
The Sculpture of Place & Time
2020-01-22 · 8 min · ★ 5.0
Phnom Penh-based dancer Prumsodm Ok—a Cambodian-American and pioneer of the first Cambodian gay dance company Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA—demonstrates the meticulous form of Khmer dance. This short draws a parallel between the nature of film as a time machine and the dancing human body as both fundamentally dynamic and temporal. Within the frame beckons a prayer for healing and empowerment in the face of violence and conflict.
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- Tatsuhito Utagawa
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- Cambodia, Japan
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- Released
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