Bearing shared interests in changing landscapes, especially the impacts and implications of human intervention on our environments, Shaking Land and Water brings together the works of six artists from Cambodia and Singapore, namely Eng Rithchandaneth, Prak Dalin, Sao Sreymao, Syahrul Anuar, Juria Toramae and Zarina Muhammad. The exhibition’s title takes its cue from Sao's work in the show, with the motion of "shaking" as evocative of movement, instability, change and a means to unsettle perceptions and assumptions. Spanning six photographic prints and a wire mesh jar, recurring across Sao’s work is the

These sentiments undergird all the artworks in the show that traverse land, watery and littoral zones to examine and navigate the tenuous dynamics between human, nature and urban development.

Centred around dialogue and conversation, each artist in the exhibition had a conversation partner—Eng with Toramae, Prak and Syahrul, Sreymao with Zarina—to share experiences, insights and explore issues that resonate across their practices. The artworks presented in the exhibition were developed through this exploration in artistic collaboration and sharing.

This exhibition is co-curated with Sa Sa Art Projects, an artist-run space embracing diverse, experimental and critical contemporary art practices. Founded in 2010, the activities of the Phnom Penh-based initiative endeavours to address Cambodia’s lack of infrastructure for contemporary art engagement and education.

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