Asian Producers' Platform | APPCAMP 2017 Program

Asian Producers’ Platform Camp 2017 Melbourne

Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, and we pay our respects to their Elders, both past and present.

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JAPAN KOREA

HONG KONG MACAU

TAIWAN

MALAYSIA SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

Australia

NEW ZEALAND

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Asian Producers’ Platform The Asian Producers’ Platform (APP) is a long-term public-private partnership designed to create a strongly linked network of independent producers who can work effectively across the Asian region, sharing and developing artistic works, skills and cultural practices. Partners include: • Australia - Performing Lines and Live Performance Australia • Korea - Steering Committee for the Producer and Arts Council Korea • Japan - Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM) and the Japan Foundation • Taiwan - Performing Arts Alliance and the National Culture and Arts Foundation The Asian Producers’ Platform (APP) offers participants the opportunity to: 1. Develop industry networks in key Asian countries 2. Explore producing as a creative practice 3. Develop an Inter-cultural practice 4. Develop as an Arts Leader.

2014 Korea 2

2015 Taiwan

2016 Japan

2017 Australia

APPCAMP The core of APP is the annual APPCAMP attended by creative producers from each of the four host countries (Australia, Japan, Korea and Taiwan), as well as 10-15 producers from neighbouring Asian countries.

Program Direction Over the course of the intensive seven days of APPCAMP, participants: • get to know each other, including developing an appreciation of different language and cultural perspectives around producing • get to know the host country’s funding climate, key players in the arts, key venues and kind of work being produced • extend themselves through exploring their approach to creative producing within an Asian framework While most activities of the CAMP take place in small meeting groups and sessions, open networking events held throughout provide learning and development opportunities for the wider performing arts community alongside APPCAMP participants.

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APP

The Way Forward 2013 2014-2017 2017-

Pilot about producer/APP APPCAMP

External Partnership with other networks

Event (APP Camp)

Residency Partners

APP R&D - Publication - Professional Development

Investment

Information (Website)

Open to public Contribute to ecosystem of field

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Internal

Daily Schedule Day 1

Monday 20th February

TIME

EVENT LOCATION

6:45pm

Meet in foyer

7:30pm

Arrival Dinner Lentil as Anything

9:30pm Return bus to Mantra Jolimont

Mantra Jolimont

Mantra Jolimont

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Daily Schedule Day 2

Tuesday 21st February

8:15am

Meet in foyer

9:00am

Welcome to Country: The Pavilion Keynote: The Australian cultural Arts Centre Melbourne landscape - an overview Panel Talk: Exploring the way forward

9:15am

Keynote: The Australian cultural landscape - an overview

10:00am

Panel Talk: Exploring the way forward

11.00am

Group discussion

11.30am Guided Tour

Mantra Jolimont

Arts Centre Melbourne (Foyer)

12:30pm LUNCH (Speaker: Stephen Armstrong)

1:30pm Producers’ Choice 3:00pm

3:15pm

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BREAK Discussion: APP Forward Planning

6.30pm Tram to Arts House

7:00pm Guided tour

Arts House

7:30pm Open Networking Event

Hosted by Arts House and

Arts Centre Melbourne

9:30pm Tram to Mantra Jolimont

Mantra Jolimont

Schedule notes: Welcome to Country Speaker Aunty Carolyn Briggs (Boon Wurrung Foundation) Keynote: The Australian cultural landscape an overview

Speakers Merindah Donnelly: Executive Producer, Blak Dance Jade Lillie: Director & CEO, Footscray Community Arts Centre Emily Sexton: Head of Programming, Wheeler Centre

Speaker Robyn Archer, AO, CdOAL

Lunchtime Speaker Stephen Armstrong.

Creative Director, AsiaTOPA

Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, director, artistic director, and a public advocate of the arts, in Australia and internationally. robynarcher.com

Producers’ Choice Presentations by new members to introduce their artistic points of view, and updates from returning producers.

Panel Talk: Exploring the way forward

Getting to Arts House Catch the number 57 tram from Flinders Street Tram Station (opposite Federation Square). Get off at the North Melbourne Town Hall (Stop 12).

Facilitator Robyn Archer

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Day 3: Wednesday 22nd February TIME

EVENT LOCATION

8:00am Meet in foyer

8:30am Train to Footscray

Mantra Jolimont

9:00am

Welcome to Country & Guided tour

Footscray Community Arts Centre

10:00am

Provocation: Contemporary and Community Engaged Practice – intercultural and intergenerational

Flinders St Station

12:30pm LUNCH

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1:30pm

APP Forward planning

3:00pm

3:15pm

BREAK APP Forward planning

5:00pm Train to City

Own dinner with

research group

Footscray Station

8:30pm AsiaTOPA events

XO State, AsiaTOPA Arts Centre Melbourne

Schedule notes: Train to Footscray Walk to Flinders Street Station. Catch the Williamstown Line from Platform 4 to Footscray Station.

