-“Future Artists in the Post-Pandemic Era”

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Arts has the mission to foresee future. At a time of global crisis, with their reflections on social relationships, survival and liberty, what impacts would have been made to the aesthetics of the artists? Weiwuying collaborates with FACP members, including artistic directors of major festivals and venues, to call for pitching of experimental project ideas that respond to the pandemic, and to inspire the public to speculate our possible future. Join us and be in the (online) room where the idea happens.

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We are now calling for projects, with focus on “helping community and supporting people” with concepts of #OutOfTheBox #NewNormal #BeingLive #Technology to be presented in world’s top festivals/theatres in 2021/2022.

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Festival Partners

● Cambodia Living Arts
● Cultural Center of the Philippines
● CultureLink, Singapore
● Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion
● InPulse Creatives LLC (Saudi Arabia / China)
● Prakriti Foundation, India
● West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong
● National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taiwan
(...and more potential partners)

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Timeline

Open call for pitching: Sep 17 – Oct 23

Concept proposal answering “Future Artists in the Post-Pandemic Era”. Artists submit 100 words in English and 1 image for the project.

 

Pre-selection: Oct 24 – 30

The Jury group (a professional group of FACP members) will select 10 artists to present their proposals online during the meeting in Nov.

 

Shortlist announcement: Nov 2

The 10 shortlisted artists will be notified to prepare their online pitching.

 

Final online presentation: Nov 13, 14:30 – 17:00 (GMT+8)

The 10 shortlisted artists will online present their projects on 13 Nov, each for 10 minutes, to the presenters of worlds’ top festivals and theaters. The 3 most relevant / potential projects will be awarded to be presented in the Jury group’s festivals in the coming season.

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Find out more : https://bit.ly/3d4i7jz

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Seize the opportunity NOW : https://bit.ly/2SvKWMg

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We look forward to receiving your proposals !

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DJ QuestionMark : "On The Way To My Stage"

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“Hello, it's DJ QuestionMark (YING Chi-shuan). We're gonna spend the moment together before my show, then let's go on the stage together.”

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It's a cyber-immersive theatre experience, a first-person game, a live streaming and a post-COVID production. The “viewers” are part of the show and requested to interact with each other and the performer in the chat room. Through live streaming, everybody will be switched between different spaces, characters and views. As you might wish, you are able to peep into the private moment before the performer stepping on the stage, or explore the backstage you will possibly never have the access to. Even “jump” in the other artist’s personal view.

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At the end of the journey, you will be taken to the stage, perform, then finish the “show” together.

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About DJ QuestionMark

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London based DJ, music producer, flutist and interdisciplinary artist.

Master of Music from Goldsmiths, University of London.

 

YING has won DMC World DJ Championship Taiwan Champion and nominated by Golden Melody Award for Best instrumental music producer and by Golden Indie Music Award for Best band.

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His remarkable show routines which mix scratch DJing with live fluteboxing (flute+beatboxing) solos make his name unforgettable to the audience. He makes different genres of music including jazz, funk, pop, hip hop, electronic, experimental and contemporary classical. His shows can be found in many scenes, such as party, fashion, theatre, film and dance.

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DJ QuestionMark has performed in international events like SXSW (USA), Glastonbury Festival (UK), Edinburgh Festival Fringe (UK), London Fashion Week (UK) and New York Fashion Week (USA).

Due to the impact of COVID-19, he had to stop most of his live shows. In the meant time he started developing Cyber Show, a format of show combining his multi expertises including music, gaming, theatre and streaming culture.

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WHEN: November 13, 2020 (Fri) 19:30-21:00 (GMT+8)

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CHOU Shu-yi : "After sea-level rise, I live in..."

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Choreographer, dancer and curator all-in-one, Weiwuying Artist-in-Residence CHOU Shu-yi has been exploring relationships between human bodies and the city. As his artistic response to the pandemic, CHOU swiftly curated Unfolding Futures – Body Motion Short Film Festival to rethink the ethos of art. This time, on the roof of the Weiwuying architecture, Shu-yi will create a piece integrating body and video, sharing his perspectives on future of climate change and flood – “perhaps one day, this would become the refuge of life.”

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About CHOU Shu-yi

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Born in 1983, CHOU is a choreographer and dancer. His recent creations, in the forms of theatre, site-specific performance or dance video, question the value of life and reflect the status of an individual or a group in different social contexts, and create “a body vocabulary that belongs to Asia”. CHOU continues to seek new methods of creation, and potentials of cross-disciplinary collaboration using different mediums. His work Break & Break! won the Taishin Performing Arts Award of the 17th Taishin Arts Award in 2019.

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Following the inevitable slow-down due to the pandemic, the Weiwuying International Symposium in 2020 discusses the Role of Arts under the precautions of “avoiding contact” and “social distancing”. With the subthemes of “Experience” between arts and the public, “Making” by the artists and practitioners and “Ideas” of reflection by arts institutions, the Symposium in Kaohsiung brings us to the melting points between the arts and the contemporary society, provoking exchanges in both the physical and the virtual worlds.

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Simultaneous interpretation in English and Mandarin will be available.

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Looking at how Asian cities mobilize resources, connect partners and innovate practices to continue international exchanges, this session is inviting representatives from arts organizations in different Asian regions to share their aspirations and motivations, in persistence to enrich lives and society, to speak up for the arts industry in the ever-changing present times.

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