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RESIDENCY FUTURESModels of Exchange, Residencies and Collaboration in Asia
Megan Keating installation, Taipei, Taiwan (2006)
Introduction: Meeting the Challenge of the Asian Century
Overview of presentation
Context:
Asialink mission and role: the last 20 years
The Asian Century: What does it mean ?
Asialink Arts
Asialink Arts Vision
Achievements to date
Program structure and rationale
Strategic Review and positioning
National Asialink Conference, May 2010 First time Arts represented
Issues: Bilateral / Multilateral
Collaboration
Reciprocity
Need for a National Strategy for Asia / Australia Cultural Engagement
Ash Keating in Seoul, Korea (2008)
Asialink Residency Program Started 1991
Up to 40 residencies year; 3 reciprocal (Tokyo, Taiwan, Korea).
Writing, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Arts Management
$12,000 for up to 3 mths or pro-rata
Funded by Ozco, States and Territories and Bilateral Councils.
Significant platform for Asia engagement
Types of Residency
Retreat
Engaged Residency
Gwynn Hannsen Pigott working in the Sanskriti studio, India (2007)
Collaborative performance with resident Megan Keating and local dancer Mei Li, Taipei, Taiwan (2006)
Rationale for Residencies
Artistic development
Collaboration on new projects
Identification of new markets
Person-to-person engagement
Cultural diplomacy?(Helping to keep the Peace)Robyn Archer : (“Art can conduct safe public
conversations about dangerous ideas, and it’s the first port of call in soft diplomacy.”)
Key Issues Rationale
Program Participation
Reciprocity & Local Infrastructure and Support
What is required?
Cultural Literacy
Collaboration
Clear Work Program
Induction / Co-ordination/ Communication
Documentation and sharing outcomes
Leverage and facilitation of linked projects
What is required? Residents
Cultural Literacy Collaboration Clear Work Program
Asialink
Induction, Coordination, Communication
Documentation and Sharing Outcomes
Leverage and facilitation of projects
What Might the Future Look Like? Hard Sleeper– Beijing
Australian Host studios China
Multi-lateral collaborations – Utopia
Bi-lateral collaborations
Structural Integrity Project
Reciprocal Projects
Arts Management / Policy collaborations
www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/arts
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