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OToday we celebrate the 10th edition of the Melaka Art & Performance Festival. Over the years we have seen artist grow and mature in their artform, some have ventured into the international scene and won awards. Most have established themselves in the �eld of their choosing.

Our humble festival has reached the far corners of the globe, with a growing number of artists showing interest to participate in the festival every year. This little festival has become a much-anticipated annual event in the local community.

We are most honored to have accommodated over 400 artists in 10 years, and bid farewell to a few artists taken before their time.

We at E-Plus Global have funded and supported the festival �nan-cially and logistically, with the current downturn of economic situation, we are �nding it harder to sustain. We welcome any form of support to prolong the longevity of the festival.

We give a BIG thanks to all the entire artists who have found the festival and have shared their artistic wealth. Our gratitude goes out to the local community for the continuous support and for the

management team who worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the festival.

Enjoy the festival.

selamat datangMelaka Arts and PerformanceFestival (MAPFest) has reachedits 10th year since its inception.MAP X brings adds new challengeto bring back the essentialenchantment of the site of St Paul’shill. It hopes to reclaim thebeauty of the natural site andambience and forgo the ‘staging’and commodification of thenaturally enchanting that existwithin the site. The artists will beable to return to their innermoststates of being in the practice oftheir artforms without the harshstaging elements that so oftencan diminish the essence andaffect of the subtle and powerfulact of performance making.

The festival is a rich ground forartists from different disciplines,background and levels of

platform for creation, collaboration,exchange and experimentation.

Differences and always returning tothe origin, the source where allcreative power starts. We remindourselves of why we exist and theinexhaustible way enthusiasm forlife is propelled through art.

Map has won many awards withinthe areas of arts and globalcommunity. Bold ideas are freelyaccessible for everyone and ininexpensive ways. MAP is a strongand rich cultural emersion for thevisiting artists and spectators.

This festival remains inclusive,belonging to the artists and the

public. In a highly marketed world,we are reminders of why one existand what is truely valuable tohumans. Themes of spiritualtransformation create a frame forworks of art. We inspire oneanother, support each other andencourage uniquness. A festival forindependent artists who come ontheir own source of support toperform, collaborate and exchangeand share ideas. We thank allartists deeply. Thank you alsoAndrew Ching, Suen Kar Nee,Takashi Takiguchi and the E-Pluscrew without whom this festivalwould not be what it is!

MAPFest has gained a highnational, and international

, not because it has a hugebudget or is spectacularity in termsof ornamental extravagance, butits fresh, bold, diverse art.

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Tony YapCreative Director

What’s New?malam magicoNight Magic will put focus onenchanting and the spell-bindingelements back to collaborative worksaround St Paul's church ruins. This isa new platform replacing short-works (cerita pendek). It hopes toreclaim the beauty of the naturalsite and ambience and forgo the‘staging’ and commodification of thenaturally enchanting that existwithin the site. Artists will be able toreturn to their innermost states ofbeing in the practice of theirartforms without the harsh stagingelements that so often can diminishthe essence and affect of the subtleand powerful act of performancemaking.

Site 1, Fri, Sat, 8 pm

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pre-festival movement workshop

map workshop podthe Other – antropicembodiment

the Other is dissimilar to and the oppositeof Self, of Us, and of the Same. Makingyour event/performance here calls for de-habitualizing and de-narcissifying. Perhapsa new courage is required for the risk ofdiscovering the Other.

What are the most fundamental impulseswhere movements originate? Antropic isthe unpredictable.

While automatic psychophysical impulsesarise from inhabited areas of self, resistingthem evokes new kind of drives. We areinterested in those drives, which areatonal, unknown, unbridled, exposingblockages, fears and abjection.Appropriated in a situation of “nowhere tohide” by a touch of graceful compassion,they become lines of poetry addressed tono one from no one.

4 full-Day Workshop (by Tony Yap with Reuben Lewis, AgusRiyanto, & Agung Gunawan)

Workshop cost: RM $450Bookings: www.trybooking.com/WLDP

Site 1 & 4, Wed - Sat, 14 - 17 Nov

festival grand finale night

anOther dream -finale night- a collaborative contemporary operawhere all artists can join in withTony Yap as facilitator. Site: allaround the hill with the church atthe center.

Site 1, Sun 8 pm

agus riyanto - indonesia

In 2007 Agus revived the traditional art ofBull-trance (Bantengan) that had beenextinct in the city of Batu, East Java. He isfounding director of the supremeBantengan Trance Carnival, NuswantaraJoyo in collaboration with the Arts IslandFestival 2008-2014. He achived Awardsfor bull-trances and bull whips in Batusince 1985. Mas Agus is a sharman and aproficient painter. Agus is highlyrespected in East Java for his deepunderstanding and work in tranceperformances and have lately incorporateit in contemporary experimentations withgreat success working with AgungGunawan and Tony Yap in Melaka andMelbourne in ‘8 Men’ with performersfrom varied international backgrounds.

