ZOOM! FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART 2008

Festival of Performance Art
ZOOM! Southeast Asia
6th-12th October 2008 Citychurch St. Jakobi in Jakobikirchgasse 1 in 31134 Hildesheim Germany

Hereby we would sincerely like to invite you this year`s Festival of Performance Art ZOOM! Southeast Asia.

We are very proud to be able to make you experience some of the most exciting Performance Art currently existing.

This Festival is the prelude of a series of events until the year 2014, that will present the global network of Performance Art.

This year´s Festival focuses on artists from Southeast Asia - Chumpon Apisuk, the director of the ASIATOPIA Festival in Bangkok, has curated outstanding artists from this region, while IPAH e.V. has invited representatives of this artform from Germany, Switzerland and the Ukraine. So the Festival will welcome 27 artists from 9 nations in Hildesheim.

Besides the Performances we will offer you over 35 events,l workshops, discussions, lectures and as a special highlight: a premiere, the granting of the IPAH AWARD for Performance Art!

All this will take place in a wonderful southasian atmosphere: every day delicious asian food will be served in the cosy Dining Zone at reasonable prices.

Make sure not to miss all of this!

All events will take place from Octobre 6th till 12th 2008 in the Citychurch St. Jakobi in Jakobikirchgasse 1 in 31134 Hildesheim.

We are very much looking foreward to seeing you there!

All the best wishes on behalf of the ZOOM! Organisation team

Chumpon Apisuk
Curator of ZOOM!
Southeast Asia

Jürgen Fritz
Artistic director
www.zoom-festival.org


Program

ZOOM! Performances:
24 artists from 9 countries ( Thailand, Malysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipines, Switzerland, Ukraine, France and Germany). Within the “Forum Emerging Artists” we will introduce young upcoming artists.

ZOOM! Lounge
The information tent infront of the Citychurch will be open from 11am- 6pm

ZOOM! Portrait
The artists will introduce themselves and their work

ZOOM! Last Night Performances
Discussions about the previous day, moderated by Prof. Christine Biehler

ZOOM! Lectures
Lectures by Chumpon Apisuk, Prof. Rolf Elberfeld and Prof. Ray Langenbach about the ccoperating institutions as well as the backgrounds and philosophies of southeastasian Performance Art

ZOOM! Infopool
Videos and Literature about Performace Art. Christopher Hewitt presents his Video Jukebox, an important Performance- Videoarchive

We are especially proud of the ZOOM! Workshops with Suwan Laimanée (“To become a Thai Massuer within one week“), Melati Suryodarmo (“From breath to movement“), Chumpon Apisuk (“Towards an artistic attitude“) and Ray Langenbach (“Psychic mapping“).

A spezial highlight will be the ZOOM! Awards for considerable longtime and international organisation- work in the field of Performance Art.

In cooperation with the Thai Community Hannover and ASAI KIM in Hildesheim we are able to pamper our guests with delicious asian food during the whole festival week!

More information, applications for the workshops and ticket reservations contact:

info@zoom-festival. org
www.zoom-festival. org

ZOOM protagonists:

Chumpon Apisuk (Thailand)
Chantiwapa Noi Apisuk (Thailand)
Malte Beisenherz (Germany)
Christine Biehler(Germany)
Imme Bode(Germany)
M. Gustav Brinkmann(Germany)
Julia Dick(Germany)
Katharina Sandner(Germany)
Rolf Elberfeld(Germany)
Beate Linne(Germany)
Valerian Maly (Switzerland)
Anne Lise Le Gac(France)
Jürgen Fritz(Germany)
Nadine Grobeis(Germany)
Katya Grokhovsky(Ukraine)
Christopher Hewitt(UK)
Sabrina Koh (Singapore)
Suwan Laimanee (Thailand)
Ray Langenbach (Malaysia/Finnland)
Racquel De Loyola (Philippines)
Heike Pfingsten(Germany)
Nadia Salom(Germany)
Klara Schilliger (Switzerland)
Nopawan Sirivejkul (Thailand)
Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia/ Germany)
Agnes Yit (Singapore)
Kathrin Weber-Krüger(Germany)
Elisabeth Wurst(Peru/ Germany)