Provocation: Contemporary and community engaged practice – intercultural and intergenerational Speaker: Jade Lillie, Director and CEO, Footscray Community Arts Centre AsiaTOPA Performance Performance: Jambinai Venue: XO State, State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

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Day 4

Thursday 23rd February

TIME

EVENT LOCATION

8:00am Meet in foyer

8:20am Train to The Substation

Mantra Jolimont Flinders St Station

9:00am Guided tour The Substation ` 1 Market St, Newport 10.00am Discussion:

Censorship – the politics

of State and Self 12:30pm

Group research begins

Various

7:00pm AsiaTOPA events XO State, AsiaTOPA Arts Centre Melbourne

Schedule notes: Getting to The Substation Catch the Werribee Line to Newport from Flinders Street Station, Platform 4. The Substation is a 10-minute walk from Newport Station.

AsiaTOPA Performances Options: 7:00pm ‘6’ and ‘8’ (Tao Dance Theatre) The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne

Discussion: Censorship – the politics of State and Self Facilitators: Jisun Park, Executive Producer, Producer Group DOT Betsy Lam, Shu-Te University

OR 7.30pm Macho Dancer (Eisa Jocson) XO State Arts Centre Melbourne AND 8:30pm Aristophanes XO State Dark Arts Centre Melbourne

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Day 5

Friday 24th February

TIME

EVENT LOCATION

ALL DAY

Group Research

Various

7:00pm

AsiaTOPA Events

Various

Schedule notes: Getting to La Mama Courthouse Catch the Number 1 or 8 tram from Flinders St Station.

Get off at Melbourne University tram stop.

AsiaTOPA Performances 7.30pm The Age of Bones (Sandra Thibodeaux) La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, Carlton OR 7:30pm Attractor (Dancenorth & Lucy Guerin Inc) XO State, Arts Centre Melbourne

OR 7.30pm Satan Jawa with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne AND 9.00pm Rebel Musik XO State, Arts Centre Melbourne

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Day 6

Saturday 25th February

TIME

EVENT LOCATION

8:00am

Meet in foyer

Mantra Jolimont

9:00am

2:00pm

Group Research Preparation (with working lunch)

Warehouse Space Art House

Group Research The Supper Room, Arts House Presentations

3:45pm

BREAK

4.00pm

Discussion: APP - Where to from here? (including Networking Event)

6:30pm Own dinner

9:00pm AsiaTOPA Events

XO State Arts Centre Melbourne

Schedule notes: Group Research Presentations: The five APPCAMP research groups present the results of their research over the week. Each presentation is 20 minutes followed by questions.

Discussion: APP where to from here?

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Speaker: Kyu Choi, Asia Now and Creative Director, UK/Korea Season Festival ’17-18, British Council Korea AsiaTOPA Performance 9:00pm Bo Ningen XO State, Arts Centre Melbourne

Day 7

Sunday 26th February

TIME

EVENT LOCATION

9:15am

Meet in foyer

Mantra Jolimont

10:00am Debrief and Evaluation Members Lounge,

Arts Centre Melbourne

2:00-5:30pm Celebration Lunch Red Spice Road

37 Artemis Lane

Queen Victoria Building

Melbourne

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Participant contact details Annette Shun Wah Australia Contemporary Asian Australian Performance annette@caap.org.au Britt Guy Australia Accomplice britt@creativeaccomplice.com.au Dave Sleswick Australia MotherBoard Productions/The Tivoli dave@motherboardproductions.com.au Jo Thomas Australia Metro Arts Jo@metroarts.com.au Kate Ben-Tovim Australia AsiaTOPA katebentovim@gmail.com Anna Cheng Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Authority anna.cheng@wkcda.hk Bobo Lee Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Authority bobo.lee@wkcda.hk Orlean Lai Hong Kong orleanlaiproject orleanlai@gmail.com

Jala Adolphus Indonesia Tanzconnexions jalaadolphus@gmail.com Keni Soeriaatmadja Indonesia NuArt Sculpture Garden Sasikirana Dance Camp keni.soeriaatmadja@gmail.com Junko Uemura Japan Eisei Theatre Group/ NPO Fringe Theatre Project Group junko@eisei.info Masashi Nomura Japan Okinawa Prefectural Foundation for Cultural Promotion/Asahi Art Square/3.F Oberlin University/ Komaba Agrora Theater nomuramss@gmail.com Nao Miyauchi Japan ricca ricca* Festa (International Theater Festival Okinawa for Young Audiences) nm@nuchigusui-fest.com Hirotomo Kojima Japan Kyoto Art Center / BATI-HOLIC / Festival WOW!! hirotomokojima@gmail.com Yoshiji Yokoyama Japan Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre yoshijiyokoyama@ybb.ne.jp

Participant contact details Yuko Kuroda Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa kuroda@kanazawa21.jp Byong Jin Yoo Korea Freelance talkwith@hanmail.net Hee Jin Lee Korea Producers Group Dot producergroup.88@gmail.com Sanghyeok Seo Korea Freelance astrobohemian@gmail.com Sung Hyo Ryu Korea Freelance artbefree@gmail.com Yewon Chu Korea Le Reve yewonchu27@gmail.com Erik Kuong Macau Creative Links erik@creativelinks.asia E-Jan Tan Malaysia Toccata Studio ejan1201@gmail.com