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holly huon - australia

Holly Huon is a Feldenkrais practitioner, physiotherapistand has continuing studies in Oki Do Yoga, Buddhism,Hakomi and allied approaches.She has a passion and interest in movement, spiritualityand neuroscience, with an equal interest in science andarts. She enjoys working with people seeking tobroaden their human potential, personal authenticityand their action and creative input in the world.

feldenkrais method – gravity and grace and natural impulseto move

with Holly Houn (2 hrs)– feldenkrais workshop‘To know what you do is to do what you want‘– Moshe Feldenkrais

An invitation to experience some of the ingeniousAwareness Through Movement lessons of MosheFeldenkrais . An opportunity to slow down , to enjoybeing led to explore novelty movement, to discovermore precisely that which is present in your Body Mapand Self Image which limits you and that whichenhances you , in reaching the freedom and integrity inyourself in movement you desire

All welcome

LIMITED FREE SHORT INDIVIDUAL SESSIONSavailable for particpants who attend the workshop.Bookings required, limited places.

Holly +61 428 595 109 huonholly@gmail.com.

Hotel Prima: Wed-Thu 21-22 Nov, 9-11am

FELDENKRAIS PUBLIC SESSIONSAwareness Through Movement Lessons To be done at your own pace in your own way

The Joy of Balance Reaching For what you want Lightening Lengthening Loosening ...

Site 1: Fri-Sun 23-25 Nov, 9-10 am mark riley - australia

Mark Riley has been practicing yoga fordecades. Oki sensei’s approach, liketraditional yoga, examines every part of lifeincluding diet, social aspects, balancing andcorrective exercises and healing work, bodyand mind strengthening exercises, and asanawork. A primary school teacher andcommunity activist Mark is a member of thewider Oki Do community in Melbourne andaround the globe. He first offered morningyoga at MAPfest in 2015.

morning yoga with Mark Riley (1.5 hrs)– yoga sessionMark Riley, a hatha and Oki Do Yogapractitioner, will explore foundationalmovement for beginners and experiencedyogis alike.

Expore body awareness, physical, mentaland emotional. Work towards a sense ofwellbeing with support from particpatingMelakans and from MAPfest goers.

The outdoor session is a free event.

BYO yoga mat and / or a sarong or a towel.

All welcome.

Site 3, Fri, Sat, Sun, 7.30 am

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St Paul’s Hill and A Famosa. Over 50

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Site 1-5, Fri, Sat, Sun 3-6 pm

space of the dancer with Mic guillaumes (1.5 hrs)– dance workshopThe space of the dancer is always a space to revisit, to reinvent. It is the spacefrom which the unexpected, the unforeseen, the unusual can arise. This space fulland empty, opening and closing, gaps, known and recognized traces is a backand forth intimate and permanent between life and death.

The dancer ceaselessly wanders between inner space and outdoor spaces thatlaugh at each other. The dancer is a pathant on the lookout, in a trance, from oneside to the other, from one top to the other, attentive traveler in suspense, mixingand unraveling the shadow of the light from which could emerge from thelabyrinth Dedal dancing.0

Space, like a childhood game. All welcome.

Site 1, Sun, 10-11.30 am

the other with Dr Lisa Dethridge & Tony Yap (1.5 hrs)– open forumthe Other is dissimilar to and the opposite of Self, of Us, and of theSame. Making your event/performance here calls for de-habitualizing andde-narcissifying. Perhaps a new courage is required for the risk ofdiscovering the Other.

A free public forum and discussion on individual perspective of otherness.Dr Lisa Dethridge, RMIT School of Media and CommunicationTony Yap, researcher, Trance practice in dance, Centre for Ideas,University of Melbourne.

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agung gunawan – indonesia

Born in Central Agung studied other styles oftraditional dance such as Sumatranese, Betawianand Kalimantan with Bagong Kusudiharjo andMiroto. He has toured with them in Holland,Belgium, Germany, Africa and Indonesia. Withthe Padepokan Seni Bagong Kusudiharjo, he hasperformed in Vermont, Boston and WashingtonDC in the USA. He is active in Indonesia with acontemporary music group led by the composerVincent McDermott. Currently, he is a co-director of the art education school, SampangAgung Centre for Performing Arts (the SACPA)with Deasylina. In 2013 Agung received awardsfor the ‘Best Feature Performance’ and ‘BestChoreographer’ at the Cameronian Arts Awards,Malaysia for ‘Catan Kulit’premiered inMelbourne in August 2015.

tony yap – malaysia / australia

Born in Malaysia, Tony has made a commitment tothe exploration and creation of an individual dancetheatre language that is informed by psycho-physical research, Asian shamanistic trance dance,Butoh, Vocal extentions. Tony has receivednumerous nominations and awards including TheDecay of the Angel which won him a Green RoomAward for Best Male Dancer. He has been a leadingfigure in inter-cultural discourse and receivedAsialink residential grants to work in Indonesia in2005, and 2008 and a Dance fellowship from theAustralia Council for the Arts. Tony is the foundingCreative Director of MAP Fest.www.tonyyapdance.com

R.Ay Sri KadarjatiYwandjana – indonesia

R.Ay Sri Kadarjati Ywandjana (Ibu Kadar) amaster from Yogyakarta Palace, both in theareas of dancing skills and ‘tembang’ singingtechnique, she is also heads the dance theatrecompany, Surya Kencana. Currently, as well asteaching, she is also responsible as achoreographer of dance produced forYogyakarta Palace. As a prolific dancer, she hasbecome the point of references for local andinternational researchers in terms of classicaldance and tembang singing in YogyakartaPalace. Ibu is the master of Scrimpi and Bedoyoand all most classical dance forms of the palace.She is a prominent figure internationally and ashining example of vigor in the arts and aninspiration in international contemporaryexchanges and collaborative experimentations. Itis always a rare opportunity an privilege workingwith Ibu Kadar

