THE DOCUMENTATION PROJECT FOR MYANMAR CONTEMPORARY ART, VOL:5, 2025
MORPHOLOGY OF THE CLOUD
Artistic Responses of the invisibility Myanmar, 2023-2024
Curated by Aung Myat Htay,
in collaboration with Yuto Yabumoto (Aura Asia Art Project)
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Outline of the Program:
Morphology of the Cloud is a new volume of the documentation series of contemporary art practices in Myanmar during a time of profound political, social, and emotional upheaval in 2023-2024. Organized by the School of Contemporary Art Project (SOCA) and supported by the Aura Contemporary Art Foundation and a virtual museum IMoCA (Initial Museum of Contemporary Art Myanmar), the project seeks to capture and reflect the shifting landscapes—both literal and metaphorical—of a country grappling with instability, memory, and resilience in mind which is cannot seen in real. Drawing inspiration from the cloud as a metaphor for transformation, ephemerality, and interconnection, the project brings together multidisciplinary works that speak to the complexities of social history, identity, and environment.
This program also functions as an urgent archive, preserving artistic responses from the local perspectives—a period marked by invisible violence, silenced voices, and resilient artistic expressions that resist erasure. Through the moving image, sound, performance, painting, sculpture and photography, AI, and multi-disciplinary practices, Morphology of the Cloud weaves together a tapestry of narratives emerging from the time within and beyond Myanmar.
Artists:
Record of Rain 2024
Record of Rain 2024
by Thee Oo Thazin
by Thee Oo Thazin
in collaboration with Lauren Smith
in collaboration with Lauren Smith
A poetic visual work that uses handmade paper created from rainwater collected in Myanmar and the UK. The drawings and compositions interweave historical poems, traditional weather lore, and lived experiences. Rain, as both a physical and symbolic element, becomes a medium of connection between geographies and times—evoking memory, displacement, and shared vulnerability.
About the Artist: Thee Oo Thazin
What We Remember When We Remember 2025
What We Remember When We Remember 2025
by Ri
by Ri
A photographic archive of personal testimonies, hidden narratives, and unspoken histories. Cloaked in silence and fear, these images challenge the enforced forgetfulness and collective trauma that Myanmar continues to endure. This work confronts the cycles of violence and brings attention to the invisible psychological landscapes of a wounded nation.
About the Artist: Ri
SAMSARA: Life and inner peace, 2023
SAMSARA: Life and inner peace, 2023
by Sai Moon
by Sai Moon
A specific traditional game of ethnic people from Shan state, created by Sai Mon. Through symbolic use of natural and everyday materials, this project reveals the deep connection between traditional practices, social structures, and environment—offering insight into how indigenous knowledge systems adapt and endure under political and environmental pressure.
About the Artist: Sai Moon
DEAR SON, 2023
DEAR SON, 2023
by Kelvin Shine Ko
by Kelvin Shine Ko
A contemporary theater performance that traces the fragile threads between nature and human relationships. “Dear Son” is that explores the intimate yet fractured relationship between nature and humanity, reimagined as the bond between a mother and her son. Through evocative movement, the performance navigates the depths of love, loss, longing, and the fragility of both nature and relationships. This piece is directed and performed by Kelvin Shine Ko in collaboration with Monthatip Suksopha.
About the Artist: Kelvin Shine Ko
VOYAGE 2025
VOYAGE 2025
by Lili k.s.a
by Lili k.s.a
A sonic and visual journey into a speculative cosmos. Using AI-generated landscapes and haunting soundscapes, Voyage explores the metaphorical decline of Earth through abstract visual metaphors of destruction and disintegration. The work reflects on humanity’s fractured relationship with the planet, evoking sensations of awe, grief, and exile.
About the Artist: li li k.s.a
UNTITLED: Scenes from the Street 2023
UNTITLED: Scenes from the Street 2023
by Aung Win Htut @ Andy Chen
by Aung Win Htut @ Andy Chen
A photographic series capturing the urban and rural pulse of Myanmar under duress. Through metaphorical and poetic imagery, these street photographs reflect the darkness that looms over cities and rural areas. The work documents the fluctuating “political weather” and the quiet resistance embedded in daily life.
About the Artist: Andy Chan @ Aung Win Htut
BIRTH 2023
BIRTH 2023
by Aung See Phyo
by Aung See Phyo
A sculpture/installation using found objects, such as a pile of raw cotton sheets at the centre of gallery floor give a dynamic attraction to the viewer’s ambiguity to revive the pre-existed outcome of repeating the process that creates the intimate sphere of birth.
About the Artist: Aung See Phyo
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