Posted in buddhism, current events, history, news, visual art on Dec 11th, 2008
Gifted artist Svay Ken passed away today at the age of the age of 76.
[Above: self-portrait from The Advisor #4]
His most recent exhibition - ‘Sharing Knowledge‘ - was at Bophana Centre in October.
A avid attendee of visual art showings, he refused to let his failing health keep him from coming, and showed up in a [...]
Posted in academia, buddhism, current events, information technology, literature, news, stuff on Sep 16th, 2008
Several weeks ago I was excited to hear this had arrived: Cambodia’s most respected dictionary, as a searchable Khmer Unicode program. Produced by Open Institute and organized by the Buddhist Institute, this brings new readers to an old classic. I was pipped at the post (literally) by dead tree blog Phnom Penh Post, which managed [...]
Posted in buddhism, comics, current events, news, stuff, visual art on Aug 12th, 2008
Tuesday’s Cambodia Daily (p. 29)* notes outrage in Battambang: someone opened a bar/hotel with ‘Buddha’ as part of the name. (Click for larger version.)
In Paris, no one would bat an eye: ‘Buddha Bar’ has existed for some time.
This comic was originally drawn in 2003; it’s one of several older cartoons I’m getting colored for [...]