Phyu Mon

Phyu Mon is a multi-media artist born in 1960 in Mandalay, Myanmar. She graduated from Mandalay University with a Bachelor of Arts and studied painting under the master artist U Ba Thaw between 1978 and 1979. Phyu Mon was introduced to video and film production through a programme from the University of Finland. She is one of the very few women artists in Myanmar who currently works with digital photography. She is the founder of Blue Wind Multimedia Art Festival in Myanmar.

Song From Nature (2020)

Installation

25 x 20 feet

Our world suffers from numerous problems: pollution, global warming, deforestation, extinction of species, etc. These problems are the result of humanity changing. That is why humans need to better approach nature, natural resources and the value of nature.

My work’s response to sites in the natural world is an attempt to provide the viewer with a starting point to begin contemplating their own landscape and possibly their part in its preservation.  I catch the inspiration for my installation art from one song. Myanmar has a famous classical song by U Hla Htut about the cloud named Courier Clouds. The song requests the clouds to bring the rain, so the natural environment would be cool and peaceful. The color white is associated with light, goodness, innocence, and purity.  The color green represents life, renewal, nature, and energy. My work highlights the song’s lyrics and poetic manner to bring good weather in the future.