June Tan DirectionJune Tan Direction

During my TPAM Direction in 2018, we had examined existing platforms for mobility and performance; pressures faced by Southeast Asian practitioners; and models of participation leading to social change, outside of established platforms. In the midst of this interplay of ideas (platforms, pressures, and participation), we found areas of resonance, of convergence and of divergence. I intend to continue looking at the interplay of these areas, in a project by artist and Member of Parliament Fahmi Fadzil and choreographer/director Zan Yamashita. What questions arise when an artist decides his work can be further developed via direct participation in politics? Moving from one platform to another, how do we, as participant and/or observer, understand the shifts (if any), and the pressure points mediated by, or caused by our relative positions/participation?