Bandung Institute of Technology 31 August – 4 September 2015

Program

AMBITIOUS ALIGNMENTS NEW HISTORIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART

 

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Following the Sydney Convening Meeting held at the University of Sydney on 3 February 2015, the participants and leaders of the Ambitious Alignments research project will re-convene in Bandung, at the Bandung Institute of Technology, host of the five-day event. The Sydney Committee would like to thank Bandung Institute of Technology for in-kind support, and Asia Art Archive, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and the Australian Research Council for their generous support.      Ambitious Alignments is generously supported by the Getty Foundation as part of its Connecting Art Histories initiative. Participants . Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar Lecturer, Visual Study Program, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) . Brigitta Isabella Lecturer, Philosophy Department, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta Member, Kunci Cultural Studies Center, Yogyakarta . Bùi Thị Thanh Mai Lecturer, Art History, Theory and Criticism, Vietnam University of Fine Arts . Chomchon Fusinpaiboon Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University . Clare Veal PhD Candidate, University of Sydney . Eileen Ramirez Assistant Professor, Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines . Kelvin Chuah SLAI Fellow, Cultural Centre, University Malaya . Melissa Carlson Political anthropologist and curator, Independent based in Hong Kong . Michelle Wun Ting Wong Researcher, Asia Art Archive . Roger Nelson PhD candidate, the University of Melbourne Independent curator based in Phnom Penh . Simon Soon PhD Candidate, University of Sydney . Thanavi Chotpradit PhD Candidate, Art History, Birkbeck College, University of London Part Time Lecturer in Art History, Silpakorn University . Vera Mey Curator, Residencies, Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA) . Wulan Dirgantoro Lecturer, Art Theory and History, LaSalle College of the Arts . Nathalie Johnston Co-Director, Myanmar Art Resource Center and Archive (MARCA)

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Guest Speakers . Hammad Nasar Head of Research and Programmes Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong . Dr. Thomas J. Berghuis Executive Manager Museum MACAN, Jakarta

Field Leaders and Experts . Prof T. K. Sabapathy Adjunct Associate Professor National University of Singapore, Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University . Prof Patrick Flores Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism University of the Philippines . Dr. Sarena Abdullah Art Historian and Senior Lecturer, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia . Dr. Eugene Tan Director National Gallery Singapore . Low Sze Wee Director (Curatorial & Collections) National Gallery Singapore . Dr. Agung Hujatnika Lecturer, Bandung Institute of Technology, Independent Curator

Sydney Committee . Prof Mark Ledbury, Chief Investigator . Prof Adrian Vickers, Chief Investigator . Dr. Stephen Whiteman, Chief Investigator . Emeritus Prof John Clark, Consultant

Support . Yvonne Low, Project coordinator and administrator

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Ambitious Alignments: New histories of Southeast Asian Art 27 Aug – 30 Aug 2015: Cultural visit to Yogyakarta (Optional) Date Location Time Itinerary 27/8 (Thu)

Yogyakarta >14.00 Arrive Yogyakarta Check-in Jogjakarta Plaza Hotel

28/8 (Fri)

Yogyakarta 07.15 07.30-08.30 08.30-11.00 11.30-13.00 13.00-14.00 14.30 17.00-18.00

Meet at Hotel Lobby Depart for Borobudur Visit Borobudur with specialist tour by T.K. Sabapathy Visit Candi Mendut and Candi Pawon with specialist tour by T.K. Sabapathy Lunch Visit OHD Museums Jl. Jenggolo 14 Magelang 56122 Private Art Tour by Dr Oei Hong Djien Return to hotel

29/8 (Sat)

Yogyakarta 07.45 08.00-09.00 09.00-11.30 11.30-12.15 12.15-13.15 13.15-15.45 16.00-18.00 18.00-20.00

Meet at Hotel Lobby Depart for Candi Prambanan

Jl. Raya Magelang, Sleman Visit Candi Prambanan with specialist tour by T.K. Sabapathy Return to city centre Lunch Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA) Gang Hiperkes 188 A-B Jalan Ireda, Dipowinatan Keparakan Introduction by Director, Pitra Hutomo View Archive collection Cemeti Art House Jalan Di. Panjaitan No.41 Introduction by co-founder, Nindityo Adipurnomo View Exhibition by Bagus Pandega [Optional/Own Expense] Dinner at Kedai Kebun (KKF) art space Jl. Tirtodipuran 3

30/8 (Sun)

Yogyakarta/ Bandung

06.30 07.00 07.30 08.00 16.00

Check-out Jogjakarta Plaza Hotel Depart for Yogyakarta Railway Station Arrive at Yogyakarta Railway Station Board Lodaya Pagi (executive class) at Yogyakarta Railway Station Arrive Bandung; check-in Prama Grand Preanger Hotel

Note: To prevent delays, please adhere closely to the timings listed here on the program.

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Ambitious Alignments: New histories of Southeast Asian Art 31 Aug – 5 Sept 2015: Bandung Workshop Note: The schedules as listed are subject to changes.