R.M Sagitama KrisnandaruKaswarjono – indonesia

Born in Yogyakarta, 1975, started learning Dancefrom 8 years old to join in a dance organization atSurya Kencana, Yogyakarta led by his parents R.MYwandjono Soeryobrongto and R.Ay. Sri Kadarjati.Also at the Kraton (palace) YogyakartaStarting in 1999 he was also active in theorganization of dance Foundation PamulanganBeksa Sasminta Mardawa Yogyakarta. He work asAbdi Dalem at Kasultanan K.H.P Kridha MardawaYogykarta and As dance teacher of male dance atthe Kraton Yogyakarta. He graduated from Instituteof Art Yogyakarta, Faculty of Performing Arts in2007. He also followed several arts activitiesincluding; Asian Culture week (2002), art KratonYogyakarta in Colombia, Chile and Peru (2003), artmission Indonesian art Institute to Portugal (2004),teacher dance at the Consul General in Sydney(2009), Shanghai World Expo (2010), art CAEXPO(2013), Mission arts in Beijing and Shanghai, China(2013), arts mission in Melbourne, Australia (2013),Kraton Yogyakarta cultural missions in Tong Tongfair, The Netherlands (2014), and the Silk RoadGyeongju Cultural Expo (2015).

shadow’s light– dance performanceTYC (Melbourne) and Surya Kencana(Yogyakarta) join forces to create powerfulcontemporary trance performance. Arrestingand uncompromising, ‘Shadow’s Light’ is also adeep meditation on basic elements for living –quietude alongside the ecstatic.

Shadow’s Light draws on traditional Javanesetrance practices from the Royal Court ofCentral Java (‘Scrimpi’) and the unbridledecstatic trance practices of East Java(‘Bantengan’, Bull-Trance) and a hybrid ofdisciplines including contemporary dance andmusic.

Master vocalist, performer: R. Ay Sri Kadaryati YwandjanaPerformers and Collaborators:Tony Yap, Agung Gunawan, SagitamaKrisnandaru, Agus RiyantoMusician: Rueben Lewis (trumpet)

Site 1, Sat, 6 pm

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reuben lewis – australia

Reuben Lewis’s practice is both singular andeclectic. As an active performer, composer andbandleader in the new jazz and avantcommunities of Australia, he has refined aunique electro-acoustic language that is asmuch at home in a jazz club as it is on a hilltopin Malaysia surrounded by dancers and bull-trance shamans. His ensemble I Hold the Lion’sPaw was awarded the inaugural LebowskisDevelopment Residency in 2016, nominatedfor ‘Best Australian Jazz Ensemble’ in the 2018Jazz “BELL” Awards and received fundingsupport from the Australia Council tonationally tour their debut studio album,Abstract Playgrounds in 2018.www.reubenlewis.com

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alison eggleton – australia

Alison Eggleton is an Australianindependent curator and visual artist livingand working in regional Victoria. Her currentdrawing practice explores the shiftingrelationship between body and space. In2014, she collaborated with fellow artistAnthony Pelchen for the Malaysia AustraliaRaft Project (MARP), presented at MAPfestthat same year and Fluid States/ PerformingMobilities, Melbourne in 2015.

anthony pelchen – australia

Anthony Pelchen is a visual artist who worksacross mediums and over the last 25 yearshas collaborated considerably with others inself led projects. More recently he formedthe Malaysia Australia Raft Project (MARP),bringing together eleven artists fromAustralia and Malaysia, presenting inregional Australia 2013, Melaka 2014 thenMelbourne 2015 (part of the global projectFluid States: Performances of Unknowing). In2010 he spent 3 months on an Asialinkresidency at Rimbun Dahan, on the ruralfringe of Kuala Lumpur, and from 2010-12curated the visual arts for Mapfest. He liveson the Wimmera River in NW Victoria. www.anthonypelchen.com

trevor flinn – australia

Trevor Flinn trained in sculpture at the VCA,Melbourne then returned to his hometownof Dunkeld, near the Grampians NationalPark, Victoria. Here he founded the artist runspace Off The Rails gallery, revitalizing aderelict Railway Station into a space forexperimentation. He mixes media, creatingobjects and environments then activatingthem (“ an Unregistered Shaman with aFood Handlers License who walks a linebetween hospitality and farce” – BPutaneska). During 2012-14 Trevor wascommissioned for a series of ‘TWIG’ projectsin regional Australia, embedding himself infarming families, making improvisedinstallations and performances, fusingcooking, found objects and publicinteraction. www.trevorflinn.com

carolyn rundell – australia

Carolyn Rundell is a visual artist focused oncreative place making, an investigation thathas grown out of a visual arts andcommunity development practice spanning20 years. Her ongoing project ‘CreativePeople Places’ is participatory, relational,transformational and embedded in findingnurture for the body, spirit and land. A majoraspect of her current work is facilitatinginvestigations between artists at an old re-purposed church artist residency in Byaduk,SW Victoria - her family’s home for fivegenerations. www.creativepeopleplace.com

sascha muller – australia

Living in Castemaine, Victoria, Australia,Sascha Muller is a young musician and artistpassionate about the plight of theIndonesian and Malaysian Orangutans. Shedances between music and drawing,currently one fourth of the all-female bandEthical Decimal and the instigator ofIstagram drawngurl, an online exchange ofportraits of people she knows…and manyshe does not. In 2015 Sascha contributed toDraw for Nepal, a fundraiser following theearthquake.

