In a world of shifting and contested borders, how is Southeast Asia represented and understood? What are the undercurrents that pull the region together and push it apart? How have the trajectories of its past shaped its present and future?

From 8-10 March 2019 SEA Currents brings to Asia-Art-Activism at Raven Row a mini-festival of screenings, presentations, panels and performances led by international and London based artists, curators and researchers.

9 March 2019 Day Two

13:00 Screening: Vietnam the Movie
A screening by Nguyen Trinh Thi, and a discussion with Professor Dana Healy and curator Loredana Pazzini-Paraciani

14:30 Panel Discussion: Motions of this Kind: Propositions & Problems of Belatedness
Co-curator Rafael Schacter will be in conversation with Philippine artists Cian Dayrit and Lizza May David about their forthcoming group exhibition of contemporary Filipino art at the Brunei Gallery.

15:45 Screening: Conversations in Space
An experimental film programme from the Kalampag Tracking Agency curated by Merv Espina

16:15 Panel Discussion: Archiving Southeast Asia
Researchers Merv Espina, Vera Mey, Do Tuong Linh and Cuong Pham share their reflections on working with very different archiving contexts in relation to Southeast Asia. Moderated by Annie Jael Kwan

17:30: End of Day Two

Images:

• Header: Bruno Isakovic hangout, Green Papaya, 2014
• Vietnam the Movie (2015), Nguyen Trinh Thi
• Image courtesy of Cian Dayrit
• Kalampag Tracking Agency, Image courtesy of Merv Espina
• Bread performance at Nha San Studio by Truong Tan. Image courtesy of Veronika Radulovic

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