Htein Lin pioneered performance art in Burma in 1996 with "The Plastic Age" and "Guitarist," street performances in downtown Yangon and "The Little Worm in the Ear" (Lawkanat Gallery, Yangon), followed by "The Present for the World" (Lawkanat, 1997). Other performances in jail include "0 + 0 + 0 = 0" (Mandalay, 1999), "The Fly" (Myaung-Mya, 2001, Alliance Francaise, Yangon, August 2005 and NIPAF, Japan, 2006) "Cleaner" (Myaung-Mya 2002), and "Life"(Myaung-Mya 2003).
Following his release from jail in November, 2004, Htein Lin partnered with
Chaw Ei Thein on several performances in 2005 including "Mobile Art
Gallery/Mobile Market" (Street Performance at downtown Yangon). This performance
was followed by five days detention and interrogation; it was adapted and
repeated at Inya Gallery, Yangon after their release.
Other recent
performances include: "On the Table" with Chaw Ei Thein (Saysaryar Gallery,
Hlaingthaya, Yangon, September, 2005), "We have arrived in the world," group
performance at Hnin-ka-gyo combined performance event, Saysaryar Gallery,
Hlaingthaya, Yangon, November 2005 "Artist's Life" with Chaw Ei Thein at
Hnin-ka-gyo combined performance event, Saysaryar Gallery, Hlaingthaya, Yangon,
November, 2005, and Mandalay, May, 2006 "Standstill", a daily performance to
accompany his Recycled Solo Show, Lawkanat Gallery, Yangon, December, 2005
comprising four hours of standing meditation; "Escape,",in collaboration with
Finnish sound/installation/video artists Jari Haapera and Mirka Flander,
Gitameit, Yangon, January, 2006
International Experience
Nippon Performing Arts Festival, Japan, July, 2006
http://www.aaa.org.hk/newsletter_wynipaf06.html
Artist in Residence, Rimbun Dahan www.rimbundahan.org near Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, Dec 2006/Jan 2007, in cooperation with Network Initiative for Culture
and Arts (NICA), Yangon, and Heinrich Boll Foundation.