Invitation to The opening party and ceremony 

1:Exhibition Design Art of Asian Regionality and Climate in Phnom Penh2024 

-Classic / Avant-garde-

2:Lost Khmer Art Education Revival Symposium

Please participate in a poolside party, the opening ceremony and a symposium by all means. Please enjoy exhibition of the design and the art an Asian whole field person solicited.

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A large number of Japanese researchers, Officer and specialist and Cambodian researchers gather, and we’ll talk about the future of the design, art and its Education.

Sponsorship: Showa Women's University International cultural research center.

 Asian design art exhibition consortium 

Representative  Tadamori Fujisawa tadamori@swu.ac.jp

Seconding: The Cambodia Japanese Embassy, Toyota Foundation, Suntory cultural Foundation, Mitsubishi UFJ international foundation and Japan Foundation Asia center and others

Contact person: Loch Leaksmy ,leaksmyroth@yahoo.co.jp

               Takakazu Yamada, angkortakakazu@gmail.com

1:Exhibition Design Art of Asian Regionality and Climate in Phnom Penh 2024

-Classic / Avant-garde-     Summary: Asian design art is currently developing by absorbing the Western culture along with the rapid economic development, and a number of exhibitions are held for it.  However, it has been feared that the distinctiveness (regionality and climate) of Asia is being weakened, and it has been considered that the characteristics of Asia of different cultures from the Western countries will be more imperative in the future.  Consequently it has been determined to hold an exhibition at the Royal University of Phnom Penh by publicly recruiting and recommending art pieces from all over East Asia and Southeast Asia, focusing on both “classic” respecting the existing native, ethnic and traditional histories of the countries, and “avant-garde” which has newly evolved therefrom. Visibility and creation of Asian design art with abundant characteristics are aimed for by holding the exhibition and facilitating cultural exchange.  Our future vision is to hold exhibition in the areas of all over Asia. A “classic piece” taking advantage of Asian histories and traditions or “avant-guard piece” maximizing the applicant’s originality and sensibility are sought.Widely sought in art, graphic, product, video, fashion, architecture, etc.

2:[Lost Khmer Art] Education Revival Symposium   Summary:Cambodian culture can roughly be classified into court culture and popular culture, which includes many different fields such as paintings, sculptures, architecture and traditional dance etc. At the time of the prosperous Angkorian period, it had a great influence on neighboring countries and played a role as the core of Southeast Asia. In the subsequent French colonial period, beautiful architecture emerged in the city, which was admired as the "Paris of the East." Cambodia therefore retained its unique Khmer culture while developing Western culture. In the 1970s, many cultured people, about 3 million out of the national population of 8 million people, were killed by Pol Pot’s massacre. After that, Cambodia was plunged into civil war which continued till about the year 2000 and Khmer art was corrupted. As a result of Cambodia becoming the poorest country in Asia, their art education is even now, still not being carried out in the public elementary and junior high schools, even though there are needs for it. People who have an accurate knowledge and experiences of Khmer art are already quite old. If we do not hurry up, the historical verification and revival will become impossible. Even if we want to revive it, there are obvious shortages of leaders in Cambodia at present. Therefore, human resource support from Japan can offer a big contribution. Cambodia is currently making a rapid economical development centering on Phnom Penh while absorbing European and American culture. As a result of this, there is concern for the undermining of the country’s uniqueness. I think that Khmer’s individuality of having a different culture from Western countries is necessary for Cambodia to make further development in the world and for their future.