how yen tung – malaysia

Born, 2005 and living in Melaka, How YenTung attended art sessions at Heeren Artover recent years and 2014 participated inMapfest, supporting the Malaysia AustraliaRaft project (MARP). How is a prolific drawer,practices Chinese calligraphy and playspiano. Influences include the animations ofHayao Miyazaki and pianist Joe Hisaishi. Instagram howyt195

roger soong – malaysia

Roger Soong is a self-taught artist inspiredby nature. His intricate drawings andpaintings explore the possibilities of naturalforms being pushed into surreal imagery,loaded with the real and the imaginary. Hehas also formed solo and group music-basedinstallation and performance projects. In2012/13 he worked collaboratively topresent Echo Green for Mapfest –improvised performances with installationsat his Baboon House cafe and St Paul’s Hill.In 2013/ 2015 he travelled to Australia toparticipate in the Malaysia Australia RaftProject, culminating outside the AustralianCentre for Contemporary Art. Mapfest 2015included his Caged performance, suspendedhigh on St Paul’s Hill.

i see you / you see me (melaka swabs 2018)– visual arts / exhibition

A team of artists who like to draw will be on thestreets of Melaka in the week leading to thefestival. With a portable table and a big roll ofpaper, they invite anyone passing by to join in. Veryquickly, a dense ‘collective swab’ or ‘visual pulse’will be taken. The Team will also work with thechildren at the Sacred Heart Convent.

The drawings will then be exhibited at the Conventgallery. The Swab Team is Alison Eggleton, SaschaMuller, Trevor Flinn, Carolyn Rundell and AnthonyPelchen (Australia) with Roger Soong and How YenTung in conjunction with Heeren Art* (Melaka).These artists will also exhibit their own drawings.

*Heeren Art is an innovative childrens’ Art andCraft Center in Melaka. Operated by artists AmyLee and Tan Shin Tiong, it gives children a full voicethrough art and creativity.

Public drawings in the streets of MelakaSun – Wed, 18 – 21 Nov

Exhibition: Sacred Heart Convent HeritageRoom: Fri – Sun, 23 – 25 Nov; 10 am – 6 pm

Opening event Site 3, Fri 23 Nov, 11am

Track the drawings as they happen onInstagram and fb : Melaka Swabs 2018

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susannah keebler – australia

Susannah Keebler is a dance artist, certifiedteacher of the Alexander Technique, andyoga instructor, with a BA in dance fromBennington College in Vermont. She livedand worked as a dancer and AlexanderTechnique teacher for ten years in New YorkCity before moving to Mallacoota, VIC in2008. She is currently studying for a Mastersdegree at the VCA in Melbourne. She isinspired by transformation, the revelation ofimagination, and the unexpectedness ofboth the every-day and the extraordinary.

myfanwy hunter – australia

Myfanwy Hunter is a sound artist, violist, andvisual artist. She creates immersive workswith in collaboration with dancers, theatremakers, visual artists and music ensembles.Previous projects: Trace Proportions withdancer/geologist Philomena Manifold, MAPFestival 2018; Mountain to Mouth extremeartwalk sound artist 2018; Assisted Solorecording project 2015-17; Cease & PersistFestival of Death & Dying 2017; Tell MeTelopea soundwalk Emerald Festival 2017;Sonic Electric 2016 to present; In theCompany of Others Footfall Dance Ensemble2015. Qualifications: Masters ofInterdisciplinary Arts, VCA, University ofMelbourne 2017; Bachelor of Creative Arts2013 & Solo Residency 2011&2012 VictoriaUniversity; Bachelor of Visual Arts.www.myfanwyhunter.com

nothere– music / dance performanceNOTHERE dives into the spaces between selfand other, here and there, no here, not here.Susannah Keebler and Myfanwy Hunterprovide an intimate portal into re-imaginingour deeper human impulse towards co-becoming. One waits, waits to be called.Waits on the senses. We respond usingsensing tools to disrupt habitual spirits withmicro-macro observations and applicationsof the whispering voice, the full-bodiedvoice; the trembling body, the fluid body;the containment and the emancipation ofthe human form

Site 1, Sat 5 pm

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brendan o’connor – ireland

Ireland born, received his accreditation as aprofessional performer in The Netherlands,and has since settled in Melbourne. Hegraduated in dance at the College ofDance, Monkstown, was excepted to theLaban Centre London and the FontysDance Academy in the Netherlands. A tripto Ghana found his interest in strong andpsycho-physical direction in his consequentconnection his work in the slums of NewDelhi. Brendan works closely with Tony Yapin ongoing laboratory investigating‘internal’ choreography informed by AsianTrance practices. The most recent work isthe acclaimed Dionysus Moleculepremiered in Melbourne in August 2015.