31 August 2015 (Monday) VENUE: Galeri Soemardja ITB

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.00

10.00-11.00

11.00-11.30 11.30-12.30

12.30-13.30 13.30-15.00

15.00-15.30 15.30-17.00

18.00-20.00

Participants and Leaders arrive

Opening address and Introduction

Participants’ Presentations Chair: Dr Stephen Whiteman Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar

Claire Holt and Historiography of Indonesian Modern Art: A Historiographical

Research on Claire Holt’s Thoughts, Archives and Documents

Roger Nelson

To the Free World and Back: Nhek Dim, “Cambodian Artist”

Morning Tea Participants’ Presentations Chair: Dr Stephen Whiteman

Bùi Thị Thanh Mai

Research on Optimistic Characterization: Paintings by Tran Van Can, Mai Van Hien,

and Nguyen Thu

Chomchon Fusinpaiboon

Mom Chao Vodhyakara Varavarn and Architecture in Thailand during the 1950s and

1960s

Lunch Participant’s Presentation Workshop:

Small group discussion*

Afternoon Tea Yielding a Region. Writing Art in Southeast Asia.

Seminar led by Prof T.K. Sabapathy

Opening dinner at Prama Grand Preanger

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1 September 2015 (Tuesday) VENUE: Galeri Soemardja ITB 09.00-11.00

11.00-12.00

12.00-13.00

13.00-14.00 14.00-15.00

15.00-15.30 15.30-17.00

Visit Asia African Conference museum,

specialist tour led by Prof Adrian Vickers

Depart for Galeri Soemardja ITB

Morning Tea Participants’ Presentations Chair: Prof Mark Ledbury Melissa Carlson

Art versus Artifice: Burmese Painting and National Identity under censorship

(1964-1988, State Socialist Period)

Brigitta Isabella

From Asia Africa to Southeast Asia: Politics of Friendship in the Construction of

Collective Cultural Identity (1955-1967)

Lunch Participants’ Presentations Chair: Prof Mark Ledbury Clare Veal

Art, Dharma and the Darkroom: Surrealism and Photography in Thailand, 1950-1990

Thanavi Chotpradit

To the Fallen: The Cold War Memorials in Thailand

Afternoon Tea Participant’s Presentation Workshop:

Small group discussion*

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2 September 2015 (Wednesday) VENUE: Galeri Soemardja ITB

09.00-09.30

09.30-10.30

10.30-11.00 11.00-12.00

12.00-13.00 13.30-15.00

15.00-15.30 15.30-17.00

Participants and Leaders arrive

Participants’ Presentations Chair: Prof Adrian Vickers Vera Mey

Charisma and Leadership

Michelle Wun Ting Wong

Realigning Global Coordinates: The Case of Hong Kong and Manila, 1960s and 1982

Morning Tea Participants’ Presentations Chair: Prof Adrian Vickers Simon Soon

Place of Leaning: Comparing the cultural topographies of Nanyang University (NU)

and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Kelvin Chuah

The Legacy of Loke Wan Tho: A Research on the Man and his Art/tistic Contributions

Lunch Participant’s Presentation Workshop:

Small group discussion*

Afternoon Tea Attempts to Co-locate and to Coincide: Southeast Asia in the Contemporary Seminar led by Prof Patrick Flores

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3 September 2015 (Thursday) PUBLIC EVENT: Connecting Southeast Asian Art Histories Ruang Seminar, Faculty of Art and Design

Jl. Ganesha no. 10 Bandung

09.00-09.30

09.30-09.45

09.45-10.15

10.15-10.45 10.45-11.30

11.30-12.15

12.15-13.30 13.30-14.15

14.15-15.00

15.00-15.30 15.30-17.00

17.00-17.15

17.30

18.30-20.30

Participants and Leaders arrive

Welcome Speech

Dr Yustiono, Senior lecturer, Aesthetics and the Science of Art Research Group

Opening address: Introducing the Ambitious Alignments Program

Prof Mark Ledbury

Morning Tea

Enmeshed Art Histories - the case of The Other Story

Hammad Nasar

Lexicon of Latitude: Southeast Asia as Extensive Locality

Prof Patrick Flores

Lunch Problems in Indonesian Art centers and Museums

Dr Agung Hujatnika

Q & A: Open discussion with Hammad Nasar, Prof Patrick Flores and Dr Agung

Hujatnika

Chair: Prof Adrian Vickers

Afternoon Tea Roundtable Discussion: What shapes, what holds back, and what will push forward

art history in Southeast Asia?

