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Myanmar/Burma is an incredibly diverse country, but this cultural richness does not come without a number of serious political challenges. The democratic transition leading to the landslide victory of the National League for Democracy and its President and long-time opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while bringing hopes of freedom, transparency and good governance has also exacerbated ethnic and religious tensions, especially to the Muslim Rohingya community and other ethnic groups in the border area. In this context, a group of…

The SEA Junction’s Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair is a monthly event on the first weekend of each month in the space in front of SEA Junction, Room 408, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) from 11 am to 7 pm. The Mini Book Fair showcases a limited collection of books on various aspects of Southeast Asia consisting of two kinds of books: New books from Silkworm Books from Thailand, Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia and other recognised publishers with an…

In June 2014 undocumented migrants were expelled from Thailand. Over the following two-week period approximately 230,000 undocumented Cambodian migrants fled and returned home. The exhibition to be held at SEA Junction on 15 January 2017 at 4-6pm shares the experience of migrants and their families during this period in comic book form. The posters with enlarged reproduction of selected pages of the comic as well as the comic itself are part of a research conducted in Cambodian villages close to…

In recent years, the harsh labor practices and poor living and work conditions of migrants from Cambodia and Myanmar in the fishing and seafood industry in Thailand have received international attention and prompted demands for systemic reform. Photographer Rahman Mahmud's insights powerfully illustrate the Cambodian migrant children, women and men who sustain the industry with their exploited labor. In his words: “I have spent hours during the day in a fishing pier. A vessel arrives, the workers on board unloads…

In recent years, the harsh labor practices and poor living and work conditions of migrants from Cambodia and Myanmar in the fishing and seafood industry in Thailand have received international attention and prompted demands for systemic reform. Photographer Rahman Mahmud's insights powerfully illustrate the Cambodian migrant children, women and men who sustain the industry with their exploited labor. In his words: “I have spent hours during the day in a fishing pier. A vessel arrives, the workers on board unloads…

The SEA Junction's Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair is a monthly event on the first weekend of each month in the space in front of SEA Junction, Room 408, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) from 11 am to 7 pm. The Mini Book Fair showcases a limited collection of books on various aspects of Southeast Asia consisting of two kinds of books: New books from Silkworm Books from Thailand, Indonesia and Yayasan Pustaka Obor of Recognised publishers with an…

In this public lecture on 10 February 2017 at 4.30-6.30 PM Singaporean visual artist Seelan Palay speaks on his process as an artist and activist responding to the socio-political context of Singapore and the concerns and complex conditions found in our present-day, globalized society. He aims to elaborate on what it means to practice art and the freedom of expression despite multiple structures of power and control. The presentation includes images and videos of past works, as well as an…

In this public lecture on 10 February 2017 at 4.30-6.30 PM Singaporean visual artist Seelan Palay speaks on his process as an artist and activist responding to the socio-political context of Singapore and the concerns and complex conditions found in our present-day, globalized society. He aims to elaborate on what it means to practice art and the freedom of expression despite multiple structures of power and control. The presentation includes images and videos of past works, as well as an…