The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in Singapore is holding "Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2022", a two-day hybrid forum to inspire and highlight ways where the arts are at the heart of sustainable practices in Southeast Asia, on Aug 4 and 5, starting at 1pm Bangkok time.
Held under the "Imperishable: Sustainability.Arts.Together" concept, the forum will feature livestreamed presentations, performances and dialogues by 12 regional artists, designers, artisans and scholars from a gamut of creative and academic disciplines.
They will speak on the artistic practices that contribute to building awareness on social and environmental issues, cultural heritage preservation, resource management and accessibility in creative production.
With a diverse representation from countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, this edition is centred on methods that are deliberate in maintaining ecological and social integrity.
The forum aims to forge and nurture connections through facilitating critical discourse on practice, politics, and the education of creative arts.
Speakers include prominent Vietnamese multi-disciplinary artist UuDam Tran Nguyen, whose provocative practice placed him as a luminary in Vietnamese contemporary art; and Kuala Lumpur-based embroidery artist Jesse Joy. Also expect to see a presentation on Khatabi, a dance theatre piece that narrates a story from the Itneg Tribe's folktales about the origins of weaving. It will be delivered by two lecturers from the NAFA -- Georgette Yu and Dr Filomar Cortezano Tariao.
There is no admission fee to join the forum online but registrations are required via seaartforum.nafa.edu.sg.
Email seaartforum@nafa.edu.sg.
