RANY PHOK
Born 1991 in Ratanakiri, Cambodia
Lives and works in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Don’t Give Up 2019
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
11.00 mins
Courtesy the artist and Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh
IRAQUEER
Founded March 2015
Transgender in Iraq 2017–18
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
2:00 mins
Courtesy IraQueer Organization; LGBT+ Iraqis, between myths, violence, and personal struggle
SITHORT RET
Born 2001 in Ratanakiri, Cambodia
Lives and works Pou Cha Village, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Last hope 2019
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
13:19 mins
Courtesy the artist and Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh
SALOTE TAWALE
Born 1976 in Suva, Fiji
Lives and works Sydney
Rollergirl 2004
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
2:51 mins
Courtesy the artist
15 Screens Reel 2
15 Screens was initiated as a platform to exhibit artists in juxtaposition to interconnected themes. Broken into separate reels for the purposes of NIRIN NAARM’s online delivery, the series hosts a variety of moving image material, from artistic video work, documentary and archival footage, to infomercials, music video clips and short film. Though varied in style, these stand-alone works are united in their expression of critical issues, humour, beauty, calls to action, and at times marginalised histories that demand our attention.
The diverse range of artists, creatives and filmmakers participating in 15 Screens present us with unique and compelling stories. Works by Rany Phok and Sithort Ret, commissioned and acquired by the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center in Cambodia offers fresh perspectives of humanity, perseverance and family from which to relate our own lives, while IraQueer’s work is part of an animated series, produced in local dialects, to educate about misconceptions and prejudices effecting LGBT+ people in Iraq, labelling them as mentally ill, sinners, and outsiders. In Salote Tawale’s work, the artist uses her own body to portray all of the characters within a superhero narrative, commenting on what is perceived as the ‘normal body’ within Australian society.