Chair: Emeritus Prof John Clark

Discussants: Prof. T.K. Sabapathy (National University of Singapore); Prof. Patrick

Flores (University of the Philippines), Low Sze Wee (National Gallery Singapore),

Dr. Thomas Berghuis (Museum MACAN), Hammad Nasar (Asia Art Archive),

Prof. Adrian Vickers (University of Sydney)

Closing address

Depart for S14 by bus Private closing reception at S14

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4 September 2015 (Friday) VENUE: Galeri Soemardja ITB

09.00-09.30

09.30-11.00

11.00-12.30 12.30-13.30

13.30-14.30

14.30-15.00

15.00

15.30-16.30

16.30

17.00

18.00-20.00

Participants and Leaders arrive

Participants’ Presentations Chair: Emeritus Prof John Clark Wulan Dirgantoro

Trauma and Silence: Affect in Indonesian Paintings, 1970-1980

Eileen Ramirez

Triangulated Subjectivities: Counting on the Unreliable to Write Affect into Histories

of the Site Specific

Nathalie Johnston

Image as Nation: Seeking Identities of a Post-Colonial Burma

Morning Tea / Prayer Break Lunch / Prayer Break Participant’s Presentation Workshop:

Small group discussion*

Closing remarks, evaluation and discussion:

Preparation for Final Presentation

Led by Prof Mark Ledbury

Depart for Selasar Sunaryo Art Gallery by bus

Exhibition Preview led by Mr Sunaryo

Afternoon Tea

Depart for Lawang Wangi Creative Space by bus

Visit Lawang Wangi Creative Space

Optional walking tour to Art Hotels

Closing dinner at Lawang Wangi Creative Space Restaurant

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*Participant’s Presentations Workshop: Small Group Discussion 31/8 (Mon) Group 1 1. Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar 2. Simon Soon 3. Wulan Dirgantoro 4. Brigitta Isabella 5. T.K. Sabapathy 6. Agung Hujatnikajennong

Group 2 1. Roger Nelson 2. Natalie Johnston 3. Melissa Carlson 4. Adrian Vickers 5. Patrick Flores 6. Sarena Abdullah

Group 3 1. Bùi Thị Thanh Mai 2. Michelle Wong 3. Vera Mey 4. Eileen Ramirez 5. Mark Ledbury 6. Low Sze Wee

Group 4 1. Chomchon Fusinpaiboon 2. Thanavi Chotpradit 3. Kelvin Chuah 4. Clare Veal 5. John Clark 6. Stephen Whiteman

1/9 (Tue) Group 1 1. Melissa Carlson 2. Natalie Johnston 3. Eileen Ramirez 4. Sarena Abdullah 5. T.K. Sabapathy 6. Low Sze Wee

Group 2 1. Brigitta Isabella 2. Michelle Wong 3. Kelvin Chuah 4. Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar 5. Agung Hujatnikajennong 6. Adrian Vickers

Group 3 1. Clare Veal 2. Simon Soon 3. Bùi Thị Thanh Mai 4. Chomchon Fusinpaiboon 5. Stephen Whiteman 6. Mark Ledbury

Group 4 1. Thanavi Chotpradit 2. Wulan Dirgantoro 3. Vera Mey 4. Roger Nelson 5. John Clark 6. Patrick Flores

2/9 (Wed) Group 1 1. Vera Mey 2. Chomchon Fusinpaiboon 3. Brigitta Isabella 4. Clare Veal 5. John Clark 6. T.K. Sabapathy

Group 2 1. Michelle Wong 2. Eileen Ramirez 3. Natalie Johnston 4. Wulan Dirgantoro 5. Mark Ledbury 6. Adrian Vickers

Group 3 1. Simon Soon 2. Bùi Thị Thanh Mai 3. Roger Nelson 4. Agung Hujatnikajennong 5. Patrick Flores 6. Sarena Abdullah

Group 4 1. Kelvin Chuah 2. Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar 3. Melissa Carlson 4. Thanavi Chotpradit 5. Stephen Whiteman 6. Low Sze Wee

4/9 (Fri) Group 1 1. Wulan Dirgantoro 2. Michelle Wong 3. Brigitta Isabella 4. Aminudin Tua Hamonangan Siregar 5. Thanavi Chotpradit 6. Agung Hujatnikajennong 7. T.K. Sabapathy

Group 2 1. Eileen Ramirez 2. Simon Soon 3. Clare Veal 4. Vera Mey 5. Roger Nelson 6. John Clark 7. Patrick Flores 8. Sarena Abdullah

Group 3 1. Nathalie Johnston 2. Bùi Thị Thanh Mai 3. Chomchon Fusinpaiboon 4. Melissa Carlson 5. Kelvin Chuah 6. Low Sze Wee 7. Mark Ledbury 8. Adrian Vickers

Presenter Leader

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GETTING TO PLACES: MAPS AND ADDRESSES Jogjakarta Plaza Hotel Jl. Affandi, Gejayan, Complex Colombo, Depok, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia Tel: +62 274 584222

Prama Grand Preanger Jl. Asia Afrika 81, Bandung 40111, Indonesia Tel. +62 22 4231631

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Galeri Soemardja Faculty of Art and Design Bandung Institut of Technology JL. Ganesha, No. 10 Jawa Barat 40132 Indonesia