July 29 – August 11, 2016 (Preview in Jakarta) February 25 – March 12, 2017 (Banda Aceh) April 1 – 9, 2017 (Jakarta) Introduction By The Curator Riding the wave to a new shore, Field Trip Projects Asia then reach Indonesia as its next stop. Carrying around things contaminated with fear, dreams, hope,…
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October – December, 2015 Introduction By The Curator Field Trip Project Asia is a multi-site artistic intervention that provokes questions on environmental sustainability, disaster in heritage sites, and the creative strategies for place-making to respond to these challenges. Using the Japanese backpack as trope, the project bridges artists with publics, involving them as participants in…
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August 11 – September 3, 2015 Introduction Co- curated by Twardzik Ching Chor Leng, this exhibit represented Singapore’s generous, compassionate, culturally diverse and broad-minded capacity commemorating its fiftieth anniversary. The exhibition also included projects produced by students from Yishun Town Secondary School, led by teacher Candy Tong. In addition to the exhibition, there was a…
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August 22 – September 7, 2014 Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Introduction by the coordinator There have been various natural disasters taking places around the globe. It seemed relevant to organize the very first preview exhibit and create attention to issues entering in Asia, of Field Trip Project Asia, in Shinjyuku, an international cosmopolitan city in Tokyo,…
View MoreParticipating artists and co-curators of Field Trip Project Asia gather at 98-B Headquarters to “unpack” their insights on their artistic practice and engagements in the local. How do particularities within local contexts compel an international project to adapt? What issues arise out of this?
View MoreUniversity of Asia and the Pacific Ortigas Pasig City, Metro Manila November 11, 2015 Together with cultural workers, student organizations and scholars who were involved in relief operations and long-term recovery programs in Leyte, Daisuke Takeya presented as one of the resource persons at the Symposium on Disaster Studies at the University of Asia and…
View MoreUniversity of the Philippines Vargas Museum, Metro Manila November 12 – December 11, 2015 Field Trip Project Asia Philippines is a multi-site artistic intervention to stimulate conversations about disasters, resilience, and place-making. Having travelled from Japan, Canada, and Singapore until they reached the Philippines, the artistically transformed Japanese backpacks or randoseru were brought to Baguio…
View MoreNovember 4 – 6, 2015 Cabuynan Elementary School Tanauan, Leyte Cabuynan Elementary School in Tanauan, Leyte became the site of a mobile art exhibition and workshops involving students, parents, and teachers. Five collaborators visited the school. Aside from co-curators Daisuke Takeya and Laya Boquiren, three artists gave workshops in relation to their art work, as…
View MoreField Trip Walk in Post-Earthquake Sites Baguio City is a disaster waiting to happen all over again. On July 16, 1990, the Great Northern Luzon Earthquake struck and brought the entire city to ruin. Millions worth of infrastructure crumbled to the ground. Worse, many human lives were lost. After that followed a series of urban…
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