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May 2024
Censorship of SEA Arts in Times of Crisis
Event Background In peak moments of political change or crisis, there is often a corresponding increase in arts censorship. Arts and culture in Southeast Asia already face multiple challenges – the lack of resources, narrow public support, an opaque legal and admirative landscape of practice. On top of this, across the region, arts and cultural workers regularly experience increased surveillance, censorship or pressure during periods of leadership challenges, economic turmoil or social unrest. Yet, these are moments when artists’ voices…
Find out more »Book Launch and Discussion “Outsourcing the Polity; Non-State Welfare, Inequality and Resistance in Myanmar”
Event Background 'Outsourcing the Polity; Non-State Welfare, Inequality and Resistance in Myanmar” offers a new account of social outsourcing and non-state social provisioning in post-independence Myanmar, with clear implications for understanding the post-coup context. Grounded in extensive research during Myanmar's decade of partial civilian rule (2011–2021), the book examines how ideals and practices of non-state welfare - charity, philanthropy and social provisioning beyond the state - can both sustain democratic resistance and entrench inequality over time. The book, recently published by…
Find out more »41st #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
On 28 May 2024 at 5-6 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Mizzima as a media partner will hold the 41st #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This update series was started soon after the coup d’état in Myanmar with the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as…
Find out more »Documentary Screening and Discussion “Dirty Vote”
Event Background On 29 May at 5.30-8.00 pm the Indonesian documentary Dirty Vote will be screened at SEA Junction. This documentary has been a controversial hit when it was released on YouTube few days before the Presidential Election held on 14 February 2024 in Indonesia and got 20 million viewers in the first two weeks. Directed by Dandhy Dwi Laksono, the documentary features three Indonesian constitutional law experts, namely Bivitri Susanti, Feri Amsari, and Zainal Arifin Mochtar sharing their views…
Find out more »June 2024
Photo Exhibition “Who Cares? COVID-19 Divides in Southeast Asia”
In mainland Southeast Asia, the pandemic´s human toll initially was limited compared to that in peninsular Southeast Asia and to global figures. However, the image of a region largely unscathed by COVID-19 began to change by the end of 2020, when new strains of the virus emerged. By the middle of 2021, the Delta variant had turned Southeast Asia into a global center of the pandemic. The health and socioeconomic damage which COVID-19 inflicted on the countries of this region,…
Find out more »Open Call Cartoons and Comics Competitions “Cartooning the ASEAN Way of Non-Interference and Consensus”
SEA Junction, in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), invites cartoonists, comics creators, artists and arts collectives from countries in Southeast Asia to reflect on the future of the role of ASEAN in addressing current and emerging issues in the region. The COVID-19 pandemic, the coup in Myanmar and autocratic changes in other member states, unresolved geo-political tensions and recessionary pressures have brought attention towards ASEAN, prompting crucial questions on whether it is fulfilling or failing to fulfil its…
Find out more »WeMend: Stitching Connections Talk
Talk and Workshops by Womanifesto – International Art Exchange in collaboration with SEA JUNCTION WeMend is an ongoing social and workshop space inviting visitors and community groups to join in the ongoing activity to sew/embroider/patch/upcycle pieces of fabric together. Background WeMend is a project by Womanifesto – International Art Exchange (Thailand) and was first installed for the exhibition Womanifesto: Flowing Connections at Bangkok Art & Culture Center from September to December 2023. As a continuation, we are inviting the setting up of further workshops in various…
Find out more »WeMend: Stitching Connections Workshop
Talk and Workshops by Womanifesto – International Art Exchange in collaboration with SEA JUNCTION WeMend is an ongoing social and workshop space inviting visitors and community groups to join in the ongoing activity to sew/embroider/patch/upcycle pieces of fabric together. Background WeMend is a project by Womanifesto – International Art Exchange (Thailand) and was first installed for the exhibition Womanifesto: Flowing Connections at Bangkok Art & Culture Center from September to December 2023. As a continuation, we are inviting the setting up of further workshops in various…
Find out more »42nd #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
On 18 June 2024 at 3-4pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with Mizzima as a media partner will hold the 42nd #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This update series was started soon after the coup d’état in Myanmar with the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as Tatmadaw,…
Find out more »Compassion Without Borders: A World Refugee Day Event
Event background Amidst the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, triggered by the military coup in 2021, millions have been forced to flee their homes, seeking safety within the country and across its borders. In commemoration of World Refugee Day, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) in partnership with the Asia Research Center for Migration of Chulalongkorn University (ARCM), the Rohingya Association in Southeast Asia, Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) and SEA Junction aim to raise awareness and understanding of this ongoing humanitarian…
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