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Asia- based French artist Clémence B. T. D. Barret presents Pamaa, a series of 9 videos, which are a collaboration with nine young refugees from Shan State all living in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Pamaa means ‘Burmese’ in Thai .
The videos express fragments of the migratory life of young people who have escaped political persecution, oppression, and bloody ethnic conflict, hoping to find a better life in Thailand. Pamaa questions the notion of survival, but also of discrimination, exploitation, fear, freedom, otherness, and culture shock.
She will be showing at Pansodan Scene on Friday 23 September at 7:30pm
Pansodan Scene
144, 2nd Floor, Pansodan Street (Corner of Mahabandoola Street), Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar
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If no news is good news, then these latest news are great news!
Pansodan Scene has opened up again after a couple of months of renovation.
The month of July also comes with novelty and activity:
1. The first of many more Open History exhibitions kicks off with Kyauktada township.
It takes one small area in the heart of Yangon and traces the passage of time on its streets; from the events, architecture and commerce of daily life in its public spaces, to more personal reflections of changing hopes and dreams through fashions and family life.
The Open History Project creates experiences of local history through the photographs, memories, stories, documents, and ephemera such as flyers, tickets, maps. Together we can look through the layers of unhidden history and discover connections, insights, new questions. In this way, people participate in their own history by revealing their part in society.
Myanmar’s people had little opportunity to dwell on their own history for many years. While stories have been handed down from generation to generation, propaganda clouded the picture of the past and public memory was forced into hiding.
Change can sometimes move so subtly that you can only see it from a great distance. At other times a flash of transformation can leave the landscape utterly altered overnight.
We hope to show these patterns developing through contemporary photographs and artifacts to give people a richer understanding of their own heritage.
Current and former residents and visitors to Kyauktada are the most important element in this effort and we hope that your memories, photographs and documents can help us paint a vibrant picture of the history of this area.
2. Analyzing moments in history rather than just learning about them
Rosalie Metro holds a Ph.D. in Education from Cornell University, and she currently works as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri in the USA. She will be having an interesting talk at the Scene on July 9th.
3. A certain Wabi-Sabi influence in photo-art.
“Some Eyesores Are Sights For Sore Eyes”
There is a lot of photojournalism and photo reportage to see in Yangon but photo art is less explored. As a change, Kwena Chokoe will be putting up roughly 45 analogue photographs taken over a period of 1.5 years in Myanmar. It is both concept and execution that make this body of work artistic.
Show runs from the 15th to the 19th of July. 10am to 6pm from the 16th
4. Artist feature
One of our most unique resident artist gets compared to one of the most influential, living female artist. Zaw Nyunt Pe’s work can be found at Pansodan Gallery starting from $80 a piece.
5. Furthering our reachThe Open History Project creates experiences of local history through the photographs, memories, stories, documents, and ephemera such as flyers, tickets, maps. Together we can look through the layers of unhidden history and discover connections, insights, new questions. In this way, people participate in their own history by revealing their part in society. Its first exhibition is 4 July 2016 16:00-19:00 at Pansodan Scene.
Pansodan Scene is at Pansodan Scene, ၁၁၄ ပန်းဆိုးတန်း ဒုတိယထပ် (ငါးဘာသာကျောင်းနှင်မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်) 144 Pansodan, second floor, across from the gate of the Ganesh Temple
Our Kyauktada exhibition is the introduction to this Open History Project. It takes one small area in the heart of Yangon and traces the passage of time on its streets; from the events, architecture and commerce of daily life in its public spaces, to more personal reflections of changing hopes and dreams through fashions and family life.
Experiencing history openly and without fear is an important way for people to understand the past, and provide an insight into the future.
Myanmar’s people had little opportunity to dwell on their own history for many years. While stories have been handed down from generation to generation, propaganda clouded the picture of the past and public memory was forced into hiding.
Change can sometimes move so subtly that you can only see it from a great distance. At other times a flash of transformation can leave the landscape utterly altered overnight.
We hope to show these patterns developing through contemporary photographs and artifacts to give people a richer understanding of their own heritage.
Current and former residents and visitors to Kyauktada are the most important element in
this effort and we hope that your memories, photographs and documents can help us paint a vibrant picture of the history of this area.
This is the first of many such exhibitions that pay tribute to public memory and local history, and call on everyone to participate in the preservation efforts. We plan to organise a bigger exhibition on Kyauktada 
at multiple galleries later in the year.
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Human rights. They are not won or lost — only respected or violated. If you are alive, you have human rights. The right to life is the foundation of them all. Human rights happen in the body and mind of individuals. So shouldn’t you have a piece of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on your very skin? And make a statement about your relation to human rights?
Of course you should. But how? Human Rights Tattoo makes it easy for you. This community art project is tattooing the entire Universal Declaration of Human Rights, letter by letter, onto the bodies of 6773 people. Because, of course, that is the number of letters in the document.
This Friday and Saturday, 17-18 June 2016, the project brings 120 letters to Pansodan Scene. You have a chance to become one too. When you arrive, get a registration card. It will have your letter on it. One of four tattoo artists will ink it in the place of your choice, in one of their catalogue of fonts. A photograph of the tattoo, and a few of your thoughts will be included on the website.
Tattoos are not compulsory. You can come and enjoy it as a community art project and installation, or to egg on your friends.
10:00 – 18:00 at Pansodan Scene, ၁၁၄ ပန်းဆိုးတန်း ဒုတိယထပ် (ငါးဘာသာကျောင်းနှင်မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်)
144 Pansodan, second floor, across from the gate of the Ganesh Temple
Filed under: book launch, documentary | Tags: Carine Jaquet, myanmar, One Myanmar, Pansodan Scene, Yangon
The launch of the One Myanmar: The Voices of Change documentary and One Myanmar : The Faces of the Burmese Transition / Les visages de la transition Birmanie book, by Carine Jaquet will take place at 19:00-21:00, 10 June 2016 at Pansodan Scene. All are welcome.
The book exploring the diversity of Myanmar at a moment of history change is in French and English, generously captioned, and features a variety of photographers. One Myanmar will be for sale at Pansodan Gallery from Saturday 11 June 2016.
Filed under: exhibit | Tags: airavati, Art, children, idp, kachin, painting, refugee
Airavati has been working with Kachin chidren who have been displaced by the armed conflict for five years. The organisation has collected over 7000 paintings by the children in camps near the Kachin–Chinese border. Over 150 of these paintings will be exhibited from 21 – 29 May 2016 at Pansodan Scene.
The opening ceremony with light refreshments and a few words by will be at Pansodan Scene at 3:00pm, all are welcome to attend.
Kachin Airavati exhibition 2016
Pansodan Scene, ၁၁၄ ပန်းဆိုးတန်း ဒုတိယထပ် (ငါးဘာသာကျောင်းနှင်မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်)
144 Pansodan, second floor, stairway entrance across from the gate of the Ganesh Temple; above the Sa Pe Nandaw Bookshop.
