Sa Sa Art Projects, cultivating Cambodia's arts community
April 2018 - present
Cambodia
Performance as part of open studio, by Prumsodun Ok, 4 June 2018.
Sa Sa Art Projects, cultivating Cambodia's arts community
April 2018 - present
Cambodia
Founded in 2010, Sa Sa Art Projects is the only ongoing Cambodian artist-initiated and run space that is dedicated to experimental and critical contemporary art practices. They nurture a new generation of Cambodian artists, building stronger and vibrant art communities and cultivating a growing audience for art.
Sa Sa Art Projects and Rei Foundation work together on a number of different focus areas. An art education programme has been developed for art students and graduates to support their conceptual development and critical knowledge.
This is complemented by a bridging programme for new artists, teaching them practical professional skills. Sa Sa Art Projects runs an exhibition programme, and the Pisaot residency for Cambodian and international artists to experiment in their respective practices. Sa Sa Art Projects regularly engages in cross-disciplinary collaborations, enabling practitioners to produce innovative projects.
Artist in residence Ip Wai Lung during his open studio.
Opening of Stride, an exhibition by Khun Vannak, 4 May to 14 July 2018.
Regioning Differences: Translation and Transcuration, keynote talk by Professor Emily Apter.
The team from Sa Sa Art Projects with the work, Hope for the better future, 2015, by Piyarat Piyapongwiwat.
Under the Water, a solo exhibition by Sao Sreymao, 2018.
Soojin Chang, Pisaot artist-in-residence in 2019.
Still from Soojin Chang's Mawlid, Mother, Persimmons (2019).
One of Rei Foundation's key goals is to support creativity as a means to express the uniqueness and identities of individuals and communities. This collaboration with Sa Sa Art Projects will contribute to this goal, in the Cambodian context. With its flexible organisational structure, Sa Sa Art Projects is “able to evolve organically to adapt to the changing context and needs of the communities with which we work”.
Most recently, Sa Sa Art Projects organised an art and urban festival Currents, which ran from 17 March to 7 April 2019 and featured cinema, lectures, performances, workshops and exhibitions across the Cambodian capital. The festival was produced in collaboration with Hyacinth Culture and modern architectural heritage organisation The Vann Molyvann Project, and was the first of its kind in terms of its scope and diversity of disciplines.
Open studio, colLABoration, 2019.
