 | | Amy Lee Sanford is a Cambodian-American visual artist. Her work explores the evolution of emotional stagnation, and the lasting psychological effects of war, including aspects of guilt, loss, alienation and displacement. She was born in Cambodia in 1972, and raised in the United States: in July 1974, nine months before the Khmer Rouge took full control of the country, Amy’s father arranged her safe passage out of Cambodia, amid rocket launches and raids.
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Break Pot Performance is part of an ongoing series of performances in which the artist works with clay earthenware from Kompong Chhnang, her father’s home province. After solemnly breaking a single pot, Amy will gather and glue the pieces back together. The simple process is mesmerizingly methodical and surprisingly meditative. The performance will be followed by a conversation and Q & A with the artist.
Sanford recently performed at Now Then: Performance & Temporality, the 19th Performance Studies International conference at Stanford University. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and she holds qualifications in art, science and engineering from Brown, Harvard, and Massachusetts Universities and the Rhode Island School of Design.