WEDNESDAY 6 | Three decades have passed since the Cambodian government converted a block of civil servants’ apartments into artist flats; a place for dancers, painters, sculptors, writers and other artisans who survived the Khmer Rouge to live and work, to create a community. Since then, Ma Deng (‘The White Building’)’s occupants have turned from hundreds into thousands, the structure falling into ever more deplorable disrepair. Today, it continues to hold international interest. Find out why.
WHO: Architects and the culturally inquisitive
WHAT: Screening of three documentaries on ‘The White Building’
WHERE: Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd.
WHEN: 4pm November 6
WHY: An icon investigated