Скачать или смотреть Ink Stories: Khmer Tattooists, Craft, and the Stories on Skin

In this immersive monologue Samnang visits a small Phnom Penh studio and a village courtyard to meet tattoo artists whose work maps family memory, protection charms, and aesthetic lineage across generations. Close, sound-rich recording captures the low buzz of a machine, the rasp of needle on skin, soft Khmer exchanges, and the quiet pause when a client recounts why they asked for a particular image. We hear an elder artist who learned hand-poked marks from relatives, a young apprentice balancing traditional motifs with modern design, and a client whose tattoo marks a life passage. The Context Corner explains cultural roles of tattooing in Cambodian life, ethical boundaries around sacred motifs, and public-health standards without publishing ritual texts or technical instruction. Practical travel tips cover consent, sterile-clinic checks, and how to support artists ethically. The episode closes with a reflective takeaway about permanence, stewardship, and listening to living bodies as archives.