Formed in 2007, one of Cambodia’s only active visual art collectives, Stiev Selapak, has been striving to engage with Cambodian contemporary art in several evolving forms. It began without a space, gathering for informal discussion, and in 2009 established a gallery to promote emerging Cambodian artists. In 2010 it shifted to running photography and mixed media classes and community-engaged projects in the White Building, a historic, dynamic, and low-income neighbourhood in Phnom Penh. Parallel to these activities, Stiev Selapak members assist each other to realise thier respective art projects. This presentation shows Stiev Selapak initiatives, including the experimental and ever-changing Sa Sa Art Projects, focusing on the idea of knowledge sharing and learning together as of central importance in our practice as a collective, primarily through group sharing, workshops and art classes. It argues that this is a response to limited opportunities for contemporary art education in Cambodia, demonstrated through statistical and anecdotal evidence.
'Contemporary Art in Cambodia: A Historical Inquiry' was a one-day academic symposium with renowned scholars, curators, and artists. Some have argued that Cambodia has emerged from a post-conflict society into an era of social, economic, and political transformation. This symposium focused on a dimension of its cultural transformation as it has been manifested in a burgeoning contemporary arts scene within the last decade. Through inquiries into broader artistic, cultural, and aesthetic practices, various scholars and arts practitioners spoke to historical trajectories of contemporary art practice in Cambodia and its positioning in narratives of art history. By building a critical dialogue that interrogates the way the field is being shaped, the symposium aims to strengthen the foundation for more thorough investigations into Cambodia’s recent art historical developments.
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