5-Star Building: Performance by Phok Sopheap

Saturday, August 10, 6pm
Sa Sa Art Projects, #26-28 E2, White Building, Sothearos Blvd.
In Khmer and English translation.

Upon the completion of his six-week residency, artist Phok Sopheap shared with the public a new performance piece, 5-Star Building. During his Pisaot residency at Sa Sa Art Projects, Phok has explored new techniques in painting, and also investigated performance making. 5-Star Building was the artist’s first public performance, and as such marked a significant expansion of Phok’s practice. The piece also extended the artist’s area of interest—which had usually involved memories of the past, including his family—into a contemporary topic, directly inspired by Phok’s present living experience. Experimental and playful, 5-Star Building was the artist’s first attempt to question and challenge the present conditions of the vibrant White Building community.

About Phok Sopheap
Phok Sopheap (b. 1984) is a self-taught painter who grew up in Battambang province. Since 2011, Phok has used painting as a means to express and reconcile his feelings of loss and longing for his family: the artist’s paintings usually consider memories of domestic hardship and intimacy. Phok’s solo exhibitions include My Parents’ Love, 2012, and The Way of Love, 2011, both at Sammaki Gallery, Battambang. Group exhibitions include I Need My Family, 2013 at 1961; Off The Wall, 2013 at Teo+Namfah Gallery; and My Father Favorite, 2010 at Sammaki Gallery, Bambambang. Pisaot is Phok’s first residency.