15 Invitations for 15 Years
A special programme series featuring exhibitions, projects, written works, performances, a blog, and set of e-dossiers marking Asia Art Archive's 15-year anniversary.
The endless proliferation of private museums, heightened influence of private interests infiltrating public institutions, and ongoing property development destroying existing neighbourhoods and their social values seem unstoppable. Where can we find a thriving public culture in the wake of such an overwhelming levelling force?
—Marysia Lewandowska and Esther Lu
Property, Protest, Commons, and the Alternative Economies of Art is a series of public workshops in Hong Kong, and a forum and screening programme in Taipei involving artists, filmmakers, curators, architects, and writers engaged in alternative production and dissemination models based on generosity and sharing. Envisioned as a collaborative endeavour exploring how to enrich the public realm and actively produce the commons, participants uncover the role property plays in the rapid globalisation of Asia and its consequences for public culture.
The workshops serve as a process of research leading to a collectively generated publication Made in Public, a collaboration between AAA resident artist Marysia Lewandowska and curator Esther Lu. The project responds to the process of privatisation influencing daily life, and attempts to make connections between isolated practices to contribute to imagining a shared future.
Participants' biographies and an e-reader featuring AAA and related resource material is available.
30 April 2015 Programme
10am-6pm | A Space, Asia Art Archive
Welcome & Introductions | 10:30-11am
Ingrid Chu, AAA Public Programmes Curator
Marysia Lewandowska & Esther Lu, co-organisers, Made in Public
Session I | 11-11:30am
Workshop | 11:30am-12:15pm
Hammad Nasar, AAA Head of Research & Programmes
Session II | 12:15-12:45pm
Screening | 12:45pm-1:15pm
Isaac Leung, artist, curator, and researcher, Hong Kong
Session III | 2:15-3:15pm
Workshop | 3:15-4:15pm
Phoebe Wong, critic, Hong Kong
Clara Cheung, artist, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
Session IV | 4:30-5:30pm
Workshop | 5:30-6pm
Antony Hudek, Co-director, Raven Row, London, UK
Michelle Wong, AAA Researcher
Closing Remarks
*—Workshop participants are welcome to join a lunchtime tour of the exhibition, Excessive Enthusiasm: Ha Bik Chuen and the Archive as Practice (11 March-4 July 2015) and the AAA library.
15 May 2015 Programme
10:30am-6pm | Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
10:30-11am | Coffee & Tea
Welcome & Introductions | 11-11:45am
Ingrid Chu, AAA Public Programmes Curator
Marysia Lewandowska & Esther Lu, Co-organisers, Made in Public
Session I | 11:45am-1pm
Brandon LaBelle, Artist and Educator, Berlin, Germany and Bergen, Norway
Sampson Wong, Umbrella Movement Visual Archive and Research Collective (UMVARC), Hong Kong
Lunch | 1-2pm
Remarks | 1:50-2pm
Mimi Brown, Founder & Director, Spring Workshop
Session II | 2-3pm
Maria Lind, Director, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Michael Leung, Artist, HK Farm, Hong Kong
Workshop | 3-4pm
Group Leaders:
Brandon LaBelle, Maria Lind, Michael Leung, and Sampson Wong
Break | 4-4:15pm
Workshop Report & Open Discussion | 4:15-6pm
Closing Remarks
2-20 Sep 2015 Programme
Venue
Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC)
No. 11, Lane 49, Baoan Street, Datong District, 10346 Taipei
More information on the Taipei screening programme (2-16 Sep) and forum (19 & 20 Sep) is available here.
Co-presented by Asia Art Archive and Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC)
Supported by
Foundation for Art Initiatives (FfAI)
National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF)
Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)
Spring Workshop
Graphic Design Partner
Luke Gould, London
15 Invitations for 15 Years is supported by the S. H. Ho Foundation Limited, the C. K. & Kay Ho Foundation, and The Hong Kong Arts Development Council. The programme is part of the ADC 20th Anniversary Celebration Series. Special thanks to Hani Charaf, Kemistry Design; and Spring Workshop.
