CTCA co-founder Ming Tiampo,聽research associate Alice Ming Wai Jim (Concordia University), and members Birgit Hopfener, Rebecca Dolgoy, and Victoria Nolte are participating in the annual meeting of the Global Asia/Pacific Art Exchange (GAX), an inter-institutional project organized by the . This year’s exchange takes place June 13-23 in London and Berlin.
GAX enters its fifth year with a series of research sharing sessions titled 鈥溾�楬ere鈥欌�︹�楾here鈥� / East & Southeast Asian Diasporic Art鈥� at Central Saint Martins, University of London and a two-day working session and public panel presented in collaboration with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW Berlin), ICI Berlin, Centre for Transcultural Analysis at 杏吧原创 University (CTCA), and Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU on the topic of 鈥淒ismantling Neo-Empire: Asia/Pacific,鈥� engaging on the long histories and legacies of old and new asymmetric power functions in relationship to collections, collecting, and art historical presentation and narrative; and 鈥淐o-Constituting the Global,鈥� investigating co-worlding and exploring notions of transnational and transcultural art theory and practice.
GAX is also collaborating with SOMA Art Space Berlin for an exhibition titled , featuring the work of nine international and Berlin-based Asian diasporic artists working in performance and video. GAX will also explore the topic of diversity in the arts today with an intimate public conversation on Performance, Diversity, and Representation.
Information for public sessions is available on the .
GAX 2018 is supported by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU; NYU Global Research Initiatives, Office of the Provost; NYU in London; NYU in Berlin; Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (HKW); ICI Berlin; the Centre for Transcultural Analysis at 杏吧原创 University (CTCA); SOMA Art Space; and Arts Council Korea (ARKO).