Tuesday, August 26, 2008

TUES, 26/08, 7PM: LEANG SECKON'S "NAGA" (live @ Meta)

META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 - Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 â€" 224 140, Mobil +855- (0) 12- 607 465
Homepage: www.meta-house.com,
email: mesterharm@gmx.net

Dear Meta House Friends!

Tonite, Tuesday 26, 7PM, we invite you for an evening with the Cambodian
artist Leang Seckon, who earned himself an (international) reputation not
only for his mixed media works, but also for his environmetal arts. His
RUBBISH PROJECT had a great success with last year's fashion show @
Elsewhere. At Meta House he is presenting his NAGA installation (for the
last World Water Day) in Siem Reap with a slide show and a Q&A (together
with his partner/friend Fleur Smith). Pls. join this event and meet
"Freedom Artist" Leang Seckon, an extraorinary Cambodian....

Below our film program for this week - detailed infos at the bottom.
C u @ Meta, best, NICO

WED, 27/08
GERMAN CINEMA - THE COUNTERFEITERS
Stefan Ruzowtzki and Adolf Burger (2007, 109 min)

THUR, 28/08
BLUES & FUNK SPECIAL
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Johnny Guitar Watson (Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1993)

FRI, 29/08
LATIN DOCFEST
1. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
Venezuela, 2002; Bartley/O’Briain (Ireland)
2. SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE
Tom Fawthrop’s documentary about Cuba’s health system.

SAT, 30/08
FOCUS CAMBODIA/DOUBLE FEATURE
1. DOGORA
Patrice Leconte, (2004, 80 min)
2. BARAKA
Ron Fricke, (Koyaanisqatsi), 1992

SUN, 31/08
SET IN ASIA
Film presented by Florianne Wild

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TUES, 26/08
ARTIST SPECIAL: LEANG SECKON
Leang Seckon, contemporary so-called Freedom artist will present his NAGA
installation in Siem Reap - together with Fleur Smith. Leang Seckon is
famous for his usage of waste materials to created is unique artwork
style.

WED, 27/08
GERMAN CINEMA
THE COUNTERFEITERS
The incredible true story of Salomon Sorowitsch â€" awarded with an
“Oscar”: After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in
1944, he is forced to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation
set up to flood and destroy the Allied economies. By Stefan Ruzowtzki and
Adolf Burger (2007, 109 min.)

THUR, 28/08
BLUES & FUNK SPECIAL
With two guitar masters: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (70th Birthday
Concert live with Eric Clapton, Chris Barber and Mick Taylor) and Johnny
Guitar Watson (Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1993)

FRI, 29/08
LATIN DOCFEST
1. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
Venezuela, 2002: People power reversed a military coup and reinstated
elected President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Documentary by
Bartley/O’Briain (Ireland)
2. SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE
Tom Fawthrop’s documentary about Cuba’s health system.

SAT, 30/08
FOCUS CAMBODIA/DOUBLE FEATURE
1. DOGORA
Dogora captures the daily routines of the people of Cambodia - a street
level documentary by Patrice Leconte, without any explanation. (2004, 80
min)
2. BARAKA
Baraka (1992) is a 70 mm purely cinematic visual film directed by Ron
Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi. The movie was filmed in 24
countries and features a number of long tracking shots - including one
through Tuol Sleng in Cambodia.

SUN, 31/08
SET IN ASIA
Film presented by Florianne Wild (Ph.D. in Film and French). For detailed
information, please contact directly Florianne Wild email:
fwild59@hotmail.com


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