FIELD MEETING Take 1: Critical of the Future
October 26–27, 2014
Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW)’s signature forum
Role: Curatorial Assistant
Curated by ACAW Director Leeza Ahmady and ACAW 2014 and Associate Curator Xin Wang
Hosted at Asia Society Museum, New York
ACAW 2014 introduced FIELD MEETING, a two-day forum conceived as a studio visit on a communal scale, with over 35 artists, curators, and institutional leaders based in Asia and beyond presenting recent works and initiatives through lecture-performances, talks, and discussions. Highlighting individual practices, history and institution building, and subculture cross-pollinations, the program aimed to foster opportunities to exchange ideas and forge partnerships for future collaborations.
Participants:
Haig Aivazian (Beirut) • Manal Al Dowayan (Dhahran & Dubai) • Ava Ansari (Tehran & New York) • Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan (Brisbane) • Korakrit Arunanondchai (New York & Bangkok) • Bavand Behpoor (Shiraz, Munich & London) • Burçak Bingöl (Istanbul) • Umer Butt (Dubai) • Patty Chang (Boston) • Alexis Destoop (Sydney & Brussels) • Heri Dono (Yogyakarta & Berlin) • Kris Ercums (Kansas) • Ceren Erdem (New York) • Cao Fei (Beijing) • Tom Finkelpearl (New York) • Jeanno Gaussi (Berlin & Kabul) • Beatrice Glow (New York) • Shilpa Gupta (Mumbai) • Masanori Handa (Tokyo) • Lamia Joreige (Beirut) • Li Shurui (Beijing) • Jitish Kallat (Mumbai) • Reena Kallat (Mumbai) • Georgia Kotretsos (Athens) • Kkokka Lee (Seoul) • Lu Yang (Shanghai) • Map Office (Hong Kong; Laurent Guttierez, Valerie Portefaix) • Polit Sheer-Form Office (Beijing; Hong Hao, Xiao Yu, Song Dong, Liu Jianhua, Leng Lin) • Aki Sasamoto (New York) • Sun Xun (Beijing) • Charwei Tsai (Ho Chi Minh City, Paris & Taipei) • Farah Wardani (Yogyakarta) • Tintin Wulia (Melbourne) • Craig Yee (Seattle & Beijing) • Yu Cheng-Ta (Taipei) • Zheng Chongbin (San Francisco)
Materials:
Curatorial narrative and program
More information: http://www.acaw.info/?page_id=16900