Oso Kuma
Published on Mar 13, 2022 by Luke Hunt
Oso Kuma is an artist and curator based in Phnom Penh who, among many things, acquires and sells art on behalf of artists and collectors. He currently has access to an extensive collection of works by the American artist Bradford Edwards. Oso can be contacted on osokuma@gmail.com..
Reds & Whites in Asia
Published on Jan 15, 2022 by Luke Hunt
A podcast with Darren Gall who left Australia more than two decades ago and has since established himself as a wine producer, taster, importer, and writer and played an integral part in promoting an industry which is now worth billions of dollars a year.That includes his stake in vineyards and wine-making facilities in Myanmar where businesses have been punished by the pandemic and last year’s military coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.In 2005 Gall oversaw the selection and importation of 15,000 vine and 2,500 Olive tree rootlings from Australia into Thailand for the further development of the Chateau des Brumes winery in Wang Nam Keow, in the Mekong Plateau highlands of eastern Thailand.He says the....
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Cambodia Backs Vaccinations
Published on Jul 24, 2021 by Luke Hunt
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Amid rising caseloads of coronavirus infections as it emerges from a strict COVID lockdown, Cambodia is pinning its hopes on a vaccination rollout that will help the nation reach herd immunity, even as the nation confronts unique challenges that could hamper that effort. Luke Hunt reports. Produced by David Potter and Luke Hunt for Voice of America.Watch, read, listen here..
Mud Between Your Toes, a podcast with Peter Wood
Published on Jun 2, 2021 by Luke Hunt
Peter Wood, the author and producer of the Mud Between Your Toes podcasts, interviews Luke Hunt, author of the Punji Trap. They discuss their work and surviving frontlines. Listen here. .
Breathing Life into Art
Published on Apr 3, 2021 by Luke Hunt
A podcast with artist Tyta Buth. At just 24 years of age, Tyta Buth has already established herself at the center of Cambodia’s arts scene. A portrait photographer who attracts hundreds of people to her exhibitions, she encapsulates the rise of a new generation of artists in a country which is rapidly moving away from a past overshadowed by war and genocide.Buth, who trades under the brand name TytaArt, studied Global Business & Design Management at Regent’s University London and Strategic Design Management at Parsons School of Design, The New School, in New York.With a keen eye, she captures the nature of humans in their rawest state or, as she describes it, an exposure of the soul. She spoke with....
