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

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