Exhibition

48 HR Incident

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When

29 May 2015 -
31 May 2015

Location

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

181-187 Hay St, Haymarket

Running over 48 continuous hours at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 48HR Incident is a program of performance art and live actions initiated or performed by artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

Challenging conceptual and social frameworks that surround the position of the individual in relation to the group, 48HR Incident presents a series of works ranging from artistic interventions through to longer
durational performances. Participating artists have drawn upon contested historical narratives, political provocations and social situations to conceive and present works specifically for the context of 4A, taking
into account dynamics of space, geography and social relations in and outside of the gallery. 48HR Incident considers the impact of these actions on the decisions that individuals and groups make, avoid or otherwise
oppose in the daily act of living.

Conceived as the third and final component of MASS GROUP INCIDENT, 48HR Incident is in many ways a culmination of the discussion that occurred during the development of this broader curatorial project, in
particular how ephemeral, interdisciplinary and performative artforms embody real social conditions or frictions. Equally, 48HR Incident is an opportunity to continue 4A’s commitment to performance art from
the region, including Dadang Christanto’s Survivor performance and touring program (2012-2013); Eunhye Huang’s It Without A Blink (2011); Tatsumi Orimoto’s Oil Can (2010); Young Sun Han’s 24HR Embrace (2011); and Shigeyuki Kihara’s Talanoa: Walk The Walk #V (2010).

48HR Incident is a call to action, a test of audiences’ will and commitment to meet the challenges that artists present them, and an admission that at the irreducible core of any collective actions or movement is the latent power of the individual.

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MEDIA COVERAGE

Fiona McGregor, “Asia-Australia; art, conscience, action,” Realtime, 13 August 2015.

Sue Wang, “4A Centre for Contemporary Asian art announces “48HR Incident” opening 29 May,” CAFA Art Info, May 26 2015.

Meggan Turner, “4A Centre Announces Two-Day Program of Live Art Performance,” The Brag, April 29 2015.

Nicholas Forrest, “4A’s Performance Art Live Action “48HR Incident” for Sydney,” Blouin Art Info, May 22 2015.

Claire Finneran, “48HR Incident,” The Thousands, May 27 2015.

Naomi Gall, “The AU Interview: Samson Young (Hong Kong) discusses his involvement in “48HR Incident” and his work “Nocturne,” The AU Review (online), May 29 2015.

Frances Barrett, “Canvas #036 – Metal Wonderlands & Dark Continents,” Canvas on FBI 94.5 (radio and online podcast), May 31 2015.

Kate Milton, “4A Presents 48HR Incident,”Broadsheet.

Curators

Pedro de Almeida
Toby Chapman
Aaron Seeto

Artists

Frances Barrett
Dadang Christanto
BLAK DOUGLAS
Salote Tawale
Latai Taumoepeau
Tony Schwensen
Dr. Abdullah M.I. Syed
JD Reforma
Wok The Rock & Lara Thoms
Samson Young
Frances Barrett, The Wrestle (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Frances Barrett, The Wrestle (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Abdullah M. I. Syed (with Amanat Grewal) Bucking and Laundering (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Abdullah M. I. Syed (with Amanat Grewal) Bucking and Laundering (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Abdullah M. I. Syed (with Amanat Grewal) Bucking and Laundering (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Dadang Christanto, Tooth Brushing (first performed 1979, 2015 iteration), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Dadang Christanto, Tooth Brushing (first performed 1979, 2015 iteration), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Dadang Christanto, For Those Who Have Been Lost (first performed 1993, 2015 iteration), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Dadang Christanto, For Those Who Have Been Lost (first performed 1993, 2015 iteration), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
JD Reforma, A Novel Merchant (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
JD Reforma, A Novel Merchant (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Latai Taumoepeau, Dark Continent (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Latai Taumoepeau, Dark Continent (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Salote Tawale, Celebrations and Sympathies, Studies in Culture Part 3 (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Salote Tawale, Celebrations and Sympathies, Studies in Culture Part 3 (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Samson Young, Nocturne (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley.
Samson Young, Nocturne (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Samson Young, Nocturne (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Tony Schwensen, SCABLAND (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Tony Schwensen, SCABLAND (2015), performance documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Zan Wimberley
Wok The Rock & Lara Thoms, Jakarta Whiplash ‘93 (re-revisited) (2015), concert documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Pedro de Almeida
Wok The Rock & Lara Thoms, Jakarta Whiplash ‘93 (re-revisited) (2015), concert documentation, 4A Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist. Image: Pedro de Almeida
  

48HR Incident is produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art; assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; supported by the City of Sydney Cultural Grants Program; and supported by Museums & Galleries NSW and Gordon Darling Foundation. Lara Thoms and Wok The Rock’s project ‘Jakarta Whiplash ’93 Re-Revisited’ was developed during a residency in Yogyakarta as part of Gertrude Contemporary’s Indonesia/Australia exchange project #banyakbanyak.

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