Pop-up Art Space During Water Festival: Installation Performance by Loeum Lorn

a Pop-up Art Space presented by Our City Festival

Melting Motion

An installation performance by visual artist Loeum Lorn

Location: Near Java Cafe on Sihanouk Boulevard

Times: 2 - 8pm, Sat 20th and Sun 21st November

To coincide with this year’s Water Festival taking place across 20-22 November, acclaimed artist Loeum Lorn will create a new work as a part of his ‘Melting Motion’ series live on Sihanouk Boulevard.

Lorn’s performance uses paint and ice to produce a ‘sculpture’ that constantly evolves in colour and in form. Subject to the forces of nature, each performance results in a unique sculpture, which can never be replicated. Viewers will be witness to the creation and decline of this sculpture, which becomes a testament to the potential beauty held by artistic processes where the final outcome of actions are outside of the artist’s control. Lorn uses the melting of ice not only as a metaphor for the transiency of human existence, but also emblematic of the rapidly changing urban environment of Phnom Penh.

This event is presented by Our City, the annual urban arts and architecture festival, which recently took place throughout September. In taking art in to the city’s street, Pop-up Art Spaces seeks to further people’s experiences of contemporary art and engage with urban issues such as globalization and notions of public and private space.

On a larger scale than previous works, and situated within the Water Festival activities, this performance promises to be visually inspiring. Lorn hopes that through this event, his work will successfully engage with a new, broader audience who will be visiting the city during this period.

Pop-up Art Spaces is a new series of art events curated by ArtXprojects. Once a month they will appear in new and ingenious places around Phnom Penh inviting audiences to explore and perceive their city in new ways led by contemporary artists. For more information visit www.artxprojects.org.

Talk: Art in Public Spaces

The event will followed by an artist talk and discussion on art made for city streets around the world. Thursday 25th November at 6.30pm. Sa Sa Art Projects, situated in the White Building, Sothearos Boulevard. Limited capacity so please reserve a place by contacting 092 953 567.

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