Each person on the Java team is encouraged and supported to be a true craftsman from making coffee to bread to fresh pasta. The Java team includes many long-term employees (5 of the original 7 still work at Java from 11 years ago!) who know the customers well. Can't wait to be able to visit the Java Café & Gallery in person and not just look at their website images! I am waiting till there is a vaccine available before I reschedule my flight. The Australian Government advises all Australians do not travel overseas at this time. My cancelled trip to Cambodia is still on hold. From Birdsville to the trenches, a love of the punt has supposedly been central to national identity. One explanation for Australia’s world-record gambling spend is cultural preference. It may be true, but I enjoy playing pokies for fun staying within my budget. Some say that Australians are the biggest gamblers on earth. Some say Australia has a gambling problem. And it's true that some people ruin their lives by gambling. I know there are people who say gambling is bad. Like many Aussie punters, not being able to go to our local pubs or clubs to play pokies was a drag. I admit it was hard during the shut down, but I was able to work from home, could face time with friends and family, and most importantly (just joking) could play some of the best pokies at my favorite online casinos, Fair Go and Uptown Pokies. I think the Australian Prime minister and the health professionals have done a great job. Those of us living in Melbourne have just emerged from a 111 day shut down. However, the Covid 19 pandemic upended everything.
There's more to Cambodia than its ancient sites, I discovered several years ago including a newly thriving arts and music scene in the capital, Phnom Penh, with galleries, clubs and cafes springing up. The JavaArts Lab extends its support to other arts practitioners to further the knowledge, documentation and critical discourse on contemporary Cambodian art both in the country and in the wider global context. It continues to experiment with this new platform working with artists, researchers and curators.Ģ020 An aside: I was planning a culture trip to Cambodia with a longer visit to Phnom Penh.
The space evolved to be a modular arts lab that functions as an office, a studio, a gallery and an incubator for contemporary concepts and ideas. Initially, the space was created to showcase emerging artists, but it became clear that it served the community best in a generative role.
In response to the changing artistic climate in Cambodia, JavaArts launched the Arts Lab and Residency program in 2012 to formalize and expand the support for art production, providing grants, workspace and logistical support to Cambodian artists. It works to sustain arts practice for artists, researchers, curators and other creative practitioners and has provided a launching pad to many emerging artists who have since gone on to become prominent figures in the contemporary art world. Supported by the café and gallery activities, JavaArts is a platform for the development of contemporary visual arts in Cambodia.
JavaArts is a cultural enterprise that was launched in partnership with Java Café & Gallery in the year 2000 in Phnom Penh, where it operates a gallery and arts lab. All profits and sales go to JavaArts programming and to support artist initiatives. The gallery events and shows are facilitated by JavaArts. The gallery is an integrated part of the café spanning both floors and features regular exhibitions by emerging and mid-career Cambodian artists as well as international guests. All profits from the gallery are used for programming and supporting artist initiatives. An alternative to the daily routine, it is a place where creatives, families, students and business people all come to feel at home and be inspired.īoth the ground floor and first floor have regular exhibitions and adjacent to the café, the JavaArts workspace features the work of young and emerging Cambodian artists and functions as a platform for supporting contemporary visual arts in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. Java Café & Gallery is a neighborhood hub, and an “icon” of café culture in the capital of Cambodia, being one of the first to open in 2000.
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