tony yap – malaysia / australia

born in Malaysia, is an accomplished dancer,director, choreographer and visual artist.Tony was one of the principle performerswith IRAA Theatre (1989-1996). He hasmade a commitment to the exploration andcreation of an individual dance theatrelanguage that is informed by psycho-physicalresearch, Asian shamanistic trance dance,Butoh, Vocal extentions. Tony has receivednumerous nominations and awards includingThe Decay of the Angel which won him aGreen Room Award for Best Male Dancer.He has been a leading figure in inter-culturaldiscourse and received Asialink residentialgrants to work in Indonesia in 2005, and2008 and a Dance fellowship from theAustralia Council for the Arts. Tony is thefounding Creative Director of MAP Fest.www.tonyyapdance.comshaun duggan – australia

Shaun William Duggan is an Australianartist, printmaker and tutor, currently livingin Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Hepractices a variety of visual mediatechniques, primarily in printmaking,drawing, video, sculpture, performance, andinstallation. His practice involves an intuitiveresponse to materials and processes, throughwhich he seeks to explore the humanrelationship with different environments andsystems, be they natural, structural, or eveninternal.

reuben lewis – australia

Reuben Lewis’s practice is both singular andeclectic. As an active performer, composerand bandleader in the new jazz and avantcommunities of Australia, he has refined aunique electro-acoustic language that is asmuch at home in a jazz club as it is on ahilltop in Malaysia surrounded by dancersand bull-trance shamans. His ensemble IHold the Lion’s Paw was awarded theinaugural Lebowskis Development Residencyin 2016, nominated for ‘Best Australian JazzEnsemble’ in the 2018 Jazz “BELL” Awardsand received funding support from theAustralia Council to nationally tour theirdebut studio album, Abstract Playgrounds in2018.www.reubenlewis.com

lovefall– desgn / dance performanceLovefall induces the sense of a reversevertigo – a falling backwards, gazingupwards; following the theme of love.

‘Falling’ within the realms of love suggestembodied psychophysical and emotionalstates. The choreographic approach takes acontemporary trance as a foundation to theconcept of reverse vertigo, to a second senseof falling, an ascension in the decent.

The performance will involve a visual artist asdesigner, Shaun Duggan, musician, ReubenLewis and dancers, Brendan O’Connor &Tony Yap.

Baboon House, Fri, 2 pm

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seafarers welcome– musicTaking their ideoscyncratic elements of theirunique sounds from the gentlest of lullabies tothe vigor of high spirits. Experience the innervoices of instruments that are uncommonlyknown. These voices will move you in strangeplaces of your inner being.

Site 1, Sat, 3 pm

unen-unen rengel - indonesia

Unen-unen rengel is a music group formed in2013. Five young people from Rengel, Tuban metand decided to explore traditional sound sourcesin the way which may not have been explored byother musicians. Their cutural and to their accentin which they explore and create new direction inmusic, throuh the foundation of the elementsavailable in their classical and traditionalinstruments. They are Hewodn, Bayu, Fandi,Yuli and Ajis, after several years running, Unen-Uneng Rengel met Krisna and Bobby who wereinspiritional to one of the goals they share in howto get to know the sounds and how to explorethrough sounds. They came then to discoverunknown to them the names of objects orinstruments (sound sources) that were unfamiliarand incorporate them in their musical repertoirsfor performance. Rendhing Siwalan, sape,celempung, Rebu (Pumpkin Trigon), riwal (snore)are some of the names of the sound sources thatthey explored in united and combined within amusical performance. And most recently, whenthey are doing sound exploration from ongkektuwak. Ongkek tuwak is a kind of picul used bytuwak sellers to sell their wares. Even though itwas only 6 years old, the music group's journeywas very long. They work is becoming knownand onspites new direction of music creation andthey have widely participated in various musicfestivals around Indonesia.

touched by thesound of silence– dance... And in the naked light I sawTen thousand people, maybe morePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices never shareAnd no one daredDisturb the sound of silence

Hear my words that I might teach youTake my arms that I might reach you"But my words, like silent raindrops fellAnd echoed in the wells, of silenceAnd the people bowed and prayed

(Words from the song 'sound of silence')

Site 2, Fri, 4.30 pm

agung gunawan - indonesia

Agung was born in Central Java, studiedYogyakartanese classical dance in Surya Kencanaand at the Kraton (Palace) where he continues toperform. He studied other styles of traditionaldance - Sumatra, Betawi and Kalimantan withBagong Kusudiharjo and contemporary dancewith Miroto. He toured with them in Holland,Belgium, Germany, Africa and Indonesia. Withthe Padepokan Seni Bagong Kusudiharjo, he hasperformed in Vermont, Boston and WashingtonDC in the USA. He is active in Indonesia with acontemporary music group led by the composerVincent McDermott. Agung has worked as anassistant choreographer on ‘Opera Jawa’, amovie directed by Garin Nugroho. Currently, he isa co-director of the art education school,Sampang Agung Centre for Performing Arts (theSACPA) with Deasylina.

