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Opening of the Photo Exhibition “Cambodia: War and Beauty”

Name: Opening of the Photo Exhibition “Cambodia: War and Beauty”
Start: 2023-10-03T17:30:00+07:00
End: 2023-10-03T19:00:00+07:00
Location: SEA Junction, 4th floor, BACC

3 October, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Organized by Ophidian in collaboration with SEA Junction the Photo Exhibition “Cambodia: War and Beauty” will be launched with a panel discussion on 3^rd Ocober 2023, 5:30-7:00 pm at SEA-Junction. The tentative agenda is as follows:

Moderator

Rosalia Sciortino, Founding Director SEA Junction

Panel discussion

David A. Feingold, Artist (Ophidian)
Rungmanee Mekhasobhon (Veteran Journalist)
Marina Pok (Anicca Foundation)

After panel discussion, Cambodian classical dance instructed by Kakada Nim will be performed by Teng Pisey, at 3^rd Floor, Bangkok Art and Cultural Center.

The event will mark the opening of the exhibition which will be on view until 15^th October 2023 on the curved wall, 3^rd floor of the BACC. This photographic retrospective, exhibited previously in FCC Angkor by Avani and Meta House in Phnom Penh in 2020 and Paris in 2022, presents a collection of black and white and color photos taken by David A. Feingold, a research anthropologist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker, over the last six decades in Cambodia. The themes of the photos include war and its impact on the land and people, the on-going impact of landmines on the people and land of Cambodia, the toll they take, and the courage and skill that are needed to remove them. The exhibition also showcases the cultural survival of the Cambodian people, including the beauty and grace of young dancers and their rigorous training; exclusive images inside the Site 2 refugee camp in the mid-1980s; and young dancers training at the National School of Ballet in Phnom Penh in the 1990s. Through these images, viewers can understand how Khmer dance became an essential ingredient in the survival of Khmer culture and a form of struggle against the repression of political regimes. Additionally, the exhibition covers the return of H.M. King Sihanouk to be King of Cambodia in the 1990s, which witnessed the slow transition from war to peace overseen by the UN and the tensions of secular politics.

While fostering a better understanding and appreciation of Cambodia’s history, culture, and society, the exhibition aims to showcase the contradictory and complementary elements of Cambodian culture in a historical context.

For more information/reservation, please contact us at info@seajunction.org or +66970024140.

Organizers

Ophidian

It produces long-form documentaries on complex issues for international television, based upon intensive research. Ophidian has filmed in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Mozambique, Peru, as well as the U.S. Ophidian has specialized in films with unique access to difficult areas and subjects. For a partial sample of their films, please go to www.der.org.

SEA Junction

SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information, please see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction.