press release 10th Asiatopia

Bangkok celebrates 10th anniversary of the world known Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival.

In 1998, when Asiatopia performance Art Festival started in a very small Saranrom Park, opposite Wat Poh, no one has ever thought of the festival will grow and run strong until today – a 10 year old international art festival in Thailand.

This year, November 2008, the newly open Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and the Concrete House are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival, with a month long marathon performances of over 100 world famous artists from around the globe. This grand event is also to celebrate the opening of the first contemporary art museum of Bangkok.

Live Performances will take place every Friday evening to Sunday evening of all 5 weekends of November. There will be more than 100 artists from 31 countries take turn each weekend at the Bangkok art center. Famous artists from all region such as Tran Loung from Vietnam, to Alastair Mc Lennon from Belfast, Andre Stitt from Cardiff / Wales to Tony Schwensen from Australia, Marilyn Arsem from Boston, USA, Julien Blaine from France, Peter Baren from Netherland, Valerian Maly from Switzerland, Racquel De Loyola from Philippines, Arahmaiani from Indonesia, (see attached artists list), etc. Also many Thai leading performance artists include Chumpon Apisuk, Vasan Sitthiket, Paisan Plienbangchang etc…

Performance Exhibition; books, images, DVD about performance festivals around the world. Artists Materials used since 10 years ago at the collection of Asiatopia, texts, photos documents.

Symposium and lectures; One of Asiatopia’s main aims is to create and foster artist linkages and cooperation in the region.
SE Asia Performance Art Symposium is being held first time in 2005, focuses on events and movements in the region.
This year the discussion out for 4 week-ends, to hear organizers of event held in this region or about the situation in their countries. Two artists lectures, Helge Meyer will discuss his thesis on Pain in performance, and Kosit Juntaratip will address his thesis on body as media. Heru Hikayat a welknown curator and critic from Indonesia, will discuss about the current dynamic performance movement in Indonesia. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, will give us the overall picture of contemporary art today in SE Asia, in relation to the global electronic information era.

Mini Asiatopia Chiangmai; on the week end of 14-16 November, Asiatopia in cooperation with Chinagmai University Art Center organize a 4 days exchange event between local artists and international artists, including workshops, lectures and live performances.

For more information write to info@asiatopia.org or www.asiatopia.org.

photo collection of the festival Nov 2007

Asiatopia Performance Art Festival

and Monkol's work here
http://mplien.multiply.com/photos/photo/3/1

9th Asiatopia 2007 in Chiang Mai, Thailand!!!

9th Asiatopia schedule

Schedule
Asiatopia 9/2007
8-11 November 2007

Venue: Chiang Mai University Art Museum (CMU Art Museum)
Chiangmai City Museum (CMCM)

Time Plan for Artists:

Thur 8 Nov. All artists arrived on that morning or before
2 PM – 5 PM
Artists meeting & check out performance sites
ศิลปินทุกคนมาประชุมและดูสถานที่
7 PM – 10 PM
Welcome Reception at Lanna Art & Culture Promotion Center
งานเลี้ยงต้อนรับที่ศูนย์เผยแพร่ศิลปะและวัฒนธรรมล้านนา

Fri 9 Nov. 1 PM – 4 PM
Seminar –SE Asia Performance movements (CMU Art
Museum Auditorium)
สัมมนาที่โรงละคร หอนิทรรศการศิลปวัฒนธรรม, มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่
v Paisan Plienbangchang: Undisclosed territory, Solo, Indonesia / Performance ART Conference Bali 2007
v Kai Lam: Future of Imagination, Singapore-Yogjakarta
v Chumpon Apisuk: Introduction / Moderstor
v Sutthirat Suppapaprinya: Translate into Thai

6 PM – 8 PM
Performance at CMU Art Museum lawn
การแสดงศิลปะแสดงสด ณ สนามหญ้าหอศิลป์ฯ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่

