A/P/A Institute at NYU
Working Session: Global Asia/Pacific Art
South East Asian and Indian inter-Asia and diasporic art
April 23, 2013
The goal of the meeting is to explore artistic production and current research of this meeting’s participating scholars/curators/artists to bring out thematics of interest to pursue and discuss. With the development of the Global Asia/Pacific Art Exchange site visit in India and South East Asia in 2015, we hope to share and develop ideas for this upcoming phase and to also further establish an international network of those working in the field involved in inter-Asian and diasporic art.
Location:
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU
8 Washington Square Mews
(between University Place and 5th Avenue, one block north of Washington Square Park)
Seminar Room
Contact: Alexandra Chang
Time: 11am-3pm
Agenda:
11am
Welcome/intros
Presentations by artists
Naeem Mohaiemen
Jaishri Abichandani
Chaw Ei Thein
Anida Yoeu Ali
Q&A discussion
1pm lunch break — discussion through lunch
1:30pm exchange on meeting participants’ current research and projects
2:30pm further discussion/thoughts
Participants:
Presenters:
Jaishri Abichandani
presenting artist/curator
http://jaishriabichandani.net/
Anida Yoeu Ali
presenting artist
http://studio-revolt.com/
Naeem Mohaiemen
presenting artist/scholar
http://shobak.org
Chaw Ei Thein
presenting artist
http://chaweithein.blogspot.com/
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Alexandra Chang, Curator of Special Projects and Director of Global Arts Programs NYU, A/P/A Institute
Dipti Desai, Associate Professor and Director of the Art Education Program, NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions
Lynn Gumpert, Director, NYU Grey Art Gallery
Isabel Hofmeyr, Visiting Professor, NYU, Professor, University of Witwatersrand
Irene Leung, The New School, http://culturalcapitalists.wordpress.com/
Thomas Looser, Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program, NYU Department of East Asian Studies
Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor, Visual Culture, NYU Steinhardt Department of Media Culture and Communications
Sukhdev Sandhu, Associate Professor, NYU Departments of Social and Cultural Analysis and English
Radhika Subramaniam, The New School, Assistant Professor, Art and Design History
School of Art and Design History and Theory, Director / Chief Curator, Sheila Johnson Design Center
Chuong-Dai Vo, Visiting Scholar at MIT and independent curator
June Yap, Curator, South and Southeast Asia, Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative