Ping Pong, as an artistic exchange program, has served as a platform for artists from different backgrounds and practices to connect and collaborate, fostering mutual understanding and sharing among communities and across historical and cultural contexts. Moreover, it has created an experimental environment that encourages research, dialogue, and critical thinking, aiming to deconstruct and reconstruct theoretical issues and practical methodologies in performance art; to define the role of this discipline within the broader context of the arts, particularly contemporary art; and to explore the role of performance art in social development.

Through workshops and discussions, the program delves deep into the biological foundations of Performance art, exploring the ‘performativity’ of constituent elements such as space, time, sound, smell, taste, and rhythm. The diverse practices also open up new possibilities for dialogue between the human body and various aspects of contemporary living, thereby re-examining the relationship between humans, nature, and society.

After 10 days of continuous activities with 11 workshops guided by project artists, in-depth discussions, field trips and spontaneous interactive performances, the “Ping Pong – Site-specific Art Performance Project” ends with a series of performances on July 13 – 14, 2024.

EVENT SCHEDULE

JULY 13, 2024: SOLO PERFORMANCES

9:30  –  13:00 | Session 1

14:00 – 17:00 | Session 2

JULY 14, 2024: GROUP PERFORMANCES

9:30  –  13:00 | Session 1

14:00 – 17:00 | Session 2

17:00 – 18:00 | Discussion

The event features participating artists of the Ping Pong project and is open to the public.

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Ping Pong is a performance art exchange program between Vietnam and Singapore co-initiated and co-curated by artists/curators Jason Lim and Trần Lương, with the participation of 09 artists from Vietnam and Singapore. With a title inspired by “Ping Pong diplomacy”, a negotiation initiative from the Cold War, the project focuses on Performance Art, a multi-interface art form that is flexible and open in dialogue and negotiation, to expand the space for interaction, facilitating exploring, sharing, exchanging and mutual understanding among communities, across various historical, cultural and social backgrounds.

The project is initiated by Jason Lim and Tran Luong, organized by the APD – Center for Art Patronage and Development.

Main sponsor: United Overseas Bank (Vietnam) Limited

Co-sponsored by UpGen Vietnam, The Ascott Limited/CapitaLand Investment