YANGON STREET ART FESTIVAL
· GRAFFITI | DANCE | MUSIC WORKSHOPS
· DECEMBER 2015
· Yangon Myanmar.
ROLE IN THIS PROJECT
Festival coordinator
Overall marketing and communication strategy: social media, press, content production
Key stakeholder management
Production
In collaboration with the French Institute, 1602 and Jam It!, I created the first Yangon Street Art Festival dedicated to promoting urban art through a week of workshops, conferences, and performances.
The Yangon Street Art Festival teamed up with Myanmar and French artists to showcase the diverse forms of urban art, from graffiti to music, dance, and video. Through activities happening around town, the festival worked to raise awareness about a relatively little-known art form and the benefits of involving artists in developing the city and preserving its heritage.
As festival coordinator, I designed the program in collaboration with the various organizations involved and crafted the marketing and communication strategy.
THE PROGRAM
WORKSHOPS
GRAFFITI WORKSHOP WITH REMI ASSEZAT AND THU
French graffiti artist Remi Assezat is teamed up with Myanmar artist Thu Myat to explain the process of creating graffiti for a group of local enthusiasts and worked with them on pieces exposed to the public on the weekend.
DANCE WORKSHOP WITH BINTOU DEMBELE & MYANMAR STREET DANCE
French Hip Hop dancer Bintou Dembele and the Myanmar Street Dance association proposed beginners and advanced dance workshops to discover the different trends of street dance.
CONFERENCES
Remi Assezat, Bintou Dembele and Wunna Aung presented in collaboration with other street artists conferences around street art, its history, its trends and place in contemporary cities in Myanmar and around the world.
OPEN SKY GALLERY TOUR
To celebrate Yangon’s street artists, the festival proposed a tour to discover together with the public and the artists the "open-sky gallery" created during the festival.
LIVE PERFORMANCES LIVE GRAFFITI
Everyday, Myanmar street artists painted live in various spots around town providing the public the occasion to witness creative processes and techniques behind graffiti.
CLOSING PARTY
As grand finale, a festive street art evening was held at Pin Lel Studio where the public enjoyed exhibitions, dance battles, live graffiti as well as video mapping. Collective 1602 produced an exclusive show featuring underground hip-hop MCs along with the 1602 live band.
