Cambodia - case study 2 柬埔寨 - 個案研究2
Giant Puppet Project
Co-founded by Jig Cochrane, Stuart Cochlin and Sasha Constable
Presently co-directed by Stuart Cochlin and Oun Savann
Since 2007
Siem Reap/Battambang, Cambodia
Giant Puppet Project
Co-founded by Jig Cochrane, Stuart Cochlin and Sasha Constable
Presently co-directed by Stuart Cochlin and Oun Savann
Since 2007
Siem Reap/Battambang, Cambodia
Established in 2007, Giant Puppet Project is an annual program which consists of an educational component and a public engagement aspect, with a clear social mission. In each edition, the project involves hundreds of children and young adults from local schools and those from disadvantaged background in a three-weeks workshop to create large-scale puppets, with the facilitation support from artists and art students from Phare Ponleu Selpak art school in Battambang. The program culminates in a spectacular evening parade of illuminating puppets through the city streets.
Cochrane runs an arts organisation called Jigantics that specializes in large scale event decor worldwide.
Cochlin is a British architect based in Siem Reap since 2007. He started his directorship with the Giant Puppet Project since 2009.
Graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak, Oun is an artist, curator, organizer and art teacher. He joined Giant Puppet Project as Project Manager in 2008, then joined co-directorship with Cochlin in 2022.
Constable is a British artist and sculptor. Between 2000-2018, she lived and worked in Cambodia, where she was actively engaged in various art projects.
Courtesy of Giant Puppet Project