{"id":2263,"date":"2022-03-02T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2022-08-17T09:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:50:43","slug":"talks-discussions-no-2-conversation-with-nico-mesterharm-funder-of-the-german-cambodian-goethe-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/2022\/03\/02\/talks-discussions-no-2-conversation-with-nico-mesterharm-funder-of-the-german-cambodian-goethe-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk No.2 &#8211; Conversation with NICO MESTERHARM"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l501yx6f-fa499dd0ab36301966d76e1e2003daab'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Talk No.2- Conversation with NICO MESTERHARM,<\/strong> the founder of the German Cambodian Cultural Center \u2014 known as the Meta House Goethe-Center, Phnom Penh Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>In this conversation, we talk about the changes that happened in the last two years in Cambodia, life, and art.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Feel free to leave comments<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1jgaotk-d23d2a1f7e5f89d59076352d8f51ab02'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Talk No.2- Conversation with NICO MESTERHARM, founder of Meta House, Cambodian Cultural Center\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9h6DQBdFJOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Click on the photo to start the recorded talk<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-2bf3bb-0378156d5616e81d21ae83accea68b95 hr-default  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1jgm3ln-05649d7aa2f0fbbba31d4f9ea2ef82a8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l1jgm3ln-05649d7aa2f0fbbba31d4f9ea2ef82a8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l1jgm3ln-05649d7aa2f0fbbba31d4f9ea2ef82a8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l1jgm3ln-05649d7aa2f0fbbba31d4f9ea2ef82a8 av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2293 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2293 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-300x199.jpg\" alt='' title='Nico Mesterharm and Lach Chantha shooting a documentary 2007'  height=\"199\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-1030x685.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-1500x997.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007-705x469.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Nico-Mesterharm-and-Lach-Chantha-shooting-a-documentary-2007.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1jgvrv0-510786cd1c5608d89574f5f3fe4fbc28'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nico\u00a0 Mesterharm\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>German journalist and documentary filmmaker Nico Mesterharm came to Cambodia in the early 2000s to direct\/produce films for European and German TV.<\/p>\n<p>He founded the Cambodian-German Cultural Center Meta House in 2007 together with his wife Sopheak Sao, also a filmmaker by trade.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolaus Mesterharm was awarded the \u201cCross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1jh30fi-28d1a44398167c781adb80310c417034\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l1jh30fi-28d1a44398167c781adb80310c417034 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l1jh30fi-28d1a44398167c781adb80310c417034 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l1jh30fi-28d1a44398167c781adb80310c417034 av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2267 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2267 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016-300x200.jpg\" alt='' title='Meta House Team with Nico 2016'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Meta-House-Team-with-Nico-2016.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1jh6vgq-d033a9677be2a755985600d6fb1a1e6e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meta House Goethe-Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cambodian-German Cultural Center \u201cMeta House Goethe-Center\u201d was established in January 2007 in the capital Phnom Penh as a creative platform for the nascent Cambodian arts and media scene. What once started as a small community center in a private house has grown into an award-winning cultural center. In the course of the last decade, Meta House has won several accolades, from \u201cBest Cambodian Art Space\u201d to \u201cSouth-East-Asia\u2019s Top Arts NGO\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meta-house.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">READ MORE &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l2npye95-02749b477f3db39b3e8762ef0435607a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l2npye95-02749b477f3db39b3e8762ef0435607a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l2npye95-02749b477f3db39b3e8762ef0435607a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l2npye95-02749b477f3db39b3e8762ef0435607a av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2393 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2393 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-300x199.jpg\" alt='' title='david'  height=\"199\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-1030x685.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-1500x997.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david-705x469.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.sleepingfortomorrow.com\/sft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/david.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l2npwi16-72148e2b7906279820ed00f2ccdbb75b'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the heart of David\u2019s work is human rights. He has worked for causes within Australia and overseas, such as women\u2019s rights and educational disparity, sex trafficking, witch burning and indigenous issues. He has worked with many populations that have been subject to extreme social and environmental events such as the survivors from the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia, indigenous tribes, bushfire survivors and the journeys of many refugees. These causes have taken him around Australia and to countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Nepal, Indonesia and Tonga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidbrownfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">READ MORE &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='av-buildercomment av-b9i65j-bb11f56743a83c063b8430f49cab8713  av-blog-meta-author-disabled'><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9fqmo7-fb8e29c3eda8ef47de9cf88b13488d0d\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-9fqmo7-fb8e29c3eda8ef47de9cf88b13488d0d{\nmargin:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-9fqmo7-fb8e29c3eda8ef47de9cf88b13488d0d av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_comments_list  el_before_av_social_share  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content 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