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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
![News clipping from The Guardian, 14 June 2011. Author: Armstrong, Stephen]()
![Angelina and baby Maddox in Cambodia. Photo: Chris White]()
![Still from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001. Director: Simon West]()
![Chart details meaning of Angelina Jolie's tattoos, published by The Daily Mail, 2017. Rouse, Alisha.]()
![Angelina Jolie fan art via FANPOP by user Timothee]()
![Angelina Jolie at Angkor Wat, Harper's Bazaar UK, 14 June 2022. Photo: Rachel Louise Brown]()
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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
Click IMAGE | To view video documentation
Research images + textual materials
