Artists from around the world call to an end to military rule in Myanmar
In a Manifesto released by the group today, the Transnational Coalition for the Arts or TRANSNATION, a coalition of more than 86 organizations and individuals, urgently calls on the United Nations, and the international community to denounce the illegitimate government led by the Myanmar military junta, and to honor the results of the country’s November 2020 election by reinstating the duly elected leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD), as Myanmar people demand. The group further asks that these international bodies intervene to exact accountability and justice for the protesters and victims who suffered from military violence, facilitate the documentation of all human rights violations that were committed in the course of the violent crackdown and protests, and to lobby more international pressure to immediately resolve the current political crisis in Myanmar.
TRANSNATION is a necessary and immediate response to the threats made against the lives and democratic freedoms of our fellow artists, cultural workers, and people around the world. We stand in solidarity with all those oppressed by authoritarian regimes in their struggle for democracy and social justice. The group aims to rally fellow artists, activists and believers in freedom and democracy across the world to stand up with Myanmar and help amplify the call for justice and social change, and an immediate end to the violence being inflicted on peaceful protesters in Myanmar.
Today, TRANSNATION is launching a public campaign in solidarity with the people of Myanmar to raise awareness and lobby international support to their issues and demands, through simultaneous public performances, theater, exhibits, installation art and other visual art forms that can be viewed online and offline, in various countries.
TRANSNATION
Member Organizations and Platforms
As of 3 April 2021
1. Accion! MAD
2. AIM Kulturprojekte e.V. _Germany
3. Amateur
4. Art Center Ongoing
5. Art Now Live Art Studio
6. ArtLab im Kunstpavillon Burgbrohl
7. Artree Nepal - Artist collective
8. Arts-Ed (Community-based Arts & Culture Education)
9. Asiatopia Foundation
10.Assembly Is it “Live Art UK”?
11.B-Floor Theater
12.Bangan Project Space
13.BBDB (Bbeyond Derry Branch)
14.Bbeyond
15.BIPAM (Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting )
16.blurborders performance art eXchange
17.Borneo Komrad
18.Buku Fixi
19.Buku Jalanan
20.CAP (Concerned Artists of the Philippines)
21.crazinisT artisT studio
22.East Asian Ticket Club
23.Echt Jetzt! Performance Art Festival
24.Eksentrika
25.Em CasaTeatro
26.EXCHANGE Live Art / Feminale
27.Fields of Vision Performance Art Festival
28.Green Papaya Art Projects
29.Hexxyduxxybox
30.Hin Bus Depot
31.Hubooks
i- MOST
32.iFIMA - international Forum for InterMedia Art
33.in_process - Live Art Practices
34.Independent Archive Ltd.
35.Jim & Joe Productions
36.KANTINA
37.Kerbstoneage Unsettlers
38.Koloni Hitam
39.KongsiKL
40.Kosong Space
41.KOTA-K Studio
42.Kuman Pictures
43.kunstort ELEVEN artspace
44.Laman Karya Lumut
45.LiteraCity
46.Load na Dito
47.Main Theatre
48.Malaysia Design Archive
49.Mutual Aid Project
50.Myanm/Art
51.MyDance Alliance
52.New Zero Art Group
53.Open Session Perpignan
54.PAB – Performance Art Bergen
55.PACT Performing Arts Collective
56.Padai Film Community
57.PAErsche Aktionslabor e.V.
58.PANCH - Performance Art Network
59.Pangrok Sulap
60.Parastoo Theater
61.Patani Art Space
62.Peras de Olmo - ARS CONTINUA
63.perfocraZe Int.
64.Post-Museum
65.Projek Rabak
66.ReformARTsi
67.Responding: International Performance Art Festival and Meeting
68.Rogue Art
69.Ruang Komuniti P320
70.Ruang Kongsi
71.Rumah Air Panas
72.Sea Shorts Film Festival
73.SIPA (Solidarity in Performance Art) International
74.SITE
75.Studio: Ilka Theurich - project space
76.Svara
77.Taring Padi
78.Thai Theater Foundation
79.the CITY OF GOLD
80.The Instant Café Theatre Company
81.The Performer, Ring OF Performance, & Performance Klub
82.Theater Pädagogik Zentrum Baden-Württemberg e.V.
83.undisclosed Territory-Studio Plesungan
84.Water Tower Art Festival
85.Zabih Performance Festival
86.69 Performance Club