Dolina Wehipeihana New Zealand Auckland Arts Festival Dolina.Wehipeihana@aaf.co.nz Melanie Hamilton New Zealand Muscle Mouth projects@musclemouth.co.nz Shireen Abdullah Singapore Esplanade Theatre ashireen@esplanade.com Tania Goh Singapore SaltShaker Productions tania@saltshaker.com.sg Betsy Lan Taiwan Shu-Te University betsy4bliss@gmail.com Cordelia Yang Taiwan Freelance/Mobius Strip Theatre cordelia316@gmail.com Liu Pao-Shan (Sammie) Taiwan M.O.V.E Theatre azureliupaoshan@gmail.com Yukio Nitta Taiwan Freelance tearains@yahoo.com.tw Yung-Hung Wang Taiwan Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre gant0908@gmail.com

ORGANISING COMMITTEE Fenn Gordon Australia Performing Lines fenn@performinglines.org.au

Kei Saito Japan Freelance yoneikei@gmail.com

Tsutomu Saito Japan Freelance tsuto411@gmail.com

Jisun Park Korea Producers Group Dot jisunarts@yahoo.com

Kyu Choi Korea Asia Now/UK/Korea Season Festival 2017-18, British Council Korea asianow2005@gmail.com

River Lin Taiwan CO3 Taiwan Contemporary river@riverperformance.com

Vera Liao Taiwan Performing Arts Alliance veraliao@paap.org.tw

observers

Sung Ho Park Korea Asian Arts Theatre sungho.blaire.park@gmail.com Catherine George New Zealand Creative New Zealand catherine.george@creativenz.govt.nz Vera Lai Taiwan National Theatre and Concert Hall, Taipei veralai@mail.npac-ntch.org

Organisers Performing Lines /AUSTRALIA Performing Lines produces new and transformative performance, creating pathways for innovative artists whose work pushes boundaries and sparks new conversations. For more than 30 years, Performing Lines has collaborated with arts companies, producers, presenters and funders to bring about creative and strategic opportunities for some of Australia’s most exciting and diverse contemporary artists and performances.

Live Performance Australia (LPA) / AUSTRALIA LPA is the peak body for the live performance industry in Australia, and represents performing arts companies, commercial and independent producers, music promoters, venues, festivals and industry service providers such as ticketing companies and technical suppliers. With more than 400 members nationally, LPA’s mandate is to advocate for and support policy decisions that benefit the sustainability and growth of the live performance industry in Australia.

The Steering Committee for the Producer / KOREA The Steering Committee for the Producer was established in 2013 to encourage producers’ professional development and networking. The goal of the Steering Committee is to establish long term networks between creative producers in Asia, with a focus on developing diverse collaborative intercultural projects.

Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM) / JAPAN ON-PAM was established in February 2013 to look towards the future, considering the current situation surrounding our society and the performing arts, as well as what took place in previous decades. By building a national and international network, and effectively maintaining it with the individuals who work in society as presenters, producers or managers of performing arts connecting artists/artistic groups with audiences, we try to define and raise the recognition of the contemporary performing arts in society. We advocate on cultural policies, aiming to contribute to benefit the performing arts and society as a whole.

Performing Arts Alliance (PAA) / TAIWAN Established in 1997, the Performing Arts Alliance, as a not-for-profit organisation, plays a vital role in providing information on the performing arts, maintaining effective communication between public and private sectors and nurturing a sound performing arts environment.

PAA actively participates in discussions around public policies, helps cultivate talents and explores channels for fundraising, as well as developing international connections to establish networks and partnerships with overseas performing arts institutions.

THANK YOU The organisers wish to thank: Aunty Carolyn Briggs Boon Wurrung Foundation Rosemary Hinde Kim Tran Robyn Archer Merindah Donnelly Emily Sexton Jade Lillie Stephen Armstrong Kate Ben-Tovim Brad Spolding Josh Wright Angharad Wynne-Jones Lydia Fairhall Jude Gun Lucy Day Collette Brennan Vimmi Boni Bangari APPCAMP Volunteers: Yourim Lee Corey Reynolds And anyone else who helped us after we went to print!   .

APPCAMP 2017 20.02.2017—26.02.2017 | Melbourne, Australia Organisers: Performing Lines Live Performance Australia ON-PAM (Japan) The Steering Committee for the Producer (Korea) Performing Arts Alliance (Taiwan) Supporters: AsiaTOPA Australia Council for the Arts Creative Victoria Live Performance Australia Arts Council Korea Japan Foundation National Cultural and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Venue Partners Arts Centre Melbourne artscentremelbourne.com.au Arts House melbourne.vic.gov.au/ arts-and-culture/arts-house/ Pages/arts-house.aspx

Footscray Community Arts Centre footscrayarts.com The Substation thesubstation.org.au Abbotsford Convent abbotsfordconvent.com.au Participants from: Australia Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Korea Macau Malaysia New Zealand Singapore Taiwan

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