Transpacific Dialogues: Asian/American Art of Collaboration – Day 2

Image: siren eun young jung, Playwriting Practice: To Die as Fish (2021), Performance, 01:20:00 (Courtesy of the Theatre Practice Project and the Artist / Photo by Jun-hyuk Won)

This two-day public symposium, Transpacific Dialogues: Asian/American Art of Collaboration, will explore the transformative potential of aesthetic inquiry on how we make collaborative art. It will feature invited artists, scholars, and curators actively involved in creating, researching, and curating collaborative projects across Asia and the United States. This event aims to introduce contemporary collaborative art projects to the RISD community and beyond, emphasizing their relevance in both academic and museum settings. Participants are dedicated to transcending national and identity-based boundaries that often constrain collective action in socially engaged art. The symposium will showcase critical works by Asian and Asian American artists challenging conventional artistic representations through multidisciplinary approaches, thereby critiquing identitarian categorizations prevalent in art institutions. Additionally, the symposium will address museum practices, with curators from regional institutions discussing their collaborative approaches to curating and collecting Asian/American art amidst diverse interests and perspectives.

SCHEDULE

1:00-1:10pm: Welcome remarks

1:10-2:10pm: Session 2 – Curators on Collaboration
Jheanelle Brown (REDCAT, CalArts)Haely Chang (The Hood Museum, Dartmouth)Moderated by Curator of Asian Art, Wai Yee Chiong (RISD Museum)
2:15-3:15pm: Session 3 – Performance and Embodied Memories
Jarod Lew (artist, New Haven)Hieyoon Kim (East Asian Studies, Brown)Moderated by Jung Joon Lee

3:30-4:30pm: Roundtable with participants

4:30-4:45pm: Closing remarks

Hosted by: Theory + History of Art + Design
Additional Information can be found at: https://involved.risd.edu/event/10514772