Contact Points Talk and Lecture

In association with the Japan Foundation, the Tate Research Centre will host an evening of artistic exploration. As part of Tate Research Centre: Asia’s Visiting Fellowship Programme 2016, Eva Bentcheva and Yohko Watanabe present the culmination of their research, promising to deepen awareness and understanding of the challenge that Asian art presents to the UK.

 

The seminar will focus on two international ‘contact points’ between artists in the twentieth century: the 1970 Tokyo Biennale and David Medalla's performance practice in London and the Philippines. The event will comprise of two panels:

 

Panel One: A Stitch in Time? Situating David Medalla’s ‘Participation-Performance’ between British and Philippine Performance Art History

 

Chair: Eva Bentcheva
Speakers: David Medalla and Adam Nankervis

 

Panel Two: Tokyo Biennale 1970 as Contact Point

 

Chair: Yohko Watanabe
Speakers: Toshiaki Minemura and Susumu Koshimizu

 

Booking: Full price - £8
Concessions - £5

 

Group bookings for students are available, please email trc.asia@tate.org.uk for more details.

 

To find out more, please visit: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/talk-and-lecture/contact-points