Unlock Body Lab: Overseas Artist-In-Residence Programme: Albert GARCIA : Survival Guide in MobilityUnlock Dancing Plaza
Unlock Dancing Plaza has invited multi-disciplinary artist Albert GARCIA to take part in a three-week Overseas Artist-in-Residence programme at the year end of 2022. Born and raised in Macao with Filipino descent, Garcia has developed his artistic practice focusing on the body politics of society’s relationship to the minorities, and the complexity of an individual’s identity.
This residency takes “Survival Guide in Mobility” as the main focus, he will extend his research on “Survival Guide” through field study, interviews, filmmaking and workshops to connect different communities and learn from their experiences. At the end of the residency, Albert would share his findings and expand his composition on “Survival Guide” in a Work-in-progress Presentation.
1. “Survival Options” Workshop
The complex and mobile multi-identity of Albert got him travelled in various places in the last few years, including Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Australia, etc.; in the context of pandemic and limited mobility, how did Albert “survive”?
Albert will share his experiences as an independent artist and performer; this workshop is suitable for independent art practitioners and producers.
2. Albert GARCIA — Get-together
Towards the end of 2022, Unlock Dancing Plaza “Overseas Artist-In-Residence Programme” invites Albert GARCIA to continue his constant exploration on identity, migration, labour, survival guide, etc.
In this sharing, Albert will briefly introduce himself, his previous works, and artistic practices. Through this opportunity, we hope to gather practitioners despite the very peak year-end season, to share and exchange valuable experiences.
The Get-together welcomes all local arts and cultural practitioners.
3. “#Performing Citizenship – location, people, time” Talk
This talk will take “performing citizenship” as the starting point and use it as a framework to understand and connect other individual’s experiences regarding their identities, which sheds light on the social norms and how the invisible social mechanisms suppress or influence individuals, and the possibilities to transform these experiences into creation.
The talk will be hosted in English.
Welcome general public.
4. “Untitled 2.0” Work-in-progress Presentation & Post-talk
During his three week of residency, Albert GARCIA is going to develop the first stage of his lecture performance Untitled 2.0 and present it as work-in-progress . This work attempts to create a hybrid form of performance from the idea of performing citizenship.
After the presentation, Emilie Choi, who is a moving image researcher and curator, will moderate the post-talk talk with Albert GARCIA to unfold the process of making the work as well as the context behind and its cultural implications.