Performativity 1, 2006

The first installment of Performativity was put together by curators Thanavi Chotpradit (Thailand), Manuporn Luengaram (Thailand) and Khairuddin Hori (Singapore) in 2006. Artists were selected by a closed, invitational process.

Ana Prvacki
Papain Is In
2006, Singapore




Andree Weschler
Less Than 10 Minutes
2006, Singapore/France


Chanognun Tiraganchana
Desire
2006, Thailand




Lee Wen
Is Art Necessary?
2002, Singapore




Mitch Garcia
RPG
2006, The Philippines




Montri Toemsombat
Rice/Life, Ever-presence
2006, Thailand




Pitcahayapong Pissapan
Kao
2006, Thailand




RathKnotPath
Jedi Chula
2005, Thailand




Sharon Chin & Iskandar Razak
Making Night
2006, Malaysia




Ulrich Lau
Artist's Chronicles
2006, Singapore

TUPADAXINGapore, Filipino Performance Art

Tupada Xing, a coined pedestrian acronym that means Tupada Crossing, with emphasis on the letter "X" that carries with it multilayered meanings: cross, action (aXn), extreme, export, exchange, express, cross-over, restricted, breaking away.

The essence of Tupada's International Tour for the year 2006 is encapsulated in the symbol X. Such is the nature of Tupada (both as cockfight and performance art activity). And for Tupada, the year 2006 is a year for breaking borders, crossing boundaries, meaningful and creative exchange and _expression, and a conscious breaking away from set conventions... and yes, even local and international restrictions to spontaneous street and public performances--the very nature of Tupada. Components of Tupada Xing are international performances and artistic ventures of Tupada members Asia, America and and Latin America.


T U P A D A X I N G a p o r e
26 October 2006 at Wunderspaze studio, Singapore

Maki Calilung - Published author, teacher, filmmaker and multimedia artist, Maki is a core member, and one of three active female artists of renowned Philippine action and multimedia art group TUPADA.






Manet Villariba - His performances, often incorporating sound art, have been presented on various platforms such as Philippines International Performance Art Festival (PIPAF) and TAMA ’06.





Thomas Daquoiag - In 2002, he was the recipient of the Dharmasiswa Arts and Culture Studies Grant in Bali, Indonesia whilst most recently, he has been granted the Asian Artist Freeman Fellowship by the Vermont Studio Center, USA. He has received
numerous accolades and awards including Jurors’ Choice in the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards at the beginning of this millennium.




Ronaldo Ruiz - Aside from being a core member of TUPADA, he has performed several international performance art events in Australia, Japan, Thailand and of course, the Philippines. In addition, he has garnered for himself one of the most prestigious awards – the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ 13 Artists, as well as being selected as Juror’s Choice for the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards.





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Photos © 2006, Dirk Fleischmann