Publication and Launch: The Making of Meeting
Arthub Asia entered its fifth year in 2012. In only a few years of activity it has grown into a dynamic platform that encompasses all of Asia and brings its projects and, most importantly, its spirit worldwide.
To celebrate these achievements, Arthub Asia proudly presents its brand new publication available on iPad and Android, The Making of Meeting. The book came into being as a reflection of the four-day symposium, The Making of the New Silk Roads held in Bangkok in the Summer of 2009. At that time cultural practitioners from around Asia and Arthub Asia affiliates from the rest of the world came together to discuss the ongoing dynamic echoes of the now-defunct Silk Road trading route and its multiple dimensions—reassessing the complex interconnections within Asia’s cultural and artistic spectrum at the beginning of the 21st century.
The publication summarizes the concerns and thoughts shared over time by the Arthub Asia think tank and serves as a memento of what Arthub Asia has achieved in its first five years of existence. The book is separated into 4 chapters looking into the personalities, scenography, performance and documentation behind the alternative form of meeting that was put to the test in Bangkok and lies at the core of ARTHUB ASIA activities in Asia and beyond.
The appointments of Arthub Asia’s co-directors Defne Ayas, now Director of the Witte de With Center for Conteporary Art in Rotterdam, Qiu Zhijie, Director of the Shanghai Biennale 2012 and Davide Quadrio, currently leading a new educational project for the Institute of Visual Arts at Fudan University in Shanghai, is proving to be the strongest platform for innovative practices in this challenging world. They aim to turn SH Contemporary into a site for collaboration, bridging the intervals between cultures and media, while identities merge and blur, the rhetoric of the exotic is ignored and playfulness is highlighted and contoured.
Stay tuned for the link to download the application.
Participants include: Davide Quadrio, Agung Hujatnikajennong, Agung Kurniawan, Alexander Ugay, Defne Ayas, Els Silvrants-Barclay, Gary Ross Pastrana, Hakan Topal, Jiang Jun, Seph Rodney, Stefan Rusu, Nikoloz (Nikusha) Chkhaidze, Kyong Park, Jompet a.k.a Kuswidananto, Shahidul Alam, Zoe Butt, Samah Hijawi, Iani Arahmaiani, Veronica Sekules, Ho Tzu Nyen, Ark Fongsmut, David Cotterrell, Howard Chan, Mu Qian, Onno Dirker, Lina Saneh, Rahraw Omarzad, Shaarbek Amankul, Pratchaya Phinthong, Le Huy Hoang, Max Zolkwer and Felix Madrazo.
Credits:
Arthub Asia general and curatorial direction by Defne Ayas and Davide Quadrio
Edited and conceptualized by Els Silvrants-Barclay
Produced by Arthub with Louiza/Institute for Provocation, Prince Claus Fund
Distribution by Louiza, who can be reached at els@louiza.org
Published by Aurelie Daems MER, who can be reached at aurelie@merpaperkunsthalle.org
Texts by Arahmaiani, Defne Ayas, Zoe Butt, David Cotterrell, Onno Dirker, Samah Hijawi, Jiang Jun, Davide Quadrio, Seph Rodney, Lina Saneh, Veronica Sekules, Els Silvrants-Barclay and Hakan Topal
Proofread by Francesca Girselli, Martina Johansson, Veronica Sekules and Els Silvrants-Barclay
Graphic design by Indianen Creative Studio, more information here
iPad and Android version by we-media
Soft cover, quadri colour print, 303 pages, 165 x 235 mm
Retail price 19.95 EUR–30% wholesale price