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deasylina da ary – indonesia

Born in Pacitan, East Java in 1981. Shelearned to dance since 5 years old, in thestudio of her father Pradapa Loka Bhakti.She at State University of Surabaya. Aftercompleting study of Bachelor, thencontinued studying at post-graduateprograms in Indonesia Institute of The ArtsSurakarta, and got a Master of Arts in2007. Since 2008, she taught ArtEducation at State University of Semarang.She took a doctoral program in IndonesiaInstitute of The Arts Surakarta. Pacitanian(Environmental Oriented Art EducationModel) and graduated in January 2017.Since 2008 she has dedicated herselftogether with her husband to children whohave artistic talent and art interest in hervillage with the Pradapa Loka Bhakti artschool in Sampang Agung Center forPerforming Art.

surup– danceIn the Ceprotan traditional ceremony,coconut is the most important ceremonialmaterial, and its mainly prepared bywomen. Coconut trees are a thousand-usetree that can be used by humans.

Women are symbols of a mother, theessence of life. They have a strong and richsoul. Do not step back while having highideals even though the wind blows hard.Strong is not to oppress others but toprotect the small trees around them. Canbe a place of support and always try togive happiness to the people around him.

Deasy’s event is kindly supported byDebbie Lee of Melaka.

Site 1, Fri, 3 pm

rithaudin abdul kadir– malaysia

Rithaudin believed that dance as cultureimprint on body. Thus, any dance is a livingproof of the culture of the beholder. Hailingfrom Sabah, Malaysia which is rich of multi-ethnic culture, he loves to experimentingmix of traditional culture that he have beenexposed and learnt. A dance graduate fromUniversity of Malaya, Rithaudin used to doresearch to deepen the understanding of anykind of dance he came across or creatingnew works. He tries to make his work as anedu-tainment for the audience. As a danceenthusiast, RIthaudin have been active inlocal and international scene even in theatreproduction.

delirium– performance artHuman disturbed state of mind is theunconscious mind represents the other halfof the human personality. This workexperiments the state outside the disturbedmind and flow it with the possiblemovement on the specific site. Bringing outthe 'OTHER' to the state of reality.

Site 1, Fri, 5 pm

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emily bennett – australia

Emily Bennett. Contemporary vocalist, accordionplayer, sound artist and educator. A graduate ofTheatre/Media from Charles Sturt University,Australian National University School of Music andHonours in Jazz and Improvisation from VictorianCollege of the Arts. She’s performed with the FirstBaboon Cilivization, Nyash! Afrobeat Collective,Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde, Sunburnt Soul Collective,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus andcommissioned to compose and design sound for YouAre Here, Short + Sweet Dance, Bogong Centre forSound Culture, Young Music Society, Going Nowhereand live art company Big One Little One. Her trio, Great rack and an empty club reverb,perform and collaborate regularly in Melbourne.

I need a couch– vocal / music / spoken words"ListenDuring any one breathMake a soundBreatheListen outwardly for a soundBreathe"

These radical instructions derive from the NewSound Meditation written by Pauline Oliveros forthe 1988 Bang on a Can Festival in New York.  Itforms the notation that is text on a page ratherthan dots on a page and directs multifacetedaudience/performer's participation in the work.  Itsconception opened up a revolutionary practice ofdeep listening in music and performance fordecades to come.

This year, the festival will interpret a specificallycomposed vocal meditation for the Melaka Arts &Performance Festival open to all and led byexperimental vocalist and collaborator, EmilyBennett.

Site 1, Sat, 3.30 pm

deden tresnawan(with dody satyaekagustdiman) – indonesia

Born in Bandung, Deden was brought by hisparents to watch art performances, as hisparent is an artist in West Java. Deden playslute music instrument and began to explorethe art since lecturing at the Indonesian ArtsCollege (STSI) in Bandung. He specialise instringed instruments and brass – harp andflute. He collaborations include WaJiWaDance Theater, Studio Legus, Circle of SongSunda Cianjuran, Candrawulan Art, SekarKeliwon, Theatre Toneel Bandung andSanggita Art Company. His work is highlyrecognised in West Java, national andinternational circles with a speciallity indance and theater works.

kidung panglokat– Music / Multi DisciplinarySensing the Rains is a multi-sensoryimmersive installation responding to thenative Bardi Grub’s life cycle. Movement andshadow articulate the space as intangible,yet full of meaning. Stories of loss,transformation and regeneration reverberatewithin these mnemonic Bardi Grub holes, asvisitors experience a physical inhabitance ofthe once flourishing Mallee Wetlands.Physical trace as memory markers in theGrub’s burrows evoke the complex humanexperience occurring above ground.

