Exhibition Launch – Hidden
Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge
Join us for the launch of a new exhibition, Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge, a long-term collaborative project by photographer Charles Fox and Cambodian teacher and historian Prum Sisaphantha (Pantha).
Hidden uses photography and testimony to illustrate Pantha’s experience of loss and forced relocation under the Khmer Rouge, the communist regime that ruled Cambodia between 1975-1979. The exhibition invites audiences to reflect on the ways in which history is preserved, concealed, and rediscovered through images.
At the launch Charles Fox will be in conversation with lecturer Komarine Romdenh-Romluc of the University of Sheffield, and Cambodian diaspora artist Dayanny So.
About the speakers
Charles Fox engages with photography from a cross-disciplinary background in journalism, participatory and collaborative practices, and academic research. With nearly 20 years of experience working internationally and in the UK, he has been featured in several interviews on the BBC World Service, Wall Street Journal’s – Asia Today programme as well as reviews and discussions of the collaboratively produced books Buried and Hidden. Charles holds an MA in Genocide and Holocaust Studies and has lectured at UK art institutions. His research-driven approach informs his visual practice, often exploring themes of memory, migration, and post-conflict narratives.
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sheffield, whose work focuses on diaspora identities and experiences. Her current research is on Frantz Fanon’s philosophy. She is also working on an AHRC-funded project with Charles Fox, which uses phenomenology and photography to investigate Cambodian post-genocide experiences.
Dayanny So is a Cambodian diaspora artist, who came to the UK as a refugee at the age of 25. Drawing upon his personal experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime, So’s work speaks to remembrance and resilience, and involves diverse media and making activities. He is artist-in-residence at SPUDWorks.
Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge
Join us for the launch of a new exhibition, Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge, a long-term collaborative project by photographer Charles Fox and Cambodian teacher and historian Prum Sisaphantha (Pantha).
Hidden uses photography and testimony to illustrate Pantha’s experience of loss and forced relocation under the Khmer Rouge, the communist regime that ruled Cambodia between 1975-1979. The exhibition invites audiences to reflect on the ways in which history is preserved, concealed, and rediscovered through images.
At the launch Charles Fox will be in conversation with lecturer Komarine Romdenh-Romluc of the University of Sheffield, and Cambodian diaspora artist Dayanny So.
About the speakers
Charles Fox engages with photography from a cross-disciplinary background in journalism, participatory and collaborative practices, and academic research. With nearly 20 years of experience working internationally and in the UK, he has been featured in several interviews on the BBC World Service, Wall Street Journal’s – Asia Today programme as well as reviews and discussions of the collaboratively produced books Buried and Hidden. Charles holds an MA in Genocide and Holocaust Studies and has lectured at UK art institutions. His research-driven approach informs his visual practice, often exploring themes of memory, migration, and post-conflict narratives.
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sheffield, whose work focuses on diaspora identities and experiences. Her current research is on Frantz Fanon’s philosophy. She is also working on an AHRC-funded project with Charles Fox, which uses phenomenology and photography to investigate Cambodian post-genocide experiences.
Dayanny So is a Cambodian diaspora artist, who came to the UK as a refugee at the age of 25. Drawing upon his personal experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime, So’s work speaks to remembrance and resilience, and involves diverse media and making activities. He is artist-in-residence at SPUDWorks.
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Highlights
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- In person
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Location
The Wiener Holocaust Library
29 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DP
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