Emily Phyo, #Response365 #016 2021, inkjet print on matte poster paper, 43 x 43cm
Exhibition #7 Fighting Fear: #whatshappeninginmyanmar is an exhibition in solidarity with the artists and arts workers of Myanmar as they have worked online and on the streets to support the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) since the military coup of 1 February 2021. Presented in partnership with Myanm/art, a contemporary art space in Yangon, the exhibition is a multifaceted social art project showing and distributing protest posters and other visual responses made by Myanm/art artists and others involved in the struggles. The exhibition includes work by 882021, Baka, Bart Was Not Here, Emily Phyo, Hkun Lat, Ku Kue, Kyaw Htoo Bala, Raven, Richie Htet, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe and Soe Yu Nwe calling for the reinstatement of the democratically elected leaders who were forcibly detained in the coup d’état in early February 2021. This exhibition addresses the critical relationship between art, culture and democracy.