Jun 13, 2007
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Jun 10, 2007
[From'Rotess Ploeung' Exhibition writeup]
Phnom Penh, Saturday morning, six hours, the railway station wakes up.
On the quays the salesmen are not numerous. A rice soup saleswoman, a saleswoman of cakes, cigarettes and drinks. The train fills gently, very gently. One is far from the multitude of the Nineties which filled of the trains of more than fifteen coaches. Today it is a train runs made up of three coaches travellers and three goods trucks. At the edge of the quay, Em Sopheap remembers. Today the former workman of the station of Phnom Penh reprocesses some smoothes his small moustache as the memories go up.
"In the Sixties, the train was called the Rail-car. It left the morning Phnom Penh to 6h20 and arrived at 10h36 at Battambang after four or five stops only. that went quickly, much more quickly than today. At the same time another train made the way in opposite direction to join Phnom Penh. There was traffic, really. Today, there is nothing any more but one train per week "
At six hours fifty two, the engine enters in station. It heavily clings to the goods trucks and travellers. A few minutes later, the station master gives the signal. He is six hours fifty six of the morning, the train puts himself quietly on the way, indolent and shaking, it will take him approximately twelve hours to get to Battambang...
It's nice to see Stefan get his day in the sun, with this exhibit. He is closing down Popil Gallery and there are some great photos to be had. He's moving to the States, but will be back from time to time.
Hello there!Popil PhotoGallery is launching the final sale before closing in early July.
During the next four weeks all artwork in the permanent collection is 20%
off on. Come by and see works from John Vink, Mak Remissa, Simon Toffanello,
and Stéphane Janin. I hope to see you here soon. Also if you stop by you can see my latest show
of pinhole photographs, "The Substance beneath the Visible". Pop in, it will
be a pleasure for me to talk again about it. Best Regards,
Stéphane Stephane Janin
Photographer and Director of the Popil PhotoGallery. Popil PhotoGallery
#126, street 19
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (855) - 12 992 750
www.lepopil.com
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Jun 8, 2007
Thursday was fun and unexpected; in the course of my workaday life, I ran into some surprise guests.
 | The morning saw me at a meeting on Serious Issues and Coming2Cambodia was in full work mode. We ended up at the same table at lunch and she recognized me too, despite the baseball cap I'm wearing in my profile photo.
| | Spent the afternoon checking in on some art related work and who should poke his head out the door? Tharum! It's a small world.
|  |  | Back to the office. My stomach was growling when Kampuchea Crossings called. She was game for food and I convinced her to check out Stephane's exhibition first. |
| It was cool, some great moments of Khmer life on the rails. Stephane is not a blogster; he's a photographer. He covers issues and ideas in a purely visual sense, and seems to be approaching multimedia; in his last exhibition he had a slideshow with narration. (Special bonus: got to meet Kompong Som's rock and roll cool cat Bob Passion.)
We digested the show and other topics over noodles. Exhibition pix to follow. And looks like we're due to have another blogger meetup some time. |
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Jun 4, 2007
Establishments adjacent to a palace are usually gentrified - but in Cambodia you'll find noodle shops and a car wash mixed with more pricey establishments like the one pictured here. (Apparently just opening up.)
I thought the name summed up the 'get rich quick' desire fueling the property boom and growth issues here. When I returned with my camera a monk was begging for alms.
Some things change, some things stay the same.
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