The Intersection Of Vunrability
The Hawkers Song
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Support by:
- The Australia Council for the Arts
- Arts Vicotria
- The City of Melbourne
- City of Greater Dandenong
Street hawkers – both old and young - wearily ply their trade along the pristine roads that run in front of the new Casino. The former Vann Mollyvann’s National Theater, built in 1968 and demolished in 2008, provides a somber backdrop to the hawkers’ parade. The tension in these images are heightened by an increasingly anxious soundscape; an aural intimation of the conflicts occurring in Phnom Penh.
This work explores the innocence of youth and the vulnerability of people living on the poverty line. It captures the seemingly inert stretches of time hawkers spend waiting for trade and their ultimate reliance on others to make a living.
