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| Seiji with foreign artists |
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| 17th July, Tokyo |
July 17 (Sat) NIPAF Asia
Performance Art Tokyo Meeting Vol.1 from 12noon til 9pm at Morishita Studio. Foreign artists gave a talk about their work.
| Artist Talk at Morishita Studio - Juliana |
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| 17th July 2004, Tokyo |
The 9th NIPAF Asian Performance Art Series '04
Performances by local & foreign artists began:
18 July (Sun) Outdoor/street performance in a street in Shnjuku, Tokyo
19(Mon), 20(Tue), 21(Wed) Indoor performance at Morishita Studio,a dance studio in Tokyo
July 24(Thu), 25(Fri), 26(Sat) Indoor performance at Goto-ya Space Raku ; a performance space) in Kurokawa, Nagoya,
July 27 (Sun) Outdoor/street performance in Sanjo Miyukicho, Kyoto.
July 28(Mon), 29(Tue), 30(Wed) Indoor performance at ART COMPLEX 1928 , an old historical theatre space built in 1928
in Sanjo Miyukicho, Kyoto,
July 31(Thur) - 2 Aug (Sat) Nagano summer seminar, Nagano
Only local & foreign artists attended this seminar. The artists were taken to a cottage villa in the mountains in
Nagano for three days. A seminar consisted of talks and an evening of performances by all the participating artists.
Aug 2 (Sat)Outdoor/street performance in Nagano.
Aug 3(Sun), 4(Mon) Indoor performance at NEON HALL; a little pub/bar in Gondo, Nagano
| solo performance, Nagoya |
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Singaporean artist Juliana
Yasin focuses on the role of women, particularly Muslim women in developing cities caught between conservative traditions
and modernization. At the same time, she investigates her body as a traveler and cultural activist, having actively organized
and participated in several art projects in Singapore and abroad. Her work as an artist arises out of a concern to restore
the relationship between art and the daily world where she lives. Yasin made extensive use of her personal belongings: a map,
lipstick, backpack, and black scarf, highly charged allegories for bewildering experiences on her journey to several countries
like Indonesia, Japan and Australia. These objects signified the sense of security and the memoirs that meant home to the
well-traveled artist. In going about this task, she makes use of her experience as an artist-worker and her extensive knowledge
in the field of organizing and networking. Her works reflect her locus in a government-sponsored art scene, reflecting two
opposite stands: a subtle offense on the authoritarian system and, at the same time, gratitude for having a country full of
vision and hope.
Text by Jevijoe Vitug, written for Asia Art Archive's Newsletter
Radio Interview with Faridah
Onn, Mediacorp Radio Singapore
21st August 2004
1. Who were the artists and how many artists participated?
There were 8 Asian artists invited to participate in the event. 1 Guest artist. The Asian Artists were Cang Xin (China, Beijing),
Sung-baeg (Korea, Pusan), Yen Yi-tzu (Taiwan, Taipei), Jevijoe Vitug (Philippines, SF Pampanga), Juliana Yasin (Singapore),
Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam, Hoian), Chaw Ei Thein (Myanmar, Yangon), Iwan Wijono (Indonesia, Jogjakarta)
Guest artist: Alexander Del Re (Chile, Santiago)
2.How was i selected for the festival?
I'm now the 4th artist from Singapore after Jason Lim. He was invited for 1996 summer event. Artists Lee Wen was invited in
1995, and in 1996 Amanda Heng. I am the first Malay woman artist invited to NIPAF. The festival first started in 1996 where
only Japanese artists were involved. NIPAF has 2 festivals a in a year. A summer and winter festival. Since 1993, the organisers
have invited around 220 foreign artists, including 120 artists from Asian countries.
3.What was your contribution or experience ?
I am a practising artist and I often organise exhibitions and performance art events. My work always centre around the idea
of collaboration. Collaboration with artists from different backgrounds who work with various mediums like installation art,
video or performance art.
I guess I have brought new ideas of Collaboration in performance work and my experience to NIPAF. It has inspired the other
artists or the organisers to think about the importance of Collaboration in terms of performance practice and in performance
art.
4. What i gained from the exposure?
I have gained very much experience from the festival. The way the festival was organised and the programs or events involved
in the festival. It is unique, different and very special from other festivals that I've been involved. It was good to learn
from the organisers as well as the foreign and local artists their personal experiences, knowledge about their work/culture
or involvement in other festivals that they have participated or organised.
5. What is my background and have I been doing all this while?
I am a full-time visual and performance artist and I have continually exhibited and performed in solo and group exhibitions
locally and internationally since 1989. I work part-time for a non-profit company in Hong Kong called Asia Art Archive as
a researcher for Singapore. I'm a member of Plastique Kinetic Worms (the only non-profit artist run space in Singapore) and
'The Artists Village'; a collective of artists and A.P.A.D; Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya - Association Of Artists Of Various
Resources. I often organise installation & performance art projects. One of the projects is Fusion Strength; an on-going travelling
installation & performance art project involving collaboration by local and foreign artists.
| The artists immitating Cang Xing's action |
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| Nagano |
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| Artists at Summer Seminar in Nagano |
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The local and foreign participating artists were:
Japan
Seiji Shimoda, Kazuhiro Nishijima, Rei Shibata, Osamu Kuroda, Noriko Ohashi, Harumi Terao, Mari Tanikawa, Fusae Suyama, Miyaki
Inukai, Chie Inukai, Makoto Maruyama, Yukio Saegusa, Gen Murai, Yoshinori Niwa, Ai Kawakubo, Kota Yamazaki, Motoki Okumura,
Kazunori Kitazawa, Joji Yamaguchi, Sadahoru Horio
Asian Artists
Cang Xin (China, Beijing), Cho Sung-Baeg (Korea, Busan), Yen Yi-tsi (Taiwan, Taipei), Jevijoe Vitug (Philippines, SF Pampanga),
Juliana Yasin (Singapore), Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam, Hoian), Chaw Ei Thein (Myanmar, Yangon), Iwan Wijono (Indonesia, Jogjakarta)
Special Guest
Alexander Del Re (Chile, Santiago)
| Group photo at temple in Tokyo |
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| Saying farewell on our last night of performance |
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| 3rd August 2004, Neon Hall, Nagano |
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