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




10:30am - 12pm

Keynote: Dean & Distinguished Professor Celine Parreñas, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Shimizu




12pm-1:30pm

Lunch




1:30pm - 2:50pm

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

Panel 2: Authority, Hierarchy, and Improvisation: Ranice Tay, Darren Moore and Stephanie Burridge, Grace Leong

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

Panel 4: Sounds, Voices, and Power: Chelsea Stutchbury, Rocky Irvano, Joel Ong

3pm - 4:20pm

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

Panel 6: Body, Culture, and Authorship: Weichen Cui, Taufik Ivan Irwansyah Hidayatulloh

Panel 7: Visual Culture and Authority: Harifa Siregar, Teona Yamanidze, Anubha Singh

Panel 8: Music, Authority, and Technology: Alfonso Benetti, Lee Chie Tsang Isaiah, Jingran Wang

4:20pm - 5pm

Tea Break




5pm-6pm

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




Tuesday 28 July 2026

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

Time

Lee Foundation Theatre

Studio Theatre/p>

Multi-Purpose Hall

Recital Studio

9am - 9:30am

Registration
Venue: Lee Foundation Foyer

9:30am - 10:50am

Panel 9: Artistic Research and the Redistribution of Authorship: Anna Lorena Schaeben, Dominique Lämmli, Berry Sullivan

Panel 10: Living Voices and Artefacts: Han Ly, Yi Qian Chan, Morné Steyn

Panel 11: Voices of Care(ful) Resistance: Ameena Aljerman Alali, Varun Aiyer, Joyce Lu

Panel 12: Chinese Culture Through Music: Xiaoxuan Zhang, Wu Xiaodan, Li Sirao

11am - 12:20pm

Panel 13: Speaking with Many Voices; Devising Methodologies and Artistic Research: Irfana Majumdar, Thuy-Tien Vo, Pornrat Damrhung

Panel 14: Technology, Heritage, and Southeast Asia: Arron Teo, Dea Widyaevan, Bin Youn

Panel 15: Artistic Research and Education: Alex Gaja Ortega, Kathryn Coleman

Panel 16: Nature and Culture: Huanzhe Hu, Dyah Retno Fitriani

12:20pm - 1:30pm

Lunch




1:30pm- 2:50pm

Panel 17: Living Archives: Andrew Stiff, Yijia Cao, Adrian Tan

Panel 18: Disrupting Hierarchies and Speaking in Signs Jay Afrisando, Radu Apostol, Viorel Cojanu, and Mihaela Michailov, Siri Rama

Panel 19: Voices of Female Labour: Ika Yuliana, Ye Shufang, Eleonora Cavallini

Panel 20: Memory, Border Crossing, and Evolving Archives: Gian Cruz, Olga Merekina, Olga Cuxart Oriol

3pm-4:20pm

Panel 21: AI, Authorship, and Image: Mong Sum Leung (Joseph), Sally Jane Norman, Desmond Mah

Panel 22: Performance, Spirituality and Authorship: Thamizhvanan Narayansamy, Manoon Tho-ard, Lodewyk Barkhuizen

Panel 23: Narrative Landscapes: Ancestral Knowledge and Collective Agency: Manash Pratim Nath, Yeong Ran Suh, Patcharin Rompochuen

Panel 24: Musical Identity and Authorship: Brian Bassanio Paul, Ning Hui See, Eugene Seow

4:20pm - 5pm

Tea Break




5pm - 6:20pm

Panel 25: More-Than-Human Voices: Qiutong Zhai, Jeannete Lauren Mocodompis and Tonny Tesar, Aulia Yeru

Panel 26: Collaborative Pedagogies: Caren Cariño and Norisham Osman, Phan Bao Chau, Goh Boon Keem

Panel 27: Art and Law: Nithikul Nimkulrat, Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig

Panel 28: Space, Place, and Community as Author: Keying Sheryl Lee, Makiko Kishi and Yuko Kawashima

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 29: Ownership and Cultural Authorship: Arahmaiani Feisal, Sutthiphong Ruangchante, Sunaina Bhalla

Panel 30: Meaning Making in Asian and Southeast Asian Movement Practices: Emma Meehan and Samsul Maarif, Lowell Skar, Inessa Kalabekova

Panel 31: Authorship as Method: Michael Hansen, Ha Chau Bao Nhi

Panel 32: Student Panel: Fine Art: Lee JianDa, Zhou HanShun

11am-12:30pm

Panel 33: AI, Authorship and Anxiety: Ong Kian Peng, Canhe Yang, Iwan Gunawan

Panel 34: Agency and Non-Human Authorship: Majid Sarnayzadeh Kargah, Debbie Ding, Erika Hughes

Panel 35: Student Panel: Music: Yifan Chen, Yu Mu Tan

12:30pm-2pm

Lunch




2pm - 3:30pm

Keynote: farid rakun, ruangrupa




3:30pm - 4pm

Closing Remarks