“1980518 Across the Border”
@In the Gallery
Cheonan, South Korea
May 13 to May 23
Artist talk May 16 7pm
30 May 2019
Report: "Eyes in the Sky" in Taichung City, Taiwan March 17th to April 7 2019
Taichung, Taiwan
“Eyes in the Sky”
@台中市中区再生基地DRF Goodot Village
March 17th to April 7th 2019
Artist talk: April 5
7:30 pm
29 January 2019
Remember Lobsang Tsultrim March 19 2012
According to the Kirti monks in exile, he marched down the main road of the country town and shouting slogans and as he walked on from the site of his self immolation, armed police personnel came running to interrupt him. He turned and ran back in the other direction, continuing to shout.
He was then knocked to the ground and held by police officers.
Despite, he kept raising his arms and shouting slogans.
Lobsang passed away in custody and only a portion of his ashes was returned to his family.
He was a relative of Norbu Damdrul, a former Kirti monk who died after self immolating on October 15 2011 and became the 13th current or former monk from Kirti Monastery to carry out the protest.
https://www.savetibet.org/kirti-monk-who-self-immolated-on-march-16-dies-in-custody-18-year-old-monk-dies-on-march-10-in-self-immolation-protest/
13 January 2019
Love - Life / India - Tibet - Gwangju
It started in India, longing for Tibetan Plateau through the Himalayan mountains and Indus river.
One human's humble drawings made from her heart-wrenching reactions since 2012 have travelled afar since.
Through threads of many hands and empathetic hearts of
then-unknown-now-close friends.
In same way, drawings reached Gwangju, Korea in 2018.
A place that witnessed an unforgettable moment of students and civilians arising
for democratic freedom in 1980.
A seed in my heart was planted there during the first visit and now it has rooted, growing like a tree.
The monumental pagoda tree* and Jeonil building* in Gwangju, Korea
both are witnesses of Gwangju Uprising.
Love Life - Live
* The pagoda tree was blown to ground by typhoon in August 2012, however, it is still remembered as a symbol of the protest by many civilians.
*Jeonil Building has 170 bullet marks left from the military helicopter attack to civilians in May 1980 ( Information given by Myoung Jin Choi, Director of AHHA Gallery, Gwangju, Korea)
12 December 2018
For Drugkho December 8 2018
He set himself on fire while shouting slogans calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama and freedom in Tibet.
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolation-protest-12092018132333.html ( English)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/rftibet/archives/51903694.html?fbclid=IwAR3DD9kDxvUlu7VI0zPavbSiyD9pgX03Vn63Y4xGvQaNUI4SOGysilpcko ( Japanese)
8 November 2018
For Dhorbo November 4 2018
It is reported that he called out the slogans, "May Gyalwa Rinpoche return to Tibet", "Freedom to Tibet", then put himself on fire.
He lived with his uncle as a nomad after his mother passed away 6 years ago.
https://www.voatibetan.com/a/4646741.html?fbclid=IwAR2aBXcKgapRlZr7Thw0wDkG47hMZil1zbIF5MKEAjZwFzDaT1YOROLbcRE
( Tibetan)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/rftibet/archives/51902641.html?fbclid=IwAR3l8TlVVdoGF5nkNnVD4BFY2wdtdDSGRJvaXLbEIQqOzdGe5v2wTsA_9DI
( Japanese)
22 October 2018
15 October 2018
Remember Jamyang Palden March 14 2012
Tibet.
Jamyang, a monk from Rongpo Monastery in his late 30s, left the morning prayer session around 10 am and headed to Dolma ( Tara) Square in front of the main temple. He offered a prostration three times towards the direction of the main temple. Then he raised slogans 'May Gyalwa Rinpoche come back to Phayul and may Tibetans and our language be always protected' to set up himself on fire.
The local people who were there to prostrate tried to extinguish the flame, however, he was badly burnt.
He was admitted to the hospital then brought back to the monastery by monks, who feared his body may be taken by the authority. A doctor was called in to give treatments.*
Monks and local people gathered at the site of his protest to offer prayers and to show the solidarity by raising slogans.
Jamyang's self immolation protest has also likely triggered a peaceful protest by around 700 students in the area for protection of Tibetan language and equanimity for Tibetans.
March 14 was the four year anniversary of a major protest that happened in Lhasa in 2008. It is said hundreds of people were killed.
* I could not find the exact date but Kusho Jamyang passed away after one year.
http://lung-ta.org/51735031-2/ （Japanese)
https://freetibet.org/news-media/na/self-immolation-sparks-protest ( English)
10 September 2018
Remember Gepey, March 10 2012
Gepey set himself ablaze in the late afternoon near the first military base set up by the People's Liberation Army upon arriving in the area in 1950, which is 1.5 km away from Kirti monastery.
Soldiers took Gepey's body into the base, and some local Tibetans confronted them, seeking the return of the body to his family.
Officials did give Gepey's body back to the Tibetans, but also specified that Gepey should be cremated the same day and in the presence of no more than five relatives, disrespecting the customary funeral rights of Tibetans.
Tibetans believe it is important to carry out prayer rituals after death in order to ensure a peaceful transition for the person in to their next life. In Tibetan culture, for this reason, the body of a person who has died should be disturbed as little as possible.
In case of Tibetans who have self immolated, many Tibetans believe that they were giving their lives as a form of dedication, or to be of benefit to others, and so it becomes even more important for the bodies to be returned for prayer ceremonies.
It is not known if Gepey deliverately chose this date to mark the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, and the forth anniversary of the protests beginning on March 10, 2008.
Captions from:
https://www.savetibet.org/kirti-monk-who-self-immolated-on-march-16-dies-in-custody-18-year-old-monk-dies-on-march-10-in-self-immolation-protest/
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