Bringing together Malaysia-based American artist Ray Lagenbach, Filipino artist and musician Kaloy Olavides and the Indonesian film historian David Hanan, this panel sought to explore the intersections between performance and time-based media which emerged during the 1970s which have largely been left outside the ambit of current art histories in Southeast Asia.

Through the diverse perspectives and experiences of the invited speakers, the panel sought to locate early collaborative and interdisciplinary instances of art-making from the 1970s to the 1990s in order to search for a more multi-modal approach to reading art in relation to the moving image in the region.

The programme opened with a screening of ‘Meta Ekologi’, an experimental film by artist-filmmaker Gotot Prakosa which captures a performance choreographed by Sardono Kusomo, and which was held at the Taman Ismail Marzuki in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1979. This programme was moderated by Clarissa Chikiamco and Cheng Jia Yu, Curators at National Gallery Singapore.

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This film screening and discussion took place at National Gallery Singapore on 16 Oct 2022, as part of October Gathering.

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Digital access to collections is an important function of many Southeast Asian art archives. As digital resources and nodes for peer-to-peer sharing, these archives play an important role in seeding new research and cultivating a regional historical consciousness.

Focusing on the Southeast Asia Performance Collection and Indonesia Visual Art Archive as case studies, curators Annie Jael Kwan and Farah Wardani examined how these archives have used digital tools to grow their discursive communities, collaborating with organisations and navigating intellectual property regimes in this conversation moderated by gallery curator Kathleen Ditzig.

This discussion was part of an online workshop, “Archival Intelligence,” that brought together artists, researchers and archivists from the region alongside lawyers and Arweave, a blockchain seeking to create a ‘permanent Internet’. Together, they discussed about sustainable Web3 solutions that could serve marginalised artists, independent spaces and cultural histories which are at risk of being lost.

This programme took place at National Gallery Singapore on 9 Oct 2022, as part of October Gathering.

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Join Joel Sherwood-Spring, Simon Soon and Tammy Nguyen as they advocate for open-access knowledge. This session explored different strategies for reclaiming and granting greater access to knowledge. From institutional partnerships, to leveraging the public domains of specific nations, and to the individual labour involved in creating resource guides and artworks, this panel delved into the techniques and urgencies that have empowered individuals and collectives to resist the legacies of neocolonialism. The conversation also touched on the increasing levels of exclusivity when it comes to who gets to study, write and speak about our cultural histories. This discussion was moderated by Gallery Curator Kathleen Ditzig.

This discussion was part of an online workshop, “Archival Intelligence,” that brought together artists, researchers and archivists from the region alongside lawyers and Arweave, a blockchain seeking to create a ‘permanent Internet’. Together, they discussed about sustainable Web3 solutions that could serve marginalised artists, independent spaces and cultural histories which are at risk of being lost.

This programme took place at National Gallery Singapore on 9 October 2022, as part of October Gathering.

Disclaimer: The comments and opinions expressed are those of the speaker/s, and do not represent the views of National Gallery Singapore.

All copyright within this recording, without limitation, are retained by their respective owners.