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Rolling Red Dust
from Chng Soek Tin
Opening: February, Thursday, 28 6.30pm till March 23
screening if the documentary “the return”, 7.30pm
Artist Talk & Tactile Tour: Saturday 29 February, 11.00am-12.00pm


“The public should be more understanding towards the physical limitations imposed on artists with disabilities” (Chng Seok Tin).

Singaporean artist Chng Seok Tin lost her eyesight mid-way through her career as an established print-maker. This exhibition of prints, etchings and lino-cuts reflects her 30 years as a practicing artist.

In addition to this retrospective, Seok Tin presents an interactive installation that explores concepts of vision impairment through, sound, movement and texture. These works has been developed through a series of workshops with the artist in collaboration with art students and blind participants in Phnom Penh. In combining different forms and materials, the installation aims to explore the possibilities of artistic expression for people with limited sight, inspiring us to think about different ways of seeing and shaping the visual world into a material form.

The Return
A dance/documentary film by Jo Parkes & Sven Olaf Hill (2007).
English, dubbed Khmer. 80 mins
Outside screening : Thursday 28 February, 7:30pm
Le Café du Centre Carpark

As a child in Cambodia, Sathia survives the Khmer Rouge regime by dancing for the soldiers and later becomes a celebrated classical dancer. One day Sathia has a road accident and is left disabled, accepting that she can never dance again. Then she meets Katie, an English dancer living in Phnom Penh who convinces Sathia to dance with her and return to the stage.
A Question and Answer session with Katie and Sathia will follow the screening.

Presented by Epic Arts as part of SPOTLIGHT: An Asian Festival of Inclusive Arts, 23 February to 1 March 2008, Cambodia. www.spotlight-inclusiveartsasia.org

www.ccf-cambodge.org
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Phnom Penh - Cambodia
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