"Black Ink on Rice Paper" is a short doc that highlights the artwork of LinDa Saphan and meditates on the meaning of art, identity, and self-expression in Cambodia today.
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A short documentary that focuses on the life and art of LinDa Saphan. After escaping war-torn Cambodia to grow up in Canada, Linda began a quest in her early 20's to reconnect with her past and make sense of her displaced identity. In her return to Cambodia after many years away, she discovered her artistic voice and ultimately, found her calling.
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Our City Festival is Cambodia’s first and only public festival to bring together creatives in Cambodian cities to focus on urbanism and its influence on contemporary culture. Between September 28 and October 7, 2012, the festival presents over 30 projects across more than fifteen venues and public spaces in Phnom Penh and, for the first time, in Battambang.Our City Festival 2012 | Urban Currents Art, architecture and ideas
28 SEPT -‐ OCT 7
Phnom Penh | Battambang
www.ourcityfestival.org
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Our City Festival is Cambodia’s first and only public festival to bring together creatives in Cambodian cities to focus on urbanism and its influence on contemporary culture. Between September 28 and October 7, 2012, the festival presents over 30 projects across more than fifteen venues and public spaces in Phnom Penh and, for the first time, in Battambang.
Saphan showcased Mark DeBonis at Urban Art Passage Gallery, September 2012
A mathematician by trade, but studied fine arts as an undergraduate. Continued painting on his own time out of necessity. His hope is to express indescribable internal feelings without being consciously aware of what is expressed - to tap into this unknown side and let it dictate what appears on the paper to the point where he, himself, is surprised by the result. His technique uses paper with any water based paint on which he can apply ink. It is a back-and-forth method of color on ink on color on ink, etc. until satisfied with the result. To paint from the inside reaching deep down into the subconscious and with as little planning as possible.
There are many layers of paint and ink one on top of the other which creates rich textures and patterns. Objects change as the picture progresses – things are edited out or introduced until the moment when intuition says it is correct. A personal set of rules is created for laying down color and ink which purposefully avoids conventional norms.
