AAA’s booth at Art Basel in Hong Kong, The Body Collective, looks at the evolution of performance art in Asia from the 1960s till today. It features artwork and other materials drawn from AAA’s Collection, which includes the archives of Kwok Mangho Frog King, Betsy Damon (Keepers of the Waters), and Lee Wen. The related public programmes include events with artist siren eun young jung, performer and activist Maya Krishna Rao, and artist Xing Danwen.

Programmes Schedule

Performance | siren eun young jung

Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019
Time: 6–6:30pm 

Ahead of her exhibition in the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, siren eun young jung presents Our Panting Ankle Barely Passed. With a nod to Emily Dickinson, the new piece features performer Lee Deung Woo and live musical accompaniment.

Talk | Maya Krishna Rao

Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019
Time: 6:30–7:30pm
Language: English 

In “Loose Woman: A Talk and Presentation on Performance and Theatre,” performer and activist Maya Krishna Rao will discuss the relationship between performance and theatre, taking as example her recent eponymous work (presented by AAA at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018 in Goa).

Talk | Xing Danwen in Conversation with Jane DeBevoise

Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019
Time: 3–4pm
Language: Mandarin (with English simultaneous interpretation provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.)

Xing Danwen is one of the earliest artists in China to use photography as an art form to address social issues such as urbanisation, globalisation, identity, and gender. Important also are her photographs documenting the first generation of art provocateurs in the post-1989 era. Art historian Jane DeBevoise joins Xing in a conversation on her photographic work’s relationship to performance art, with a focus on the East Village scene in Beijing and beyond. 

All events are free and open to the public.

Venue: Booth P7, Art Basel in Hong Kong, Level 1 Concourse, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai

The exhibition is curated by John Tain, Chương-Đài Võ, and Özge Ersoy, with the support of Susanna Chung, Young One Cheung, and Hazel Kwok. It develops out of the exhibition Out of Turn, organised for the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, 15 to 22 December 2018, by Asia Art Archive and Meenakshi Thirukode, with the kind assistance of Sabih Ahmed.

As part of our series on performance art, we are honoured to welcome Zhang Peili to give the annual artist’s lecture on Thursday, 28 March 2019, 11am to 12:30pm, at AAA. Also, we present Form Colour Action at AAA Library—an exhibition that explores drawing as a site of performance, with a selection of sketchbooks and notebooks by artist Lee Wen.

Image: Yin Xiuzhen, Washing River, 1995, performance, Chengdu. Betsy Damon Archive: Keepers of the Waters, Asia Art Archive Collection. Courtesy of the artist.

Supported by: 
Shane Akeroyd; Susan Beningson & Steve Arons; Mimi Brown & Alp Ercil; Patricia & Jonathan Crockett; Katherine Don & Daniel Touff; Catherine & Barry Freeman; Eunei & Ron Lee; Wendy Lee & Stephen Li; James Lie; Tiffany Soong & Jake Lynch; Arts Council Korea; CL3 Architects Ltd.; The St. Regis Hong Kong

Design Partner:
alonglongtime 

Media Partners:
Artomity; Ocula

AAA is a Cultural Partner of Art Basel in Hong Kong.