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Strengthening Myanmar Literary Society: An Exposure Trip to Thailand
A group of Myanmar writers, poets and publishers visited Thailand in the beginning of July 2012 in order to share and learn from experiences from personalities of Thai media and literature. The one week trip, sponsored by HBF, was organized by Spirit in Education Movement with the intention to strengthen Myanmar literary society
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Artist Exchange/Exhibition
"Third Wave 2012" Indonesia-Myanmar Art Exchange
- The art exchange “Third Wave 2012 Indonesia — Myanmar,” was the highlight of the three year "Ongoing Echoes" exchange program, and the first Burmese contemporary art exhibition in Jakarta. It was held from 23 February to 1 March 2012 at the capital city of Indonesia at Cemara-6 art center.
Artist Exchange/Exhibition
‘between’: art project+exhibition (1 June - 10 July 2011)
- In June 2011 eight artists from Myanmar/Burma and Cambodia met in Cambodia at the Meta House Phnom Penh to engage in a two-week long exchange program and workshop, followed by a group exhibition. The art project + exhibition was curated and organized by Lydia Parusol and supported by hbs. more»
Artist Exchange/Exhibition
Ongoing Echos 2: Indonesia-Myanmar Art exchange
- After a successful first event in Yangon in 2010, the second edition of the “Ongoing Echos” exchange between artists from Myanmar/Burma and Indonesia was held in March 2011 in Indonesia, on the Island of Bali. 12 artists from Myanmar/Burma and Indonesia jointly presented their artwork in the Tanah Tho Gallery in Ubud. more»
Festival
3rd Beyond Pressure Festival of Performance Art, Yangon, 2-5 December 2010
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In early December 2010 Yangon, once more, became the capital of performance art of Myanmar/Burma, when six international artists (from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Germany) and 13 local performance artists gathered to celebrate the third issue of the Beyond Pressure Festival of Performance Art.
Artist Exchange
Mekong Art Exchange Program 2010
- As part of the Artist Exchange Program 2010 between 22 July and 1 August a group of artists from Myanmar/Burma visited two other countries from the Mekong Region, Vietnam and Thailand. The exchange consisted of two parts. The first part was taking place between the 23 to 25 July in Hanoi and was hosted by the Nhasan Studio. Afterwards the group paid a visit to Thailand to the Bangkok Art House Gallery at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). more»
Artist exchange
“Ongoing Echos”: Myanmar-Indonesia Art Exchange 2010
- Between 14 and 20 July 2010, six leading contemporary artists from Indonesia and five from Myanmar, plus one Indonesian reporter came together in Yangon (Myanmar) at the Beik Thano Art Gallery for a 5-day group exhibition and a 2-day Symposium. more»
Festival
“ Beyond Pressure ” Performance Art Festival in Yangon, Myanmar/Burma
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In December 2009, the second international performance art festival “ Beyond Pressure ” was held in Myanmar/Burma, with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung
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“Contemporary Art in Myanmar/Burma”
- In the framework of its forthcoming 10th anniversary the Heinrich Böll Foundation Southeast Asia Regional Office, Chiang Mai, has taken the opportunity to present some aspects of its current three programs in a series of events during the year 2009. After two successful events have already taken place, the last event of this series was related to the Myanmar/Burma program and focused on “Contemporary Art in Myanmar/Burma”.
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Exhibition
"Contemporary Art from Myanmar/Burma" a two week exhibition in Bad Aibling, Germany, 23 September-18 October, 2009
- In cooperation with HBF SEA the "Kunstverein Bad Aibling" invited four contemporary Burmese artists to Germany to exhibit their new art media, installations and paintings.The exhibition established among others cultural bridges between Myanmar/Burma and the German art community, fosterd dilagues between German public and Burmese contemporary young generation artisits, thus stimulating in-depth discussions and reflections on current cultural developments.
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Festival
Beyond Pressure - International Performance Art Festival, 4-14 December 2008, Yangon, Myanmar/Burma
- This was the first time in Myanmar performance art history that a performance art event was officially allowed. This was the first international performance art festival curated by local organizers. The pervious events used to be organized by senior artists. But this time, a large scale event was made happen by a group of eager young artists. From this emerged some new generation performance artists. more»