DIGITAL ART PRINTS IN THE AGE OF NFTS

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DIGITAL ART PRINTS IN THE AGE OF NFTS

A Roundtable Discussion with dr. Carlo Santoro moderated by Reaksmey Yean

Paraphrasing the well-known remarks about “art in the age of mechanical reproduction” proposed by Walter Benjamin nearly 100 years ago, artists, curators, and representatives of leading Cambodian institutions will converse about the value of reproducing digital artworks in light of the emergence of NFTs.

Following the success of the first Roundtable by Metaestetica Lab. on “Abstract Art” at Angkor International Festival of the Arts 2021

Hosted by: Silapak Trotchaek Pneik
Date: Sunday, July 3, 2022
Time:16:00 – 17:30
Panelist Conversation (1h.)
Q&A Session (30mins.)
Venue: YK Art House, 13 A St 830 Phnom Penh
Organized by: Metaestetica Lab. & Silapak Trotchaek Pneik
Chair: Carlo Santoro, Associate Professor at the American University of Phnom Penh and Founder of Metaestetica Lab.
Moderator: Reaksmey Yean, Program Director at Silapak Trotchaek Pneik and Art History lecturer at Phnom Penh International Institute of the Arts

Panelists:

Jwalant Desai, Director at American University of Phnom Penh Technology Center
Eriq Henri Madsen, Dean of Arts and Design at Phnom Penh International Institute of the Arts
Lim Sokchanlina, Co-Founder and Artist at Sa Sa Art Projects
Sao Sreymao, Co-Founder of tiSamjort and Independent Artist
Cécile Eap Berg, Founder and Managing Director at Sra’Art Studio
Tony Lefferts, Founder and Artist Producer at Space Four Zero
Jean-Pascal Vittori, Co-founder of Replik Workshop and Art Director at Melon Rouge Agency
Hidetaka Nakamura, Founder of Social Compass and Director of White Canvas Project
Lee Pin, Co-Founder and Director at Krama NFT Marketplace

NFTs will be on Display by Krama NFT Marketplace
– Cambodian and International well-known artists such as Chhim Sothy, Hour Soben, Sam Sophonn and more…
– Full Steam Ahead by Cambodian Children Fund
– Form & Space Experience by AUPPHS Foxcroft Academy

Silapak Trotchaek Pneik promotes contemporary and modern art practices, provides a platform for young emerging artists to showcase their works and their talents, and to cultivate the passion and appreciation for the art. Art is one of the essential pillars of sustainability, and educational, social and economic development.

Reaksmey Yean. Self-proclaimed art advocate, art curator, writer, and researcher. Currently, he is a program director and co-founder of Silapak Trotchaek Pneik, a contemporary art space by YK Art House. He is also a part-time lecturer at Phnom Penh International Institute of the Art (PPIIA). He is an Alphawood scholar (SOAS, University of London). He was an exchange scholar at the Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs, Chiang Mai University. He is an inaugural SEAsia Award Scholar (2017) of LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, an Asian Cultural Council fellow (2018), and a beneficiary of Dr. Karen Mcleod Adair grant for MA in Asian Art Histories at LASALLE College of the Arts. He was a curator for creative programs at Java Creative Café, Phnom Penh and prior, he served several senior posts, including an Assistant to School of Performing Arts, at Phare Ponleu Selpak, where he received his early education.

Metaestetica Lab. aims at deepening the theoretical assumptions of the “eventualist movement”, which originates in 1979 from the research group on the psychology of art, Jartrakor, in Rome. It is open to anyone who wishes to share an aesthetic experience. The intent is to support an open vision capable of promoting a conscious restructuring of socially shared assumptions through the interaction between the public and the works proposed by the laboratory. Today, the approach proposed by Metaestetica Lab. is beginning to be recognized by academia in Cambodia and is considered fundamental in the teaching of various STEAM and Arts & Culture courses.

Carlo Santoro (PhD). Associate Professor at American University Phnom Penh (Art, Architecture and Urban Design), fellow researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (Cultural Heritage Preservation) and member of “Jartrakor”, International Association on Psychology of Art in Rome. As founder of Metaestetica multidisciplinary research laboratory, he has conducted a series of events on digital and participatory art at the Sarsus Art Center, Beijing 798 Art Zone and later at the Art Space, Factory Phnom Penh. His works have been exhibited in various events dedicated to contemporary art and architecture, including those supported by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), National Museum of Cambodia, Cambodian Ministry of Culture of Fine Arts, Italian Ministry of Foreigner Affairs and Italian Embassy in Bangkok.