Avant-Garde Now:
Performing for the Camera
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Avant-Garde Now:
Performing for the Camera
‘Performing for the Camera’ offers a day-long immersion into performance art on film, demonstrating how contemporary artists create at the intersection of performance and moving image. Featuring screenings, talks, and live performances by Eisa Jocson (b. 1986, Philippines), Florence Lam (b. 1992, Hong Kong), Melati Suryodarmo (b. 1969, Indonesia), and Kawita Vatanajyankur (b. 1987, Thailand), this lively programme explores the body’s relationship to spectacle, labour, capitalism, technology, endurance, vulnerability, and failure. A roundtable discussion involving all the artists unpacks the creative processes, inspirations, and intentions behind their practices.
Schedule
11:30–12:30: Melati Suryodarmo | Screening and in-person conversation (House 1)
12:30–14:00: Lunch break
14:00–15:05: Eisa Jocson | Performance lecture (House 1)
15:20–16:20: Kawita Vatanajyankur | Artist presentation, screening, and live interactive performance (House 1)
16:25–16:55: Coffee break
17:00–17:30: Florence Lam|Live performance (Moving Image Centre)
17:40–19:20: Artists' Roundtable (House 1)
Image at top: Melati Suryodarmo. Exergie—Butter Dance, 2000. Photo: Courtesy of the artist; Eisa Jocson. Corponomy, A Performance Lecture, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Esplanade photo by Bernie Ng; Kawita Vatanajyankur. Domesticated, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Nova Contemporary and the Artist; Florence Lam. Implantation, 2022. Photo: Courtesy of the artist