The 10th Anniversary of the International Performance Art Festival
Bangkok Art and Culture Center and Concrete House are pleased to announce the 10th Anniversary of Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival, With a month long marathon performances of over 100 artists from around the globe. This 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.
Performance Exhibition
books, images, DVD shows and projection, about festivals around the world. Artists Materials used since 10 years ago at the collection of Asiatopia, texts, photos documents.
Symposium and lectures
A 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. Also Rolf Hinterecker brings along his collection from Performance Conference held in Bangkok 1998.
Community interaction
Only open for 10-15 participants. A Bru people Community on Maekong river in the northeastern region (7 hrs away from Bangkok to Laos border), and Bo Nok Village in Prachuap Kirikhan (300 km) in the south of Bangkok, are frontline fighters for their ecological rights over the land, water, air and all system in and around their area. The artists will spend time learning about the community and its struggle, as well as perform in the villages.
Mini Asiatopia Chiangmai
14-16 Nov 2008
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.
Artists: Bui Cong Khanh, Luong Tran, Vasan Sitthiket, Chumpon Apisuk, Chakkrit Chimnok, Kosit Juntaratip, Nopawan Sirivejkul, Padungsak Kotchasumrong, Paisan Plienbangchang, Mongkol Plienbangchang, Witchukorn Tangpaiboon, Ahlien Z.H., Tsuchi Yeh, Zai Kunning, Andree Weschler, Noor Effendy Ibrahim, Wen Lee, Agnes Munkhwan Yit, Kai Lam, Angie Seah, Juliana Yasin, Yuan Mor'o Ocampo, Danny Sillada, Ronaldo Ruiz, Racquel De Loyola, Mideo M Cruz, Mrat L.Htwann, Pyu Mon, Sharon Chin, Moe Satt, Ei Thein Chaw, Obong Hong, Lushan Liu, Sakiko Yamaoka, Machiko Tagami, Fumiko Takahashi, Shin-Ichi Arai, Teruyuki Tanaka, Kaori Haba, Heru Hikayat, Arahmaiani, Melati Suryodarmo, Yoyo Yogasmana, kinleung Yuen, Yang Shu, Jin Chen, Qing Cai, Yingmei Duan, Bin Zhou, Alwin Reamillo
Other participating artist:
Juliet Lea, Tony Schwensen (Australia), Gertrude Moser-Wagner, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Sabine Marte (Austria), Gwendoline Robin (Belgium), Jolanta Lapiak, Francis O'Shaughnessy, Richard Martel, Eric Letourneu, Myriam Laplante (Canada), Roi Vaara (Finland), Charles Dreyfuss, Julien Blaine, Fabien Montmartin (France), Heike Gaessler, Jurgen Fritz, Rolf Hinterecker, Boris Nieslony, Helge Meyer, Matthias Jackish (Germany), Demosthenes Agraiotis (Greece), Amanda Coogan (Ireland), Elvira Santamaria Torrens (Mexico), Jacques Van Poppel, Peter Bare (The Netherlands), Waldemar Tatarczuk, Bartek Lukasiewicz, Artur Tajber, Arti Grabowski, Jan Swidzinski (Poland), Esther Ferrer, Malu Boix, Bartolome Ferrando, Valentin Torrens (Spain), Mike Hentz, Norbert Klassen, Klara Schilinger, Valerian Maly, Barbara Sturm, Liliane Zumkemi, Lena Eriksson & Samuel Herzog (Switzerland), Nezaket Ekici (Turkey), Andre Stiit, Helmut Lemke, Alastair McLennan (United Kingdom), Jamie MaMurrey, Mari Novotny-Jones, Milan Kohout, Marilyn Arsem, Lewis Gesner, Dan Mckereghan (USA)
Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival organized by Concrete House
Concrete House, EMPOWER Foundation
57/60 Tivanond Toad, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand Tel: +662-526-8811
Bangkok Art & Culture Centre,
Patumwan Intersection, Bangkok Thailand