Your,
META HOUSE team.
Naga Project Update
Dear friends,
Hello from Siem Reap.
We are very busy making the naga now. I always knew this was an ambitious project, but now we are doing it we really KNOW!! It's going to be so gorgeous. We are busy connecting with hotels, government people, Apsara Authority, our supporters, and friends... and tying rattan and nylon and stapling thousands of handcut pieces of PLASTIC.. my goodness I never saw so much plastic.
We hope you can all come up for the party on the 22nd.. but for now pls catch us on the blog:
www.therubbishproject.blogspot.com
And anybody in Siem Reap is very welcome to visit us at Darryl's house behind Wat Damnak to see the progress/ staple some plastic.
Love to all
Fleur (012683040) and Seckon (012 294731)
Tag:
Cambodia
Exhibition: I Wonder
[From Linda Saphan] Hello friends,
I'd like to invite you to the opening night of a fantastic group
exhibition at the Ministry of Culture this Thursday 13th March!
The exhibition is an experiential exchange between 21 foreign and
Khmer artists, who through painting, photography, installation, and
video art, explored what it means to wonder about others....
Come along, it's on Thursday, 13th March, from 5.30pm,
at the Ministry of Culture, Department of Plastic Arts, #37, St. 63
(see the map on the attached flyer)
Come to see the arts, but also for the drinks and home-cooked Khmer bites!
Can you feel the Bass- before breakfast?
Open Evening Invitation
Thursday March 6th
FCC 6.30 til 7.30pm
Can you feel the Bass- before breakfast?
Looking for a follow up to an earlier series of pictures entitled "Early Morning Ballroom Dancing in China" (published in the London Saturday Times Travel Section) Nathan Horton went looking for it's Cambodian equivalent. Not quite sure what he was looking for he didn't need to look far. After being asked to cover ' A day in the Life of the Olympic Stadium ' by AsiaLIFE Magazine he discovered the great buzz of hundred's of Phnom Penh's early risers involved in some impromptu high energy aerobic exercise. In a great role reversal the upper terraces of the stadium became the visual spectacle themselves. Out of the darkness boomed a Khmer techno remix of ' We are the Cheeky Girls ' and as the sun raised it revealed the silhouettes of both the young and the old, men and women marching their feet and pumping their arms in the air in a modern day praise of a new day dawning. The silhouetted shapes seemed to take on a life of their own and undoubtedly seemed to express something uniquely Cambodian. Only vaguely in sync their free spirited casual interpretation of the up-tempo music always carried the graceful trace of the omnipresent Apsara influence. Nathan was hooked and the rest was a labor of love. "Can you feel the Bass" is a homage to a great modern monolith, the Olympic Stadium, Apsara dancing that has morphed it's way into a modern day dance routine and music that makes people want to get out of bed in the morning.
All images are for sale
Preferably by order but if you are in a rush to get on a plane then the canvases can be taken off their frame and the picture rolled up and put in a tube.
All smaller canvas prints 80cm x 53cm $160
larger canvas prints 200 x 100 cm $280 unframed
or $320 framed
If you would like one the smaller photos printed as a large canvas size then the same prices will apply.
All sales should be referred through Nathan
If you want a snaek preview or are doing something else on thursday visit
go to Portfolios/ Olympic Stadium
Rock-Opera TV K Sunday MARCH 2 8:00pm.
This Sunday, composer Him Sophy's rock opera, commissioned by Cambodian
Living Arts, will be the subject of a 45 minute TV Special. The Special will
feature six songs from the opera in concert form with Ieng Sithul singing
and Sophy conducting. Ten Phnom Penh based musicians will be featured in the
orchestra which includes five traditional musicians playing more than 20
Cambodian instruments, and five rock musicians. Between songs there will be
interviews with the composer and musicians about the opera, their work, and
their trip to Lowell/Boston last April for the preview performances.
"WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP"
Demonstration of selected songs
from the new Cambodian-America Rock Opera
SUNDAY MARCH 2 8:00 p.m on TV K
TV K Special: Producer Nico Mesterharm
Composer and Conductor, Him Sophy
Produced in collaboration with Studio CLA
The rock opera to have it's World Premier in Phnom Penh, November 2008,
produced in association with Amrita Performing Arts,
and John Burt Productions, Executive Producer
