Oct 22nd, 2006 by Jinja
BETTY FORD AND GT FALCONS cancelled again…
Betty Ford and GT Falcons gig @ FCC is canceled for tonight.
Largely due to some positive developments that will be announced come next show.
Oct 20th, 2006 by Jinja
Being a geek in a developed country isn’t that hard. But being a book geek in a primarily agricultural country like Cambodia is a hard slog. You have to be determined to seek out that knowledge and then follow through.
The revolution of 1975 left few intellectuals remaining; you’ll find that present-day Khmer publishers, printers, writers, librarians are a determined group. Strategies are wildly divergent. The publishing world is not lucrative. But they’re in the game for the long term.
(above – Book Federation)
These are people who get sentimental that Cambodia’s finally gotten ISBNs -International Serial Book Numbers. (Kind of like ‘Hey, we’re finally on the map.’) I take a lot of inspiration from that simple determination, and am proud to call many of them my friends.
Added to this are a new crop of young publishers and a lot of enthusiastic readers. Stir and you’ve got this year’s Lire en Fete (19, 20, 21 October, French Cultural Centre).
Below: some moments from the trilingual craziness yesterday. (More to follow.) Come by and check it out for yourself!
Tags: Cambodia,literature,books,libraries
Oct 19th, 2006 by Jinja
Elizabeth Briel is back in Siem Reap to pack up her gear!
She’s moving to Hong Kong.
Her current show is for one week only:
October 16-22, Cyanotypes at Chiili si-dang, Siem Reap
(Next to Moloppor Café, east of river)
Take a look before these ethereal images disappear!
Tags: Cambodia,photography
Oct 18th, 2006 by Jinja
Canned Goods
The Bophana Center (formerly Hanuman Center) is archiving, documenting and digitizing heaps of old film footage (above) as well as archival documents related to them.
Many of these films were collecting dust in France, in legal limbo. Now they will have a chance to be shown to the general public: click below for their latest newsletter in English.
Sept-Octobre newsletter
Postscript: More details on the center from Andy ‘Scoop’ Brouwer:
http://andybrouwer.blogspot.com/2006/10/rithy-panhs-dream-is-realized.html
including the new Bophana web site!
http://www.bophana.org
Oct 15th, 2006 by Jinja
Puttin’ on the Dog
Mongkol and crew meet Sovanna Phum & Sandglass on tour in the States to see Story of the Dog.
(Click for video & photos.)
And on a related note, Julayne takes a new culinary adventure. Woof!
Jinja
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