Khmer Rouge victims memorial sculpture unveiled

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Khmer Rouge victims memorial sculpture unveiled

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December 8, 2017
Khmer Rouge victims memorial unveiled
The French embassy in Phnom Penh inaugurated a memorial sculpture dedicated to those killed under the Khmer Rouge regime yesterday.
The sculpture, representing a man upside down, is the work of Khmer artist Ing Phousera, better known as Sera, who witnessed the events of April 17, 1975, when the population of Phnom Penh was forced to leave their homes.

“It symbolizes the fact that everything fell when the Khmer Rouge marched the people out,” Mr Sera said.
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[Phnom Penh Post, September 2016]
[The sculpture] features six figures – mostly disembodied and abstract, surrounding a central figure – whose head is bowed and feet dug into the ground.
“The figure is in the position of praying, but the feet are in the expression of working,” Séra explains. “On that day [April 17, 1975], people didn’t have any other power other than praying and work.”
ImageThe sketch for the sculpture’s central figure.

The sculpture is part of 11 artistic projects by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia aimed at preserving the memory of those who suffered at the hands of the regime.
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“People under Pol Pot’s regime had no human rights,” he said.
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