Sat 10 Nov. 1 PM – 4 PM
Seminar – SE Asia Performance movements (continue)
at CMU Art Museum Auditorium
ประชุมสัมมนา (ต่อ) หอนิทรรศการศิลปวัฒนธรรม มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่
v Iwan Wijono: Perfurbance, Yogjakarta, Indonesia
v Moe Satt & Aung Ko: Performance Art in Myanmar
v Chumpon Apisuk: Introduction / Moderator
v Sutthirat Suppapaprinya: Translate into Thai

6 PM – 20 PM
Performance at CMU Art Museum Lawn
การแสดงศิลปะแสดงสด บริเวณสนามหญ้า หอศิลป์ฯมหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่

Sun 11 Nov. 4 PM Meeting at CMCM
ศิลปินพบกันที่ หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมเทศบาลนครเชียงใหม่
6 PM – 8 PM
Performance at the front of 3 Kings Monument
การแสดงสด บริเวณลานอเนกประสงค์ หน้าอนุสาวรีย์สามกษัตริย์

Afterward
Farewell Party at Sudsanan Pub & Restaurant
งานเลี้ยงอำลาที่ ร้านสุดสะแนน

Participated Artists:

anGie seah (Singapore)
Anja Ibsch (Germany)
Angkrit Ajchariyasophon (Thailand)
Aung Ko (Myanmar)
Chakrit Chimnok (Thailand)
Chanon Chanpanao (Thailand)
Chumpon & Noi Apisuk (Thailand)
Eric Letourneau (Canada)
Iwan Wijono (Indonesia)
Jittima Pholsawake (Thailand)
Kai Lam (Singapore)
Moe Satt (Myanmar)
Mongkol Plienbangchang (Thailand)
Noppawan Sirivejkul (Thailand)
Padungsak Kotchasumrong (Thailand)
Randy Gledhill & Berenicci Hershorn (Canada)
Ronaldo Ruiz (The Philippines)
Sakiko Yamaoka (Japan)
Salvador Ching (The Philippines)
Tanaka Teruyuki (Japan)
Valentin Torrens (Spain)
Vasan Sitthiket (Thailand)
The Wandering Moon Performing Group and Endless Journey (Thailand)

pls up date the festival info here::
http://asiatopia.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6920326566&ref=mf

Future of Imagination 4

The performance festival just happened recently in Singapore by
Lee Wen as Artistic Director, Kai Lam Hoi Lit and Khairuddin Hori as Assistant Artistic Directors.

“Future of Imagination 4” intends to cross-examine performance and live art practice within the international context. Featured this year are guest artists from Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, as well as Singapore artists.

It is a curated performance art gathering of artists whose works has questioned or attempt to share a continuing interest in the cultural constructs of identity in the global situation and current trends of contemporary art practice. In the present age of intense globalization we as artists organizers sincerely believe that such an event will help increase international cultural exchange and understanding as well as being an accentuation of our artistic practice, research and development.

The artists will make live presentations to articulate ideas and engage the audience in a sincere, revelatory and immediate form. We also hope to stimulate discussion by holding forums to question the status of performance art in our rapidly changing society.
more to read here

thanks for these images from Richard Streitmatter-Tran, an active media-performance artist from Vietnam!

Fundraising for 9th Asiatopia

Unique World Music
at Sudsanan this friday August 31, 2007
Chiang Mai, Thaland
more info please call 089-755832
and mail:pakoch@chiangmai.ac.th
come and join the concert!

performance art fesival, Yogyakarta

Art of the Earth and of Graves
By Arahmaiani

Internationally ranking festivals of performance art are seldom held. But such a festival becomes something special when it is staged in a village and the participating artists come from the provinces, the city, and abroad and are supported by activists, clergy, and bureaucrats. Such an event was offered at the end of April this year in the village of Gemblangan, in the special district of Yogyakarta. The festival "Pembaharuan Spiritual", Perfurbance #3 (which could translate as "Spiritual Renewal", Perfurbance #3 – Performance Art Urban Festival) invited participants from the United States, Canada, France, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Burma, and such Indonesian cities as Bandung, Surabaya, Solo, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta.
more read here