Site 1, Sat, 5.30 pm

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Adam Forbes – australia

Adam Forbes is a Melbourne based dancerand performer. He is interested instructures and contexts that allowauthenticity to arise within, and between,performer and audience.Adam has worked with Melbourne basedMalaysian dancer/director Tony Yap since1994 on theatre-based and site specificwork. Adam has created several site-specific solo dance works for MAPingprojects in Malaysia and Australia andIndonesia’s Arts Island Festival. Adams creative philosophy and aestheticsare informed by his work as a counselorand therapist cultivating generative spacesfor the expression of compassion withclarity.

the hidden moon– Dance Performance A piece of the moon burrowed deepinside one night when I was sleeping,when you were wandering lost, when wewere sparkling like the wide ocean.Nothing can remain hidden for ever.Sometimes the light glows very dimly, butyou can feel it if it is missing.Site 4, Fri, 4.30 pm

hester welch – australia

Hester is an international theatre director,performer and facilitator based in London, UK. Hercurrent show, The Food Play, exploresmulticulturalism through food and storytelling andis being developed at Poplar Union (UK), OmnibusTheatre (UK) and Now Theatre (Malaysia). Previousworks include The Forest (Marphy’s PlayHouse,China), PEEP (LeeFest & The Stretch, UK) Colourand The Dream (Omnibus Theatre, UK).She is an Associate Artist at Omnibus Theatre, andthe David Glass Ensemble with whom she has beenAssistant Director on multiple performances (ADEvine Comedy, The Brides, Mortgage and City OfDarkness). Hester is the founder of the ArtsActivism Collective, London.www.hesterwelch.com

The Food Play: An Experiment– Multi Disciplinaryn this project, food, play and movement arecombined for a cross cultural experience, wheresharing and creating with the audience are atthe heart of the event. Here the acts ofpreparing, cooking and sharing food become ametaphor for multicultural society. (30 mins)

Site 2, Fri, 5pm

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anna white – australia

Anna White is a Melbourne based artist.She has practiced as a painter for decadesand has exhibited in public, artist run andcommercial galleries. Her recentlycompleted PhD in Fine Art from MonashUniversity (2016) considered improvisationand abstract painting in terms of poiesis,doubt, the performative and gesture. Overthe past three years she has extended theexploration of these ideas using themediums of photography, dance,movement and performance.www.annawhite.com.au

soft edge/hardedge– Dance / Visual Art / InstallationTaking its title from an exhibition ofpaintings shown in 2008, in which it wassaid that "the artist was less concernedwith the gross materiality of oil paint thanits theatrical ability to invoke intuitivegesture, rapid drama and infinitely subtletransitional states."*( Ross Moore). Here Iuse the medium of the body to explore,viscosity.

Site 1, Fri, 4 pm

jaree james – australia

Jahree James is the founder of D.E.T.M'sKinaesthetic Dreaming. K.D is a combinationof eastern and western practices that areamalgamated with his own study intopsychedelic states through his research intechnoshamism. Science and spiritualityfused for the deep exploration ofconsciousness, body, sensory awareness, andsoul.His accomplishments are fleeting momentsthat transit from one to the next and do notlinger in the past. His intention as aperformer is to share creativity and aspiretowards a sense of unity through hisperformances. Exposing self, invitingaudience participation, and allowingpresence to be the performed moment.

the wall– Dance / music / Performance ArtDefined by our self image we become aportrait of limited expression. A singlemoment caught in expectations of our self.A glossary of dictionary meaning, silencingthe possibility of our potential. JahreeJames's performance 'The Wall' aims toexplore these layers of self and the fragilityof such perceptions that maintain itsstructure. To awaken in his own discovery ofwhat it means to escape his bounties andexplore himself through the narrative ofkinesthetic dreaming. Sharing a journey forthe other to see the similarity of being in theother.

Site 5, Fri, 5.30 pm

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kien faye lee – malaysia

Kien Faye, an independent performingartist and also a fruits crop grower. 2014,Faye completed his Bachelor of CreativeArts(Drama) in Deakin UniversityMelbourne, and he met Tony Yap andinspired by his artistic philosophy, by thenhe started to explore and create works thatis informed by psycho-physical research,Asian shamanistic trance dance, Butoh &voice. Currently he is working on projectswith Agung Gunawan & Takashi Takiguchifrom SACPA, in Pelem, Pacitan, East Java.In the next few years, Faye will focus on hisart journey in Indonesia Traditional andRitual Arts and also living as a farmerlifestyle.

i am living– Dance I am living on the Route 76. That’s asunny day, you took a picture of the trunkroad, telling me that you would love toblend into the skyline, became one of theblue and white. This is a tribute, aspiritual ritual between friendship.

Site 4, Sat, 3.30 pm

kathleen gonzalez– colombia

Kathleen is a Melbourne- based Colombianexperimental-contemporary artist,ethnodance writer, dance performer, culturalproducer, artistic director and founder ofTunjos y Cantaros Ethnologic DanceCompany.Kathleen’s practice combines multicultural,multispiritual and global ancestral origins,investigated through dance laboratories andritualistic experiences connecting the innerand outer self.Kathleen’s work explores the space betweenthe rationality of the physical senses and themystery of psychic and mythical lands,combining unusual, experimental, creativeand inspirational new performanceprocesses.www.ethnodanceology.com

X I B A L B A Y“Superterrestrial – Tierra Adentro“Experimental and ContemporaryDance Performance

Dance / Performance ArtThinkers of life. Reality needs ourperceptions alive and active. Everything is anintegral act and nothing is isolated from theflow of life. Every act has an integralrelationship with the cosmic forces, naturalmanifestations, and telluric energy.

The miracle of how to be born, is whatuniversal consciousness means. We shouldnot forget that it ever happened as it willcertainly return. It's time to awaken theknowledge of our inner selves.

