FIELD MEETING Take 3: Thinking Performance
October 31–November 2, 2015
Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW)’s signature forum
Role: Curatorial Assistant
Curated by ACAW Director Leeza Ahmady
Hosted at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hunter College Art Galleries, & Performa Hub, New York
FIELD MEETING Take 3: Thinking Performance stages performances, talks and discussions with over 30 keynote figures to foreground the multiplicity and critical role of performance work coming out of the context of Asia. Providing an open platform for direct interaction between artists and an exclusive audience of arts professionals, FIELD MEETING focuses on creative process, conceptual exchange and collaboration to advance artistic endeavors. More importantly in the realm of this expanding field, Thinking Performance invites broader, more nuanced interpretations of performance work and fresh understandings of performativity in artistic production at large.
Presenting Artists & Professionals:
Defne AYAS (Rotterdam & Istanbul), Bingyi (Beijing), Holland COTTER (New York), Jeff CYLKOWSKI (New York), Jo-Anne Birnie DANZKER (Seattle), Nezaket EKICI (Berlin & Stuttgart), Arash FAYEZ (San Francisco & Tehran), Christopher K. HO (New York & Providence), Ištvan Išt HUZJAN (Brussels & Ljubljana), Vibha GALHOTRA (New Delhi), Zeynep KAYAN (Ankara), Anthony LEE (New York), LIU Ding (Beijing), Aman MOJADIDI (Paris & Kabul), Qasim Riza SHAHEEN (Manchester & Lahore), Shuddha SENGUPTA (of Raqs Media Collective- New Delhi), TANG Dixin (Shanghai), Nora TAYLOR (Chicago), Xiaoyu WENG (New York), Ming WONG (Berlin & Singapore), Sislej XHAFA (New York), Lantian XIE (Dubai), Yan XING (Beijing & Los Angeles), FU Xiaodong- Double Fly Art Center (Beijing), ArtAsiaPacific- H.G. MASTERS (Istanbul) & LEE Mingwei (Taipei, Paris, New York), LEAP- Robin PECKHAM (Hong Kong), Korakrit ARUNANONDCHAI (New York & Bangok), Nadim ABBAS (Hong Kong)
Curatorial narrative and program
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More information: http://www.acaw.info/?page_id=18412
Nezaket Ekici, 99 Commandments. Courtesy of ACAW
Ming Wong, Blast off into the Sinosphere. Courtesy of ACAW
Shuddha Sengupta (Raqs Media Collective), A Never-Ending Conversation and Occasional Stories. Courtesy of ACAW
Holland Cotter, No More Triumphs. Courtesy of ACAW
Lee Mingwei in conversation with H.G. Masters. Courtesy of ACAW
Christopher K. Ho, St. Joseph as Model. Courtesy of ACAW