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“I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history... This country, for me was my awakening.” – Angelina Jolie (BBC, February 2017)
This video installation is an exploration of my personal fascination with Angelina Jolie as a UN ambassador, celebrity humanitarian, and the adoptive mother of a Cambodian son.
2017-Ongoing
Video documentation
A single journey can change the course of a life, 2017-ongoing. Four-channel video with CRT monitors and projection (color, sound; 2:47 minutes). Installation view, North 181, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. © Sopheak Sam
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Research images + textual materials
ដំណើរមួយអាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរផ្លូវជីវិតយើង
A single journey can change the course of a life
ដំណើរមួយអាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរផ្លូវជីវិតយើង
A single journey can change the course of a life
“I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history... This country, for me was my awakening.” – Angelina Jolie (BBC, February 2017)
This video installation is an exploration of my personal fascination with Angelina Jolie as a UN ambassador, celebrity humanitarian, and the adoptive mother of a Cambodian son.
2017-Ongoing
Video documentation
A single journey can change the course of a life, 2017-ongoing. Four-channel video with CRT monitors and projection (color, sound; 2:47 minutes). Installation view, North 181, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. © Sopheak Sam
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c556bd41186ba988cee7a34c0f912be21080cfd167b71426dfbbafa764eda13/9.-A-single-journey-can-change-the-course-of-a-life---install-view.png)
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Research images + textual materials
![News clipping from The Guardian, 14 June 2011. Author: Armstrong, Stephen](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aca788eada626b2ba193442ed150a69214c60e7c485481abdaf36b8843e8b24/Screen-Shot-2023-03-20-at-3.55.15-AM.png)
![Angelina and baby Maddox in Cambodia. Photo: Chris White](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5906f1791b8fd5f5aeaf811786b86ec1dacb3851b67c8fcf750e1f70ac184bf7/NINTCHDBPICT000662940373.jpeg)
![Still from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001. Director: Simon West](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31e5ad58e587f3ec5dde65fd8885d219079e304678209bcc6dcfe9fe6ca692e8/lara-croft-tomb-raider.jpeg)
![Chart details meaning of Angelina Jolie's tattoos, published by The Daily Mail, 2017. Rouse, Alisha.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d6f98dbe9bb339b3fb316d17c4e0f6aaf1ba809cdffe8a2208f4aec526ea4c/angelina-jolie-tattoo-chart.jpeg)
![Angelina Jolie fan art via FANPOP by user Timothee](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac2563457ade83a5166069cc6d9f6539dc6ef923fede6d03d7d2db336cd87ff0/angelina-jolie-fan-art-3.jpeg)
![Angelina Jolie at Angkor Wat, Harper's Bazaar UK, 14 June 2022. Photo: Rachel Louise Brown](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6861ba0689194f3c31b9d9d442df4877f90c1e4e7239c25c5bed29834991572/angelina-angkor-wat.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8ca44b6ad39f918ea16497a32676f1315fc29080317a63044a92655f19369ac/angelina-jolie-tomb-raider.gif)