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SUMMARY:Defiant Art: A Year of Resistance to the Myanmar Coup in Images
DESCRIPTION:Since 1 February 2021\, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army\, known as the Tatmadaw\, detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a general election which Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military\, a state of emergency and gross human rights abuses. Courageously\, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders\, as well as a booming number of prisoners and the restoration of democratic rule. A massive civil disobedience movement has emerged and hundreds of thousands continue to take to the streets in spite of the military’s use of lethal force against protesters. Amidst the failure of the international community to take action\, atrocities are being committed on an increasing scale\, with the opposition National Unity Government (NUG) in exile resorting to form the People Defence Force and justify armed resistance. As of 8 January\,1447 people are confirmed killed by the junta coup and a total of 8468 people are currently under detention. In total\, 78 people are sentenced to death\, in person and absentia\, including two children.  \nAs the anniversary of the coup on 1 February 2022 approaches\, SEA Junction in collaboration with Art for Freedom (Myanmar)\, now known as Raise Three Fingers (RTF)\, and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) is holding a creative exhibition on 18 January -13 February 2022 from 11AM to 7PM in solidarity with the uprising movement in Myanmar. A series of 13 boards with artworks by artists from Myanmar and beyond\, commemorating and contesting the key events in the course of the year\, will be displayed on the curved wall on the 4th floor of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC). Together\, the boards form a history in images of the evolving political situation in Myanmar—economic and social impacts have also been huge\, but are not the focus of the exhibition—highlighting the importance of art to raise awareness\, chronicle what is happening and encourage resistance. \nThe boards were adapted\, enriched and updated from an exhibition and fundraising event held in London last August. The artworks are from the archives of Art for Freedom as well as from the many that have been circulating on social media\, including posters and memes. Whenever possible\, the artist has been recognized\, but we remain grateful to the many who cannot be named for security reasons or who we were not able to identify. The variety and number of artworks is impressive\, testifying to the creative power the resistance to the coup has unleashed\, but due to limited time and space we could not include all those we admired. We do hope you will search further for artworks in other venues and\, most importantly\, feel motivated to support the cause of what has become a global artists’ movement. \n  \n \nFor information/reservation for our events\, please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone: +66970024140 \nNB: Events are free\, but donations are most welcome! \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions\, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information\, see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction \nAsia Justice and Rights (AJAR) \nAJAR is a non-profit organization\, based in Jakarta\, Indonesia\, whose aim is to contribute to the strengthening of human rights and the alleviation of entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific region. Its work focuses on countries involved in transition from a context of mass human rights violations to democracy\, where it strives to build cultures based on accountability\, justice and a willingness to learn from the root causes of mass human rights violations to help prevent the recurrence of state-sanctioned human rights violations. For more information\, see www.asia-ajar.org. \nRaise Three Fingers (RTF) \nRTF\, formerly known as Art for Freedom Myanmar is a campaign hub founded by artists and creatives in Myanmar to bring the global art community together and highlight the unfolding human rights and humanitarian crises caused by the military coup on February 1 2021. For more information see www.threefingers.org.   \n
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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibition “Women Out on the Streets for a New Burma”
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar\, the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand (FCCT) is hosting the photo exhibition “Women Out on the Streets for a New Burma” from 24 January to 11 February in partnership with SEA Junction. \nFirst displayed by SEA Junction and its partners at BACC in December 2021\, the exhibition shows how widespread\, diverse and empowering women leadership and participation has been and continue to be in opposition to the military junta. Women have been an integral part of the year-long protest\, often being on the frontline of the movement in spite of the danger of being killed\, wounded\, arrested\, tortured and the greater risk of sexual harassment and violence. Women challenge the dictatorship as well as the patriarchal norms\, misogyny and sexism rooted at its core. The idea of impurity of women and their relegation to the domestic domain has been confronted by exposing “feminine” attributes in public. For instance\, as the exhibition photos show\, during protest women proudly carried bras and sanitary pads. Other photos also document the display of women’s drying htamain or longyi (sarong)\, which traditionally is believed to harm men’s hpon (mystical power)\, thus lowering the “masculine status of the security force”. \nCurated by Lattapol Jirapathomsakul and produced by SEA Junction together with The Myanmar Project Collective\, the Women’s League of Burma and Asia Justice and Rights\, the exhibition combines photos taken by a dozen of young Burmese journalists who have been covering the protests from all around the country under the umbrella of The Myanmar Project Collective with photos collected by the member institutions of the Women’s League of Burma.   \nThe opening of the exhibition was on 24 February at 6.30 PM\, featuring readings by Ma Thida and Ko Ko Thett from the new anthology of protest poetry and essays “Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring\, revolutionary and traditional songs performed by Co-Culture Ensemble in collaboration with Burmese music students\, as well as Burmese food by Miss Lunatics\, chefs of the Myanmar Media Exile Hub. \nPrints of the photographic images on exhibit\, mounted on foam backing and ready to hang\, will be available for sale to support SEA Junction’s activities on Myanmar. The price of A1 size is at 1\,000; A2 is at 650; and A3 is at 450. \nOn Feb.1st at 7 PM\, the FCCT will also hold a panel discussion to mark the coup’s first anniversary: “Myanmar\, one year on\, what next?” (Information to be provided later on the FCCT website) \n  \n \nPlease email info@fccthai.com or contact us at southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone: +66970024140 for information. \nForeign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) \nThe FCCT is Southeast Asia’s oldest press club and a renowned forum for open discourse and debate. Its location is Penthouse Maneeya Center 518/5 Ploenchit Road (connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station) Patumwan\, Bangkok. For more information see www.fccthai.com \nSEA Junction \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions\, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information\, see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction \nThe Myanmar Project Collective \nCo-founded by a group of young Burmese journalists and Southeast-Asia correspondent and media teacher Laure Siegel\, The Myanmar Project Collective documented street protests and local events in a dozen places across the country from Day 1 after the coup d’Etat. All their portfolios have been published in chronological order by French investigative outlet Mediapart: https://blogs.mediapart.fr/laure-siegel/portfolios Their updated and curated work can be seen and supported on Visual Rebellion\, a platform where Burmese photographers\, filmmakers and artists can showcase their productions about life and resistance under and against the military regime. \nWomen’s League of Burma (WLB) \nWLB was established in 1999 with the aim of increasing the participation of women in the struggle for democracy and human rights\, promoting women’s participation in the national peace and reconciliation process\, and enhancing the role of the women of Burma at the national and international level. For more information\, see www.womenofburma.org \nAsia Justice and Rights (AJAR) \nAJAR is a non-profit organization\, based in Jakarta\, Indonesia\, whose aim is to contribute to the strengthening of human rights and the alleviation of entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific region. Its work focuses on countries involved in transition from a context of mass human rights violations to democracy\, where it strives to build cultures based on accountability\, justice and a willingness to learn from the root causes of mass human rights violations to help prevent the recurrence of state-sanctioned human rights violations. For more information\, see www.asia-ajar.org. \n
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