Spotlight Artist: Htein Lin
The Fly – a video of Htein Lin´s performance is now showing at the 13th Berlin
Biennale curated by Zasha Colah. Venue: KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Until 14 September
https://13.berlinbiennale.de/en/artists/the-fly
https://13.berlinbiennale.de/de/kuenstler-innen/die-fliege
The Fly was first performed by Htein Lin for his fellow political prisoners. Later filmed in a single handheld take. In Myanmar´s art history it is considered an absurd masterpiece. As described by the Berlin Biennale……´Like a prisoner absorbing the force that once oppressed him, Htein Lin turns limitation into liberation. Despite relentless persecution, he discovers profound freedom within the focused space of his mind´.