Artist San Oo's Performance
Artist San Oo's Performance
Artist U Lu Wa Lay's Performance
Artist U Lu Wa Lay's Performance
Artist U Lu Wa Lay's Performance
Artist's U Lu Wa Lay's Performance
Artist U Lu Wa Lay's Performance
Poet Lu San's Poetry Recital
Poet Hein Myat Zaw's Poetry Recital
Poet Hein Myat Zaw's Poetry Recital
Artist Nyein Chan Su's Performance
Artist Nyein Chan Su's Performance
Artist Nyein Chan Su's Performance
Poetry recital (Poet Unknown)
Poetry recital (Poet Unknown)
Poet Ngu Eine Htet Myat's Poetry Recital
Poet Parpa's Poetry Recital
Poet Parpa's Poetry Recital
Poet Parpa's Poetry Recital
Artist Aung Ko's Performance
Artist Aung Ko's performance
Artist Aung Ko's performance
Body Temporary Public
Poet Kyi Zaw Aye's Poetry Recital
Poet Sai Win Myint's Poetry Intervention
Artist Jimmy's Performance
Artist Jimmy's performance
Poet Maung Pyae Min's poetry recital
Poet Maung Pyae Min's poetry recital
Poet Maung Pyae Min's poetry recital
Poet Aung Pyae Sone's Action Poetry/Performance
Poet Aung Pyae Sone's Action Poetry/Performance
Poet Aung Pyae Sone's Action Poetry/Performance
Artist Aye Ko's Performance
Artist Aye Ko's Performance
Poet Myint Aung's Poetry Performance
Poet Myint Aung's Poetry Performance
Poet Maung Maung Zeya's Poetry Recital
Poet Maung Maung Zeya's Poetry Recital
Artist Aung Myint's Performance
Artist Aung Myint's Performance
Artist Aung Myint's Performance
Artist Aung Myint's Performance
Artist Aung Myint's Performance
Mrs. Lorene Tamain (Theatre of the disturbed) announcing the programme of Body Temporary
Poet Myint Aung (Zeyar Lynn) on the influence of Futurist poetry on the development of Myanmar Modern Poetry (1960-Today)
Body Temporary Public
Body Temporary Public
Adele Tan on the development of Performance art
Body Temporary
27-28 February 2009
Yangon, Myanmar
Body Temporary: Performance art has recently been accepted as a contemporary medium of art expression in Myanmar. And yet historical facts about performance art in both global and regional contexts are to be taken into account so as to enrich the knowledge of this art form in Myanmar.
In the 1970s, performance art came to be accepted as one of most important art expressions of the second part of the 20th Century. Nevertheless, different influences on the development of performance art can be traced back to the early 20th century art movements such as Futurism, Russian Constructivism, Dada, Surrealism, Bauhaus, and later development in the United States of America and Europe (from Jackson Pollock’s action painting to Happenings to John Cage’s emphasis on chance to Andy Warhol’s pop art to the Fluxus movement).
Indeed, it is evident that futurist ideas played a vital role in the development of performance art although futurist activities mainly focus on issuing manifestos on different genres of art and controversial public-intervention-like activities.
Therefore in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Futurism, the performance event “Body Temporary” is organized by théâtre des dérangés in collaboration with Alliance Française de Rangoun (Myanmar).
For this event, théâtre des dérangés has invited a renowned scholar and art historian Adele Tan Wei Chuen from Singapore as the very first artist for the artist-in-residency programme of the group. Adele Tan will conduct a lecture on the development of performance art in global context (1900s-2000s) and the history of Chinese performance art during this event.
In additions, performance/poetry by local artists will be presented under the theme “Body Temporary” with the focus of defining time, space and self in contemporary context. The highlight of “Body Temporary” is that performance reflection, artists’ talk and open discussion between artists and audience will be moderated by Adele Tan.
In the 1970s, performance art came to be accepted as one of most important art expressions of the second part of the 20th Century. Nevertheless, different influences on the development of performance art can be traced back to the early 20th century art movements such as Futurism, Russian Constructivism, Dada, Surrealism, Bauhaus, and later development in the United States of America and Europe (from Jackson Pollock’s action painting to Happenings to John Cage’s emphasis on chance to Andy Warhol’s pop art to the Fluxus movement).
Indeed, it is evident that futurist ideas played a vital role in the development of performance art although futurist activities mainly focus on issuing manifestos on different genres of art and controversial public-intervention-like activities.
Therefore in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Futurism, the performance event “Body Temporary” is organized by théâtre des dérangés in collaboration with Alliance Française de Rangoun (Myanmar).
For this event, théâtre des dérangés has invited a renowned scholar and art historian Adele Tan Wei Chuen from Singapore as the very first artist for the artist-in-residency programme of the group. Adele Tan will conduct a lecture on the development of performance art in global context (1900s-2000s) and the history of Chinese performance art during this event.
In additions, performance/poetry by local artists will be presented under the theme “Body Temporary” with the focus of defining time, space and self in contemporary context. The highlight of “Body Temporary” is that performance reflection, artists’ talk and open discussion between artists and audience will be moderated by Adele Tan.
Futurism: On 20 February 1909, the first manifesto of Futurism written by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was published in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro and an early 20th-century artistic movement that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general began.
Rebellious, innovative, and short-lived artistic movement initiated by a group of young Italian artists, Futurism was a great influence on the later development of modern art movements of the 20th century (Russian Constructivism, Dada and Surrealism are just to name a few). Most importantly, Futurist evenings and its varieties of performance contributed significantly to the development of performance art.
Futurist artists favoured movement and change over the static work of art and they provided an important impetus for the general shift in the modern artistic interest from product to process which was to be developed further by Marcel Duchamp and Conceptualism.
Futurism in fact is largely known for its manifestos on every possible medium of art available at that time: painting, sculpture, theatre, architecture, literature, design, film, music, dance, scenography, and pantomime and its process-oriented performance activities. Both their manifestos and activities were influential as well as inspiring to a great extent in the later development of performance art.
Futurism is considered an Italian artistic movement with parallel movements in Russia and Western-European countries. Significant members of the movement are Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giovanni Papini, Luigi Russolo, Carlo Carra and Ivo Pannaggi.
Rebellious, innovative, and short-lived artistic movement initiated by a group of young Italian artists, Futurism was a great influence on the later development of modern art movements of the 20th century (Russian Constructivism, Dada and Surrealism are just to name a few). Most importantly, Futurist evenings and its varieties of performance contributed significantly to the development of performance art.
Futurist artists favoured movement and change over the static work of art and they provided an important impetus for the general shift in the modern artistic interest from product to process which was to be developed further by Marcel Duchamp and Conceptualism.
Futurism in fact is largely known for its manifestos on every possible medium of art available at that time: painting, sculpture, theatre, architecture, literature, design, film, music, dance, scenography, and pantomime and its process-oriented performance activities. Both their manifestos and activities were influential as well as inspiring to a great extent in the later development of performance art.
Futurism is considered an Italian artistic movement with parallel movements in Russia and Western-European countries. Significant members of the movement are Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giovanni Papini, Luigi Russolo, Carlo Carra and Ivo Pannaggi.
Special thanks to Goethe Institut (Indonesia) for their generous support.