Saturday
started off with a march to Wat Phnom as Forum Asia finished their ‘Human Rights Defenders Forum’. I’d met Claire and the Wide-Eyed Documentaries team the previous evening and we worked up a sweat trying to get some good photos and film.
(Marco: “If you trip, don’t fall on the camera!)
The Indonesians and Malaysians seemed right into the march; they seem to have more experience at this sort of thing. There were a few undercover police watching (not that hard to spot).
Somewhere along the way an elephant joined us. By then most apprehensions had gone and everyone was pretty upbeat.
2. Sweaty, tired, I went back home and spent a few hours puzzling over comics fonts.
Looks like I may have to develop a new Khmer handwritten style font somewhere down the line. Kind of like what the KhmerOS project has done, but a little more stylized. Westerners prefer organic looking fonts for comic art, but the general Khmer cartoon consensus so far is that computery = cool.
3. After a few hours of eyestrain I called it a night and went to Vandy Rattana’s exhibition at Le Popil. The black and white photos had a real timeless quality to them, and it was nice to see a good turnout for this show.
(Above: Rattana talks with a guest.)
Stefan was proudly touting the opening of ‘Popil Snack‘! Also ran into Café Dantrey‘s Sarah, and soon I hope to have an interview about the radio show.
4. After eight pretty much everyone headed over to see Dy Saveth’s show.
Yours truly and the Wide Eyed crew were in a ‘food mood’ but couldn’t miss out on the show. And beer has carbohydrates, yes? Beer is food.
We were joined by a writer friend from the States who was more wisely pacing herself with fruit juice, and by showtime the place was pretty packed with a mixed batch of people. Dy Saveth came on at about 8:30 and was joined by Leang Seckon, you can see the gig review here: http://andybrouwer.blogspot.com/2006/11/dy-saveth-back-on-stage.html
(above: Leang Seckon, Dy Saveth.)
(Drag show closed off the evening.)
By 11:30 we stumbled out for a pizza and chewed over an eventful day.
Tags: Cambodia,human+rights,music,photography
Jinja, I couldn’t spot the police.
“Hey you with the walkie-talkie! Smile for the camera!” Next time I’ll take more pictures.