Sa Sa Art Projects, cultivating Cambodia's arts community

Founded in 2010, Sa Sa Art Projects is an ongoing Cambodian artist-initiated and artist-run space \dedicated to experimental contemporary art and critical discussion. It nurtures a new generation of Cambodian artists, building stronger and more vibrant art communities and cultivating a growing audience for art.

Sa Sa Art Projects and Rei Foundation work together acrossa number of focus areas. Sa Sa Art Projects has developed an art education programme that helps students and graduates develop their artistic ideas and critically examine their work.

Emerging artists can also learn practical professional skills through a bridging programme.Sa Sa Art Projects runs an exhibition programme and through the Pisaot residency, Cambodian and international artists can experiment with their artistic practice.. Sa Sa Art Projects also brings practitioners from different disciplines together to develop projects.

Through this partnership, Rei Foundation supports Cambodian artists as they develop their ideas, experiment with new forms of expression and share their work with audiences.Sa Sa Art Projects values flexibility in how it works. As the team explains, the organisation is “able to evolve organically to adapt to the changing context and needs of the communities with which we work”.

In 2019, Sa Sa Art Projects organised Currents, an art and urban festival which ran from 17 March to 7 April 2019 and featured cinema, lectures, performances, workshops and exhibitions across the Cambodian capital. The festival was produced in collaboration with Hyacinth Culture and modern architectural heritage organisation The Vann Molyvann Project, and was the first of its kind bringing film, performance, architecture and visual art together in one festival.