Murray has been in both Mae Sot and Chiang Mai, negotiating places to hold the joint exhibition of “Our Lives” etchings and stories linking our two communities in Edinburgh and along the Burma border.“Borderline” is a famous gallery in Mae Sot and “Suvannabhum” is a wonderful gallery in Chiang Mai.
Murray met with Aung Zin Oo from the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) whilst visiting “Suvannabhum” yesterday. Aung Zin Oo had represented the NCGUB in Edinburgh at the formal ceremony for Aung San Suu Kyi in 2004, when she was awarded Freedom of the City of Edinburgh.
Aung Zin Oo was very interested in the links that Edinburgh has been making with the peoples of Burma through the work of BEST, Forthview, Amnesty and the City Council and looks forward to seeing our exhibitions in June, when they will be shown simultaneously in all three places.
He was very impressed by the way Forthview, Edinburgh and Scotland were creatively raising wider awareness about Burma and the struggles of its peoples.
Our friend Mar Mar who runs “Suvannabhum” said that she would be delighted to help us by hanging the exhibition in her gallery for 2 weeks to a month, marking Daw Suu’s 64th birthday, U.N. International Refugee week and the fourth anniversary of Forthview’s link with Burma.
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