WED, 08/04, 7 PM
Through historical frameworks and personal anecdotes, Phnom Penh based curator Erin Gleeson will explore the lack of place, until now, for contemporary art practices in and from Cambodia. Gleeson will trace her curatorial concept as well as the audience and press response to Forever Until Now, ...
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Posted in current events, news, urbanization on Apr 6th, 2009
Human rights advocates recently marked the 10 year anniversary of a grenade attack against opposition MP Sam Rainsy. All over the newspapers.
Do foreigners and politicians have to get injured to warrant this degree of attention? There is plenty of violence to be concerned about in Cambodia, leveled at ordinary people ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 4th, 2009
(Above: 'Independence Day' / V-Day remix.)
This is the second time that 'The Vagina Monologues' have been produced in Phnom Penh. The first time out, it sounded like an NGO workshop: by foreign women, in a foreign space, for a foreign audience. I gave it a miss.
And I was a ...
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"Chicks Dig It" - spotted on Norodom Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Via cameraphone.
Tags: cambodia,t-shirt,slogans,motorcycle
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Posted in business, current events, dance, history, information technology, intellectual property, more stuff, news, Other Goodies, weblogs on Mar 23rd, 2009
I’ve always enjoyed the fact that Cambodia has a noticeable absence of chain stores, it makes things feel more unique and special. And I’ve always gotten some amusement from the knockoff imitations that crop up.
Friday this caught my eye on Sihanouk Boulevard.
Of course, Starbucks coffee has been available in local ...
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