COVID-19 and the Arts in Southeast Asia1 min read

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As the world contends with the new normal of temperature checks, home quarantines and travel restrictions in the age of COVID-19, artists find themselves reckoning with a lack of paid jobs coupled with an existential question of the meaning of art in these times. There has also been an awakening of sorts as communities find ways to band together, finding strength in solidarity. There have been personal acts of philanthropy to help others who are in a bind, while some naturally turn to art to spread a message of hope to the world. 

This is a global pandemic, yet people are subject to the actions of their governments, some of whom have been slow to respond to the growing crisis. We look at what’s happening on the ground around Southeast Asia, and how artists and cultural workers are doing.

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