Come Cannibalise Us Why Don't You?
Presentation given expanding on ideas in Erika Tan's book Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don't You? / Sila Mengkanibalkan Kami MahuTak? (2014).
Oscillating between these various thematic tags, the invited speakers will be contributing to and developing a discursive framework or context for contemporary art practices which critically engage with notions of the historical, museological and exhibitory practices - within/from/about Southeast Asia.
Tan organised the symposium and accompanying book launch and SoutheastAsia+Networking event.
Following the symposium, Tan's book Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don't You? /Sila Mengkanibalkan Kami MahuTak? (published by NUS Museum, Singapore and supported by CSM/UAL) will be available for viewing and purchase. Please stay and join us for a drink.
This networking event is an opportunity for researchers, artists, curators, and writers whose practices engage with Southeast Asian contexts to meet and share their work. Whilst a sense of regionalism underpins this gathering, the ambition of the event is to mutually tease out individual and collective alignments, research fields, and possible future collaborations, partnerships and discursive connections. This first meeting hosted by CSM/UAL will focus on contemporary art practices, or historical collections/work with a contemporary agenda.