Join artists
Karl Ingar Røys
and San Zaw Htway
for a discussion around the role of artistic activism in transitional societies. Taking Karl Ingar Røys’s current exhibition
Burmese Days
as a starting point, the speakers will look at cultural production in
Burma before and after the military regime, and will discuss the role of
art within societies currently undergoing
political upheaval: How can art engage and stimulate civil society? How
can an artist maintain freedom of expression within an oppressive
political situation?
Karl Ingar Røys
initially studied Law at the University of Tromsø in Norway
before graduating from Central Saint Martins College of Art in 2000. He
is currently studying his Masters in Comparative Politics at the
University of Bergen in Norway researching the role
of cultural activism in transitional societies. Røys has exhibited
internationally, with his most recent projects held at Kunstnernes Hus,
Oslo; Kube Art Museum, Ålesund; Rex Culture Centre, Belgrade; MediaDepo,
Ukraine; Tallinn Kunst Hall, Estonia; and Künstlerhaus
Büchsenhausen, Austria. He lives and works in Oslo and Berlin.
San Zaw Htway was
studying at the University in Yangon when he was arrested for
involvement in efforts to re-establish the All Burma Federation of
Students Union (ABFSU). Aged just 24,
he was sentenced to 36 years' imprisonment by the military government
but was released in 2012 following a presidential amnesty. Whilst in
prison, San Zaw Htway created collage art from old food wrappers and
plastic packaging to cope with his solitary confinement
and poor living conditions. He is currently nominated for the 2014
Artraker Award given to artists who have made a meaningful contribution
to change in the midst of conflict.
Chaired by Ali McGilp, Curator & Writer
Free, but booking is recommended
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