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Kwena K. Chokoe
I have decided to post, as of June 2021, in a passage-of-time format which is to say, as life occurs.
The Myanmar military dictatorship voraciously seized the state, killing hundreds of civilians as well injuring, torturing and detaining those who protest(ed) its forcible position as the country's leadership. The sick actions of the army will be taken individually into account when it falls and the people win. I am privileged enough to have been able to leave with my partner when remaining in the country started to seem too risky, but Myanmar remains my second home; revolution and rebuilding remains ever on my mind. While my life has been turned on its head, it has been but an inconvenience compared to the utter turmoil that has been brought to the country by the coup. I will be based a border over in Thailand fulfilling my arts grants management contract till I deem it safe to return. Sadly it may not be for a while. In the meantime, I have film that I racked up and hadn't had the chance to develop; and I continue to shoot... I started this compilation not knowing where the wind will blow me, but have now fashioned a mast of intention to get me back on the path to pursuing my goals that are an expression of my abundant but unrealised potential.
Photos taken starting February 2021 to January 2022. Chronology starts at the bottom. Scroll down and make your way up.
