CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Sunday 26 July 2026

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

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Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

6pm - 8pm

Welcome Drinks and Registration
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer

Monday 27 July 2026

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

9am - 10am

Registration
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer

10am - 10:30am

Welcome address: Professor Kwok Kian Woon, Vice Chancellor of University of the Arts Singapore

Opening Remarks: Professor Gunalan Nadarajan, APARN convenor




10:30am - 12pm

Keynote: Dean & Distinguished Professor Celine Parreñas Shimizu M.F.A., Ph.D., UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television




12pm - 1:30pm

Lunch




1:30pm - 2:50pm

Panel 1: Posthuman Authorship: Ute Meta Bauer and Liz, Yihui Liu, Zi Hao Wong, Olivia Vong.
Chair: Danny Butt

Panel 2: Authority, Hierarchy, Somatic Authorship, and Improvisation: Ranice Tay, Darren Moore and Stephanie Burridge, Grace Leong, and Weichen Cui.
Chair: Caren Cariño

Panel 3: Subjugated Ecologies: Zoe Sadokierski, Lydia Wong-Plain, Jiayu Yang
Chair: Anubha Singh

Panel 4: Sounds, Voices, and Power: Chelsea Stutchbury, Rocky Irvano, Joel Ong
Chair: Eugene Seow Youjing

3pm - 4:20pm

Panel 5: Culture, Community, Bodies, and Voices: Yola Yulfianti, Roselle Pineda, Nutthan Inkhong
Chair: Ye Shufang

 

Panel 6: Visual Culture and Authority: Harifa Siregar, Anubha Singh, Kathryn Coleman.
Chair: Micca Teo Michele

Panel 7: Music, Authority, and Technology: Alfonso Benetti, Lee Chie Tsang Isaiah, Jingran Wang
Chair: Joyce Koh

4:20pm - 5pm

Tea Break




5pm - 6pm

Panel Discussion: Artistic Research and Practice Research in Southeast Asia, APARN convenors: Kurniawan Adi Saputro (Institut Seni Indonesia [Yogyakarta]), Danny Butt (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne), Pornrat Damrhung (Chulalongkorn University), Gunalan Nadarajan, (University of Michigan), Roopesh Sitharan (Multimedia University – MMU Cyberjaya).




Tuesday 28 July 2026

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Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

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Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre/p>

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

9am - 9:30am

Registration
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer

9:30am - 10:50am

Panel 8: Artistic Research and the Redistribution of Authorship: Anna Lorena Schaeben, Dominique Lämmli
Chair: Gunalan Nadarajan

Panel 9: Living Voices and Artefacts: Han Ly, Yi Qian Chan, Morné Steyn
Chair: Roselle Pineda

Panel 10: Voices of Care(ful) Resistance: Ameena Aljerman Alali, Varun Aiyer, Joyce Lu
Chair: Michael Tan

Panel 11: Chinese Culture Through Music: Xiaoxuan Zhang, Wu Xiaodan, Li Sirao
Chair: See Ning Hui

11am - 12:20pm

Panel 12: Speaking with Many Voices; Devising Methodologies and Artistic Research: Irfana Majumdar, Thuy-Tien Vo, Pornrat Damrhung
Chair: Felipe Cervera

Panel 13: Technology, Heritage, and Southeast Asia: Arron Teo, Dea Widyaevan, Bin Youn
Chair: Adrian Tan

 

Panel 14: Nature and Culture: Huanzhe Hu, Dyah Retno Fitriani, Ye Shufang
Chair: Lydia Wong-Plain

12:20pm - 1:30pm

Lunch




1:30pm - 2:50pm

Panel 15: Living Archives: Andrew Stiff, Yijia Cao, Adrian Tan
Chair: Roopesh Sitharan

Panel 16: Disrupting Hierarchies and Speaking in Signs: Jay Afrisando, Radu Apostol, Viorel Cojanu, and Mihaela Michailov, Siri Rama
Chair: Pornrat Damrhung

Panel 17: Memory, Border Crossing, and Evolving Archives: Gian Cruz, Olga Merekina, Olga Cuxart Oriol
Chair: Marienne Yang

3pm - 4:20pm

Panel 18: AI, Authorship, and Image: Mong Sum Leung (Joseph), Sally Jane Norman, Desmond Mah
Chair: Yix Guo Yi Xian

Panel 19: Performance, Spirituality and Authorship: Thamizhvanan Narayansamy, Manoon Tho-ard, Lodewyk Barkhuizen
Chair: Ang Gey Pin

Panel 20: Narrative Landscapes: Ancestral Knowledge and Collective Agency: Manash Pratim Nath, Yeong Ran Suh, Patcharin Rompochuen
Chair: Lowell Skar

Panel 21: Musical Identity and Authorship: Brian Bassanio Paul, Ning Hui See, Eugene Seow
Chair: Alicia De Silva

4:20pm - 5pm

Tea Break




5pm - 6:20pm

Panel 22: More-Than-Human Voices: Qiutong Zhai, Jeannete Lauren Mocodompis and Tonny Tesar, Aulia Yeru
Chair: Dominique Lämmli

Panel 23: Collaborative Pedagogies: Caren Cariño and Norisham Osman, Phan Bao Chau, Goh Boon Keem
Chair: Rebecca Kan

Panel 24: Art and Law: Nithikul Nimkulrat, Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig
Chair: Angelynn Tan

Panel 25: Space, Place, and Community as Author: Keying Sheryl Lee, Makiko Kishi and Yuko Kawashima, Kasthuri Divya
Chair: Christabel Teng

8pm - 9:30pm

Handle with Care
Venue: Esplanade Studio Theatre




Wednesday 29 July 2026

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

9am - 9:30am

Registration
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer

9:30am - 10:50am

Panel 26: Ownership and Cultural Authorship: Sutthiphong Ruangchante, Sunaina Bhalla
Chair: Joyce Teo

Panel 27: Meaning Making in Asian and Southeast Asian Movement Practices: Emma Meehan and Samsul Maarif, Lowell Skar, Inessa Kalabekova
Chair: Siri Rama

Panel 28: Authorship as Method: Michael Hansen, Ha Chau Bao Nhi and Vu Dieu Huong
Chair: Erika Cao

Panel 29: Student Panel: Fine Art: Zhou HanShun, Ivan Lee Jian Da
Chair: Matthew Goh

11am – 12:20pm

Panel 30: AI, Authorship and Anxiety: Ong Kian Peng, Canhe Yang, Iwan Gunawan
Chair: Zi Hao Wong

Panel 31: Agency and Non-Human Authorship: Debbie Ding, Erika Hughes
Chair: Christabel Teng

Panel 32: Student Panel: Music: Kelsie Cheng Chih-Ling, Yu Mu Tan, Yifan Chen
Chair: Solomon Ho

12:20pm – 2pm

Lunch
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer




2pm - 3:30pm


Keynote: farid rakun, ruangrupa



3:30pm - 4pm


Closing Remarks