Acts of Life is a critical research residency initiated by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila with the support of the Goethe-Institutes in Singapore and Manila.

At the heart of the programme is a commitment to critical research of the rapidly changing landscape of the current geological age, brought on by the rampant urbanization and digitalization of contemporary (post-)human life.

After an open call with an overwhelming response of 180 international applicants, 16 artists, writers, theorists from the region and Germany were selected by an international curatorial board to participate in a month-long residency in Manila (27 October – 11 November 2018) and Singapore (12 – 24 November 2018).

For the second phase of the critical residency programme, materialized articulations of proposed researches in Singapore and Manila show artistic thinking in progress and are an encounter with how a research residency unfolds: through the fostering of intellectual dialogue, shared lines of enquiry and the initiation of potential public discourse around the intersections between art, science, and technology.

Both Acts of Life partners, NTU CCA Singapore and MCAD, have a strong interest in supporting artistic research and education through being associated to Higher Education: NTU CCA Singapore is a National Research Centre of Nanyang Technological University and MCAD is part of the artistic community of the De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde’s School of Design and Arts.

SHOWCASE MANILA
21 – 23 February 2019

Projects
21 to 23 February 2019, 12:00 nn to 8:00 pm
Hung Duong, Vietnam, Jayson C. Jimenez, Philippines, Stanya Kahn, United States and Miljohn Ruperto, Philippines/US, Jennifer Katanyoutanant, Thailand, Ida Roscher, Germany, Nuriye Tohermes, Germany, Tromarama, Indonesia
Venue: DULO, 4992 P. Guanzon St., Poblacion, Makati, Manila

OPENING RECEPTION
21 February 2019, Thursday, 6:00 pm
Venue: DULO, 4992 P. Guanzon St., Poblacion, Makati, Manila

PERFORMANCES
21 February 2019, Thursday, 6:30 pm
Venue: DULO, 4992 P. Guanzon St., Poblacion, Makati, Manila

Beatbox Performance
by Microphone Mechanics
21 to 23 February 2019, Thursday to Saturday, 7:00 pm (daily)
Venue: DULO, 4992 P. Guanzon St., Poblacion, Makati, Manila

The Dinner Table by Jennifer Katanyoutanant
This interactive installation/performance reimagines Mukbang, a South KoreanYouTube craze where hosts eat large amounts of food on camera, and explores the infinite availability of content, consumption of the Internet and global food supply.

TALK
22 February 2019, Friday, 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Venue: DULO, 4992 P. Guanzon St., Poblacion, Makati, Manila
Blacks Swans, Butterflies and Elephants
with Jayson C. Jimenez and Ida Roscher
RSVP HERE

CONVERSATION
23 February 2019, Saturday, 10:00 to 11:30 am
Venue: The Loop, 12/F School of Design and Arts Campus, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, P. Ocampo St., Malate, Manila
Landscape after the Politics of Sovereignty – Some Instances from India
with Hung Duong, independent translator/curator/visual researcher and Dr. Tania Roy, Senior Lecturer / Chair, Graduate Programme, English Literature, Dept. of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore
Limited slots. Registration required.
RSVP HERE

WORKSHOP
23 February 2019, Saturday, 1pm to 4:00pm
Venue: The Loop, 12/F School of Design and Arts Campus, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, P. Ocampo St., Malate, Manila
Blueprint of Belonging: Home, Situated-ness, and Emotional Cartography
With Hung Duong, independent translator/curator/visual researcher, Dr. Joseph Palis, Asst. Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman, and Prof. Aaron Vicencio, Department of Communication, Ateneo de Manila University
Limited slots. Registration required.
RSVP HERE

SHOWCASE SINGAPORE

OPEN STUDIO
25 January 2019, 7–11pm
26 January 2019, 2–7pm
Buen Calubayan, Philippines, Jayson C. Jimenez, Philippines, Stanya Kahn, United States /
Miljohn Ruperto, Philippines, Charmaine Koh, Singapore, Ida Roscher, Germany, Roopesh Sitharan, Malaysia, Tromarama, Indonesia
Venue: Block 38 Malan Road #01-05   In parallel with the NTU CCA Residencies Open Studio

PERFORMANCES
25 January 2019, 9–10pm
Black Swans, Butterflies and Elephants Lecture performance by Jayson C. Jimenez and Ida Roscher
Venue: Block 38 Malan Road #01-05

CONVERSATION
26 January 2019, 2–3pm
Go Green or Nature Sells? With Phuong Phan, Vietnam, and guests, with reference to Quadra Medicinale Singapore by Jef Geys
Venue: Block 43 Malan Road, Exhibition Hall

WORKSHOP
26 January 2019, 4–6pm
Sensing the World By Buen Calubayan in collaboration with Deo Briones, musician, and facilitator,
Philippines Venue: Block 43 Malan Road, Seminar Room

Please visit www.goethe.de/actsoflife or www.facebook.com/MCAD.Manila.