Dear Partners and Friends of SEA Junction,
In July, we continue a number of selected activities. We persist in our commitment to the democratic struggle in Myanmar with our regular webinar series of monthly updates discussing the latest developments in this troubled country and the panel discussion on the Myanmar crisis by Milk Tea Alliance.
Participation in the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)’s mobile art space program – BACC Pop-Up@MunMun Art Destination – at one of the largest malls in Bangkok, Seacon Square in Srinakarin, proceeds with displaying for the second time the photo exhibition “Who Cares? COVID-19 Divides in Southeast Asia”. Showing the entrenched wealth and welfare inequities highlighted by the pandemic, the exhibition is attracting renewed interest.
The collaboration with Womanifesto initiated in June in support of their pioneering initiative “WeMend: Stitching Connections” also continues. You are cordially invited to visit SEA Junction and to engage in stitching used clothing and/or other leftover fabric scraps together with other participants, in a moment of reflection and interpersonal connections.
A new event is the film screening of Powerlands, a documentary that traces the impacts of extractive industries globally, including in the Philippines, highlighting the environmental devastation and displacement of indigenous populations and their fight for justice.
With regards to our special initiative, we signal the extension of our cartoon and comics competition “Cartooning the ASEAN Way of Non-Interference and Consensus” in collaboration with AJAR to reflect on the role of ASEAN in addressing current and emerging challenges. If you are a cartoonist, comics designer, or art collective, please participate; otherwise, please help disseminate this information.
Finally, we will hold our monthly “Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair,” with a special offer of photos of previous exhibitions in an effort to raise funding for our activities. If you are in Thailand, you can also support us, by scanning the QR code below; otherwise, you can contact us directly.
Best regards,
Lia Sciortino Sumaryono
Founder and Executive Director, SEA Junction
PLEASE consider a donation to support our activities!
EVENT PROGRAM
Photo Exhibition: “Who Cares? COVID-19 Divides in Southeast Asia”
13 June 2024, BACC pop-up, Gallery 1, 3rd floor, MMAD, MunMun Srinakarin
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. Photographers from six countries—Edy Susanto for Indonesia, Hasnoor Hussain for Malaysia, Ta Mwe for Myanmar, Kimberly dela Cruz for the Philippines, Grace Baey for Singapore, and Sayan Chuenudomsavad for Thailand—highlight the pandemic’s disproportionate health and economic impacts on disadvantaged people, which still can be felt to this day. The entrenched wealth and welfare inequities laid bare by the pandemic demand structural reforms if we are to foster more just societies.
The exhibition, curated by Sayan Chuenudomsavad and Rosalia Sciortino for SEA Junction, was first exhibited at the BACC on last October, will now move to the new art space in Seacon Square Srinakarin to reach an even larger and diverse public.
See further: http://seajunction.
WeMend: Stitching Connection Workshop
6 & 27 July 2024, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm, SEA Junction
WeMend is a project by Womanifesto – International Art Exchange (Thailand) – and was first installed for the exhibition Womanifesto: Flowing Connections at BACC last year. As a continuation, we are inviting the setting up of further workshops in various locations. For Bangkok in Thailand, it is organized in collaboration with SEA Junction.
Workshops
6 July 2024, 11 AM -7 PM
27 July 2024, 11 AM – 7 PM
We invite you to:
- Come at your convenience at the dates and times below.
- Sewing material is provided, but you can bring your fabrics too.
- No skills are required, we will patch, sew, embroider a larger connected piece together
- Just create and have fun!
- Feel free to tell your family and friends and ask them to join.
See further: http://seajunction.
Film Screening: Powerlands
10 July 2024, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, SEA Junction
In the documentary “Powerlands” a Navajo filmmaker, Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, investigates displacement of indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from indigenous activists across three continents, including in the Philippines in Asia.
During the event, the films’ director and producer will discuss with a Thai environmental human rights defender after the screening followed by Q&As with the participants.
See further: http://seajunction.
Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair
20 – 21 July 2024, 11 am – 7 pm, SEA Junction
Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book and craft fair focusing on Southeast Asia. At the fair, we offer small crafts from the region along with many books, including new books from recognized publishers, seond-hand books double to those in our library, and development-related books from outside the region that have been donated to SEA Junction. We also have a collection of books in French and Italian and books recently recieved by donaters. All funds raised at the fair contribute to SEA Junction’s functioning and activities
See further: http://seajunction.
43rd #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Monthly Update
26 July 2024, at 3-4 pm (BKK Time), on Zoom & FB Live
On 26 July 2024 at 3-4 pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction with media support by Mizzima and in partnership with AJAR will hold the 43rd #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This updated 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. We will continue to host Toe Zaw Latt, a senior journalist from Myanmar, as a resource person.
See further: https://seajunction.
Panel Discussion: To be a Good Host EP 1: The Role of Influencers for Peace in Myanmar
28 July 2024, 2 – 4 pm, SEA Junction (Tentative)
Organized by the Milk Tea Alliance, this panel discussion aims to explore the role of Thai Influencers advocating for the peace in Myanmar conflict, inviting media person to join share their perspective. The full details of the event will be announced soon.
SPECIAL INITIATIVES
Special Initiative “Cartooning the ASEAN Way of Non-Interference and Consensus”
Deadline: Submission to info@seajunction.org by 15 July 2024
SEA Junction, in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), invite 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 here-announced competition aims to enlist the creativity of cartoonists and comics creators to promote a critical understanding of ASEAN and its Consensus and Non-Interference principles. Cartoons and comics combine textual and visual elements to express ideas and create narratives to communicate ideas, balancing humor with seriousness. We trust that in this way they can draw attention to regional governance and trigger a conversation on steps needed in realizing a people-oriented ASEAN.
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For more information please email info@seajunction.org and phone/wa: +66970024140
About SEA Junction, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia
SEA Junction 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 Centre or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers.
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