The Forest of Spirit | KHVAY SAMNANG

Artist Interview for The Forest of Spirit by KHVAY SAMNANG
Curated by Abhijan Toto
12 September - 31 October 2019
at NOVA CONTEMPORARY
NOVA CONTEMPORARY presents “A Forest of Spirits”, a special solo exhibition by Phnom Penh-based artist Khvay Samnang, curated by Abhijan Toto. It brings together a series of objects, photographs and video which form part of the work Preah Kunlong. Through this, the artist points to a multi-naturalist conception of the world through these indigenous cosmologies, and invites us to imagine how we might inhabit these various human and more-than-human worlds. The current exhibition brings together the video work, vine mask and photography, which emerged from these collaborations, along with a series of newly commissioned brass masks, being shown for the first time.
Credits
Interviewer: Abhijan Toto
Video Producer: Tempat Ketsomboon
Subtitle: Natalie Organ

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Went to exhibition and found this amazing series. I’m so proud of his work.