Between 10. and 15. November, the Deichmanske Library at the Grünerløkka shows the video installation Burmese Days by the visual artist Karl Ingar Røys, as well as panel debates and film screenings.
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This week's program:
Tuesday 10. November at 19.00: Welcome to the exhibition opening
Thursday 12.11 at 17.30: Burma, what now?
Panel discussion focusing on the political situation in Burma related to the elections on November 8 – what is the way forward now?
Ny Tids editor Truls Lie leads a debate with Professor Kristian Stokke (Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Geography) and artist Ingar Roys (video installation from Burma at the library).
In addition, we will have Skype debate directly from Yangoon, with San Zaw Htway and Lauri Nio, as well as with Norwegian People's Aid representative Ingeborg Moa.
Panel discussion focusing on the political situation in Burma related to the elections on November 8 – what is the way forward now?
Ny Tids editor Truls Lie leads a debate with Professor Kristian Stokke (Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Geography) and artist Ingar Roys (video installation from Burma at the library).
In addition, we will have Skype debate directly from Yangoon, with San Zaw Htway and Lauri Nio, as well as with Norwegian People's Aid representative Ingeborg Moa.
In addition, cultural activism in the region will be discussed based on the work Karl Ingar Røys has done in Yangon over the past year.
Sunday 15.11.15 at 18.00 – 22.00 we present one selection of movies from Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival 2015 which hosted 14. to 19.juni 2015 in Yangon.
About the video installation:
Karl Ingar Røys's video installation Burmese Days (2015) looks at cultural production in Yangon – Burma's former capital – and how it has managed to co-exist within the political regime. This multi-channel video installation takes its name from George Orwell's novel of the same title. Orwell has been seen as a prophet by many Burmese who regard his books as prescient: tracking Burma's recent history of colonial oppression in Burmese Days, the socialist military coup in Animal Farm, to the tyrannical dictatorship portrayed in his most famous novel 1984.
Karl Ingar Røys's video installation Burmese Days (2015) looks at cultural production in Yangon – Burma's former capital – and how it has managed to co-exist within the political regime. This multi-channel video installation takes its name from George Orwell's novel of the same title. Orwell has been seen as a prophet by many Burmese who regard his books as prescient: tracking Burma's recent history of colonial oppression in Burmese Days, the socialist military coup in Animal Farm, to the tyrannical dictatorship portrayed in his most famous novel 1984.
The video installation is displayed in the library's black box on the 2nd floor:
Tuesday 10.11 at 19.00 – 22.00
Wednesday 11.11 kl. 12.00 – 19.00
Thursday 12.11 at 12.00 – 19.00
Friday 13.11 at 12.00 – 16.00
Saturday 14.11 at 12.00 – 16.00
Sunday 15.11 at 12.00 – 16.00
The event is a collaboration between the monthly newspaper Ny tid and Deichman Library at Grünerløkka and is supported by Fritt ord.
