08/08/2019
is the 31th anniversary of the students protestation in Rangoon.
DOE
A YAE was the slogan of students.
Let’s
type on an old writing machine until a white page is full of DOE A
YAE.
Let’s
imagine people to rise up and shout all together DOE A YAE! DOE A
YAE! DOE A YAE!
OUR
RIGHTS! OUR RIGHTS! OUR RIGHTS!
Let’s
imagine the arrest
of Aye Ko in 1990, the arrest of Htein Lin in 1998 and all others…
Let’s
imagine their desire of democracy and freedom and peace and how they
struggled in jail...
“What
is peace?” said Aye Ko during his performances
What
is peace? What human being needs to bring himself and society to
peace?….
Let’s
write DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE!
Let’s
write, let’s try to remember…
On
the writing machine, no more ink….
On
the white paper, DOE A YAE! disappears slowly. Only the trace of
typing.
DOE
A YAE disappears slowly… Like our power, our abilities to fight for
our rights and for democracy?
Today
it’s 08/08.
Today
it’s the anniversary of revolution which was called 8888.
Let’s
wear 8 red candles. One candle between each foot finger.
Red
like the color of blood when the army est intervened to restore the
notion of “law and order” on 18/09/88.
“ When
army shoots, it shoots to kill “ Ne Win had warned.
“ The
army is not the problem. Army is protect the country. The problem
today is the leader of army “ said Zaw Linn Thant “ Never give
up! “ he said also.
Let’
continue to write DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE!
Let’s
continue to say NO!, to fight for human rights and democracy, even if
it disappears.
What
does the human being needs today?
What
Burma needs today?
“Today,
we need to change the constitution” said V Shine
What
Myanmar needs today? What the human world needs today?
Zun
Thu, Aye Ko's daughter says that she felt more free in USA when she
was studying there.
Human
being needs democracy and freedom.
In
USA, today, people needs to fight also for democracy and freedom.
Everywhere
people feels democracy is disappearing.
DOE
A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE!
OUR
RIGHTS! OUR RIGHTS! OUR RIGHTS!
The
white paper is completed with DOE A YAE! Even if it’s not visible.
On
the stairs of the Independent Monument in Mahar Bandula Park, let’s
write with a chalk, like at school, the end of the poem Liberty which
was written by Paul Eluard in 1942 :
“ I
was born to know you
To
name you
Liberty
“
Let’s
write to remember.
We
need to remember to repair.
Let’s
light a candle near the word Liberty.
Let’s
protect the candle from the wind. Let’s protect the candle from
violence and dictatorship. Let’s hope.
Let’s
protect the humanity.
“Suffering
can’t disappear, said V Shine. We need humanity and thinking. We
need to take care of each other.”
Let’s
remember, let’s repair, let’s hope.
Let’s
pass the candle of hope to the young burmese boy who is sitting near
the writing machine.
He’ll
take care of hope.
He’ll
take care of the word “Liberty”.
It’s
time for the next generation to “never give up” as Zaw Linn Thant
said.
Never
give up….
DOE
A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A YAE! DOE A
YAE! DOE A YAE!
Photos © Béatrice Didier & Chaw Chaw
This performance was created by Béatrice Didier in the context of the project Performance Art y Resiliencia, conceived by Elvira Santamaria, hosted by
New Zero Art Space
