Projects tagged
South Asia
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Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World
Read more: Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the WorldMyanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and its…
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Student flash mobs in Thailand
Read more: Student flash mobs in Thailand“Thai artists and art students are on the frontline of their country’s swelling pro-democracy movement, calling for reforms of Thailand’s military-backed government, and breaking both taboo and national law to criticise the nation’s monarchy. The near-daily flash mobs numbering in…
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#IAmMySong
Read more: #IAmMySongIn response to a memo from Afghanistan’s education ministry, Ahmad Sarmast, the founder of Afghanistan’s Institute of Music, began a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #IAmMySong. In response to the hashtag, Afghan girls have taken to Twitter with videos of…
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Journey of a Yellow Man
Read more: Journey of a Yellow ManSingaporean artist Lee Wen’s series Journey of a Yellow Man (1992–2012), one of his most famous and long-standing performances, was not simply a personal affront, it was a political affront. At the intersection of Asian art history, critical race theory, and migration…
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Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art
Read more: Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art“An atmosphere of fear and anger spread across Myanmar this week as millions of people awoke to find out the military had taken control, ousting the elected government. But how do you fight back in a country where protests have…
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Inviting Strangers and Homeless people for Dinner
Read more: Inviting Strangers and Homeless people for DinnerBrother Gao are two China artists. Their works are aims at reflecting the reality of Chinese society in an artistic and critical view. In 2003, the brothers held an event to invite many strangers for a dinner. The people they…
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The Chronicles of Resilience
Read more: The Chronicles of ResilienceFor FX Harsono, art is activism. Over the past four decades, performance, sculpture, and painting have become his means of nonviolent protest against government autocracy and ethnic strife in Indonesia. In his current exhibition The Chronicles of Resilience, curated by…
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Paint, Poems and Protest Anthems: Myanmar’s Coup Inspires the Art of Defiance
Read more: Paint, Poems and Protest Anthems: Myanmar’s Coup Inspires the Art of DefianceMost nights since a coup returned Myanmar to military rule on Feb. 1, a spectral symbol of protest has glowed on a mildewed side of a building. Where the next illumination will appear in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, is…
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Kodaikanal Won’t video: All you need to know about the Unilever mercury dumping case
Read more: Kodaikanal Won’t video: All you need to know about the Unilever mercury dumping caseThe Kodaikanal Won’t video by Chennai artist Sofia Ashraf, asking Unilver to ‘clean up their mess’ in connection with the Kodaikanal mercury dumping, has gone viral with over 783,533 views at the time of writing this, in just over two…
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Stop Being Serious, This Protest is a Laughing Matter
Read more: Stop Being Serious, This Protest is a Laughing MatterFrom the Australian, 27 September 1992. Some forms of nonviolent protest are uniquely Indian. Take the ‘gherao’, for instance. A factory owner emerges from his limousine and is mobbed by angry workers. They don’t hurt him: they just surround and…