Area IV - Masons You Don't See

Myanmar traditional heritage and art have been named “Ten Flowers” by historians. It is known that these arts and crafts have been mastered since the Bagan era. The brickwork system of Bagan pagodas and the construction of the stupas are invaluable architectural arts and the masonry artisans played a key role in it.

In construction sites of the contemporary time, masons are regarded as the vulnerable laborers. The masons are seen as uneducated, hard laborers. Without the masons, there won’t be irrigation dams, residential houses. In a life of deprivation, the masons in poor clothing are building the architecture for the future, working hard to get the merest wages. The lives of the families who depend on the masons are exhausting and difficult. They have to struggle daily for theirs and their family's livelihood.

This work pays respect to the invisible hard workers of our cities in a construction site environment with background music by the artist, Hanzoni Wok.

Artist Bio
Hanzoni Wok is a modern Experimental/ Noise Musician. He was inspired by the 19th-century Japanese Noise Artist ‘Ito Takashi’ And since 2021, he has brought out his inner artistic genius during his residency at GYS studio in Yangon, Myanmar. Since then, he has released 3 music albums on Bandcamp and his ongoing creations are Neo-Expressionism paintings using a variety of different mediums.
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A simple construction site environment that pays tributes to the invisible labourers/ builders of our cities with background music by the artist, Hanzoni Wok.

Virtual Space designed by Phoo Myat Thwe.

A simple construction site environment that pays tributes to the invisible labourers/ builders of our cities with background music by the artist, Hanzoni Wok.

Virtual Space designed by Phoo Myat Thwe.