Date

5 – 8 October 2023 (Exhibition)
4 October 2023 (Screening)

Location

Pabellón Textil de Fira de Barcelona / Barcelona, Spain (Exhibition)
Zumzeig / Barcelona, Spain (Screening)

Description

Southeast Asia is a recent invention—a name given afar that marks it as a site of extraction, of colonial dreams coming true. The people of Southeast Asia never did see themselves as Southeast Asians until now, when geopolitical boundaries become effective technologies of identification. Before, they were of their own names, own kins, own kingdoms, who leave with the trade winds from the Northeast down to the Southwest, amongst islands and the continent.

HOME/LAND: Recent Moving Images from Southeast Asia presents snapshots of recent moments that see the flow of land and body in Southeast Asia as an extension of capital and as a marker for the changing relationship with nature, society, and the universe that the nations of Southeast Asia have. Drawing a line of sight—and comparison—between migrations, extractions, and the future, this moving image programme reflects on the strange terrains of Southeast Asia and its stranger journey as an unfamiliar homeland.

Commissioned by Swab Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair for Video Box 2023

Participating Artists
Exhibition

Robert Zhao Renhui (Singapore)
Zarina Muhammad and Zachary Chan (Singapore)
Shireen Seno (Philippines)
Prapat Jiwarangsan (Thailand)
Tuân Mami (Vietnam)
Lêna Bùi (Vietnam)
Lim Sokchanlina (Cambodia)
Riar Rizaldi (Indonesia)

Participating Artists
Screening

Russel Morton (Singapore)
Phạm Ngọc Lân (Vietnam)
Tiyan Baker (Australia)
Nadiah Bamadhaj (Malaysia/Indonesia)