Meta House is celebrating its 10th anniversary; article from the PPP on the birth of a cultural centre.
There's a party on there tonight - until "late" they say, so you could still rock up there and see what's on.
After 10 years, Meta House is still a ‘salon’ of ideas
Fri, 27 January 2017
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

To respond to a shortage of art galleries in the capital, Nicolas Mesterharm opened an arts space in his home. Since, Meta House has become a hub of creative exchange.

The much-loved German Cambodian Cultural Center, better known as Meta House, this weekend celebrates its 10th anniversary, and so Post Weekend sat down with its founder, Nicolaus Mesterharm to talk about the history of the institution.

“Nico” Mesterharm, 49, takes a deep breath when asked to start from the beginning.

He first came to Cambodia in 2000.

“I was a documentary filmmaker [and] all the films were on social issues at that time, ranging from HIV-AIDS to prostitution to poverty. So for the first five years of my career here I was basically learning about the country.”
“I left my German TV colleagues at home,” he said. He surrounded himself with Cambodian media professionals and in 2005 opened a production company and rented out a house opposite Wat Botum in the capital...

Meta House’s 10th anniversary party takes place on Saturday from 6pm until late. It will feature art exhibitions, DJ sets, spoken word, projections, a Cambodian traditional music performance and lots of beer and sausage.
Meta House is located at #37 Sothearos Boulevard.
Full article: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... alon-ideas

From arts aficionado to Award Winner
16 November 2018

The much-loved Nicolaus Mesterharm is no stranger to those in the arts scene and is best known as the person behind Meta House in Phnom Penh. Nico, as he is fondly referred to, was recently awarded the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Anith Adilah Othman caught up with him recently.

Arts always seems to find itself in the middle of things. This time, it played an instrumental role in bridging the gap between two very different nations – Germany and Cambodia.

One of the key persons behind the various cultural exchanges through arts in Phnom Penh is Nicolaus Mesterharm, the founding director of the German-Cambodian Cultural Center Meta House. On November 1, Mesterharm’s arts-related efforts over the past 11 years were officially recognised by the German Embassy when he was presented the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Award.

The essence of the prestigious award is to honour those who go out of their way to do something that benefits the larger society, without any personal gains or profit in mind.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50551195/f ... rd-winner/