CONTRIBUTORS (in alphabetical order)
artXprojects
ArtXprojects is an art collaborative founded by Kate O'Hara and Natalie Pace. We are based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We are interested in the exchange of ideas, skills and models relating to contemporary art practice.
Kate O'Hara, kate@artxprojects.org; Natalie Pace, natalie@artxprojects.org
www.artxprojects.org
Collaborative Studio
Collaborative Studio was established to create an open platform based in Cambodia, on the issues of urbanism, architecture and design and their relationship to development. We are an evolving collection of local and international designers.
Our focus is on tackling, studying, and envisioning solutions for the 'side effects' of development and believe, in doing this, there is potential for collaboration between the commercial, social and governmental sectors.
Eva Lloyd, evalloydunsw@gmail.com; Giacomo Butte giacomo.butte@gmail.com
www.acollaborativestudio.wordpress.com
French Cultural Centre
218 Kéo Chea Street (St. 184)
Office Mon-Fri 8am - 5pm
The French Cultural Center of Cambodia is a space for encounters and exchanges intended to promote French culture as well as new Khmer creation and to increasing the influence of francophone culture in all its diversity. All activities sponsored by the French Cultural Center are part of a strategy of cooperation with local partners. Its intent is to continue to be an essential part of the cultural life of Cambodia and a show-window for French savoir-faire.
information@ccf-cambodge.org
www.ccf-cambodge.org
Heritage Mission
Room 302, building B, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Norodom Blvd
Mon-Fri 8:30 AM - 12PM, 14:30 PM - 17PM
Famous for the outstanding world heritage site of Angkor, Cambodia has also been endowed with major urban and religious heritages - sadly still mainly overlooked and virtually unknown. In order to remedy this situation, a bilateral project between Kingdom of Cambodia and the French Embassy in Phnom Penh led to the creation of the Heritage Mission in 2005.
The Mission now falls under the Heritage Center, a public institution supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia. The Heritage Mission team focuses on the most threatened heritage, the non-Angkorian heritage including urban, vernacular and religious heritages.
Ms. Chandevy Men, chandevy@yahoo.com
JavaArts
56 Sihanouk Blvd (jGALLERY)
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
JavaArts is the culmination of over ten years working in contemporary visual arts in Cambodia. It is a non-for-profit, supported by Java Café & Gallery and other fundraising activities, that aims to build dialogues in the arts community and support artist initiatives and long-term development.
Dana Langlois, dana@javaarts.org
www.javaarts.org
Khmer Architecture Tours
Khmer Architecture Tours (KA Tours) conducts architectural tours in Phnom Penh in order to promote the understanding of modern architecture in Cambodia. It focuses on buildings erected after Cambodia's independence in 1953, described as 'New Khmer Architecture', while setting these in the historical context of Phnom Penh. Started in 2003, KA Tours is part of Space for Architecture and is a not-for-profit organisation. KA Tours' guides and researchers are Cambodian architects and students of architecture. Regular tours take place on the second and fourth weekend of each month. Customised tours may be organised by request. Three self-guided heritage trails for Phnom Penh and Battambang are available for free download on the website.
contact@ka-tours.org
www.ka-tours.org
Khmer Arts Ensemble
Street 115, Takhmao, Kandal
The Khmer Arts Ensemble is an independent, professional dance company based at the Khmer Arts Theater in Takhmao. It develops and performs the original choreography of Sophiline Cheam Shapiro as well as rarely seen dances from the classical canon and performs these works on major stages throughout the world.
Chum Chanveasna, veasna@khmerarts.org
www.khmerarts.org
Manolis House
Manolis House is a network dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the distinctive architecture and urban heritage of Cambodia. Manolis House aims to connect individuals and organisations that care about city planning, quality design, sustainable building and cultural heritage. Manolis House especially invites students of architecture, engineering, urban planning and design to broaden their learning beyond the classroom, by joining our public lectures and other programs.
Manolis House associates are organisations that form part of the Manolis House network. They include Space for Architecture, Khmer Architecture Tours and Lumhor.
YAM Sokly, soklydepassio@hotmail.com; Mina BUI JONES mina.buijones@yahoo.com; Stefanie IRMER sirmer@gmail.com
www.manolishouse.wordpress.com
Meta House Phnom Penh
37 Sothearos Blvd
Tuesdays to Sundays, 6PM, with the gallery downstairs open from 10am. Closed Mondays.
Cambodia's first media/art/communication center, META HOUSE was established in January 2007 in the capital Phnom Penh, south of Wat Botum Pagoda. German journalist/filmmaker Nico Mesterharm and his team aim to contribute to the revival of the Cambodian art and film scene after decades of turmoil. In June 2010 the project makers opened a new facility at #37, Sothearos Boulevard: META HOUSE: CAMBODIAN GERMAN CULTURAL CENTER is a joint project of the local NGO "Karuna", the German Goethe-Institut and the "Art Plus Foundation." Set in more than 500 square meters, the newly built center accommodates a large gallery/multi-function room, the German language school, the M.E.T.A film school, a rooftop cinema and the "Art Café".
Nico Mesterharm, mesterharm@gmx.net
www.meta-house.com
PLACES FOR ALL
Places For All is a space for investigating community issues and solutions in a changing global context. Crossing boundaries of research, art and design, Places For All seeks to connect designers, organizations, academics, and those interested to maintain and improve living environments and their associated communities. Places For All is based on the inspirations and initiatives of everyday people.
Places For All began as an extension from the collective work of Clarisa Diaz since 2004. Experienced in architecture and urban design, her work has been based in projects with communities in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the United States.
Clarisa Diaz, people@placesforall.com
http://www.placesforall.com
Sa Sa Art Projects
26-28 E2, The White Building, Sothearos Blvd.
Sa Sa Art Projects is a not-for-profit art space founded by Stiev Selapak artist collective. It aims to foster a community of knowledge sharing and to create opportunities for young artists to realise new ideas. It does these by serving as a venue to accommodate experimental art practices, residencies, community art projects, artist talks, sharing sessions and classes.
info@sasaart.info
www.sasaart.info
SA SA BASSAC
18 2nd Floor, Sothearos Blvd.
Thur-Fri 2pm-6pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm
SA SA BASSAC is a gallery and resource center co-founded by curator Erin Gleeson and the artist collective Stiev Selepak. Mindful of the Cambodian context, we are dedicated to creating, facilitating, producing, and sharing contemporary visual culture and projects from Cambodia, both inside and outside of our space.
Erin Gleeson, erinmgleeson@gmail.com
www.sasabassac.com
Space for Architecture
Space For Architecture (SFA) promotes dialogue about architecture and design, urban planning and sustainability as part of Cambodia's cultural heritage. It aims to widen knowledge, awareness and understanding of architecture for residents and visitors. Its program includes research, documentation and educational programmes – especially on urban design and green architecture. It organises architectural tours (through Khmer Architecture Tours), public events and customized lectures for Cambodian university classes, and develops promotional products using architectural forms and images.
Stefanie Irmer, sirmer@gmail.com, contact@spaceforarchitecture.org
www.spaceforarchitecture.org
Studio Revolt
Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano created Studio Revolt as a collaborative media lab to produce motion imagery and performance projects from the ground up. Together their works open up possibilities for people to exist outside of conventional narratives. Studio Revolt urges viewers to become participants in art and stake their claim in this world.
Anida Yoeu Ali, anida@atomicshogun.com; Masahiro Sugano, superkamada@hotmail.com
www.artofrevolt.com