Site 4, Sat, 3 pm

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Ashly Nandong – malaysia

Ashly Nandong, a Malaysian artist, had justreturned from his 'Bejalai Seni' (ArtisticWanderings) of two years in the UK. Hegraduated with MA in visual arts in Londonand hopes to advance his artistic practicein multi-disciplinary works - crossingperformance art, music andvisual/installation art. in MAP X, he aims toexplore past artistic creations from previousMAPFest Festivals before his sojourn to UKand create a new work in reference to hisexperience in the UK - a piece dedicated tohis friends in the LBGTQ community herein Malaysia and beyond as a sign ofSOLIDarity.

SOLIDarity– Performance Art / InstallationSolidarity with 'the Other' in my 1000origami paper cranes art installation workis about my stand in support of theLBGTQ community here in Malaysia.  Anancient Japanese legend promises thatanyone who folds a thousand origamicranes will be granted a wish by the gods.I wish to complete this installation andexhibit to wish for equal respect andrights for the LBGTQ community ofMalaysia. It is a piece on 'SOLID'affirmation in solidarity with the conceptof Universal Love, where LOVE WINS atthe end of the day.

Site 5, Fri, 3 pm

ebem toa – equardor

Degree in mime and pantomime " School ofFormation in Mimo-Pantomima and Tai ChiMimo of the illustrious Teacher Pepe Vacas,based on the techniques Étienne Decroux(France) EcuadorButoh dancer choreographerCreative costume designer for theater anddance,Performance Designer and Visual ArtsResearcher of the anthropology of danceand different artistic techniques ansestralesand comedy of art, circus and music.website: https://sites.google.com/view/ebem-toafacebook: Ebem Toa.

kay pacha – the world here– Dance / Performance Eco / Butoh Dance

Choreography: Ebem ToaCreative design: Ebem ToaMusic: Darcila AguirreTechnique: Dance butoh / mimo andpantomima "comedia del arte"Photography Design: Gustavo ChavesProduction: Quitus Karpa

Kay Pacha is a choreography of Fantasydance and magic, thought of the eco Danceof the mind ..... The environment with itsradical changes have altered the life ofanimals, plants and all nature, the amount ofgarbage that Every day humans create thistransforming our present and future ... this isa choreography of colors,magic and hope

Site 4, Sat, 4.30 pm

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paik yin lim – malaysia

Lim Paik Yin is an interdisciplinary artistworking with photography andperformance. Her work uses the humanbody as a visual motif to explore thevarious ideologies and political forces thatshape attitudes towards the humanbodies. She started choreographing andperforming site-specific works inMalaysia and Indonesia from 2014onwards.Currently, she is pursuing her Masters inVisual and Media Anthropology in Berlinafter working as a photo researcher for 5years. Her photography work has sinceevolved to including her practice inperformance. She is influenced bypermaculture and her dance practice incontact improvisation and Butoh.https://cargocollective.com/lim-paik-yin

bodies andcreatures of time– Performance Art / Multi-

disciplinaryA movement piece exploring the essenceof past, present, and future throughgestures

Site 2, Sat, 4.30 pm

lee kwang goh – malaysia

Simply put, GohLee Kwang hasspent nearly 20years making musicthat defiesdescription. Hisworks covered awide variety ofavant-garde,electronic and field

recording.Goh has been touring / performinginternationally at festival of contemporaryart and music of cities in Asia and Europe.Goh is the recipient of numerous awardsand honors, also the founder of Switch ON,a platform for electronic arts in kualaLumpur, Malaysia. Goh is also the founderof Herbal, a music CD publishing label,Herbal Records.http://gohleekwang.blogspot.com/

for futurereference– Dance / music / Performance Art"For Future Reference" is a multi-disciplinarywork with pre-recorded sound, livemusician(s) and dancer(s), as well as livevideo projection. The length of the piece isopen, with the longer it run the moregesture, emotion & tension can be include inthe piece. The work itself has the open/close/ gap structure enable the piece toconstruct according to the time and space,the structure of the work is very much opento site-specific. The piece is also somehowinviting for audience whom withimprovisation experience to join in.

Site 1, Fri, 3.30 pm

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luca romani – italy / australia

Luca Romani is an Italian stage actor, witha strong passione for music, dancing andmartial arts.Soon after he moved to Melbourne Lucamet Tony Yap and became one of hisstudents. Luca recently played in "Crave" by SarahKane, and "Hotel Bonegilla" by TesLussiotis, both at LaMama theatre inMelbourne. This is his second visit to MAP fest.

the dream houseproject– Performance / spoken wordNarrated by a woman remembering apast life, a past love, a past loss, theaudience encounters three characters.

The woman herself, the memory of herhusband and their young friend.

These three characters, represented by anactor, a dancer and a musician, use amulti disciplinary approach to express thepoetic tale of a life fueled by creativeinspiration.

This 20 minute performance exploresideas of love, struggle, motivation, andultimately how the journey to our dreamseffects our morality.

Site 5, Sat, 4.30 pm

lisa dethridge – australia

Dethridge is an Experience Designer forscreen media including web, film, gamesand live performances. Her interest is todevelop new audiences often within acollaborative and cross-cultural environmentthat may include technology such as roboticsor augmented reality applications. She hasproduced a huge range of fiction anddocumentary screen works as well as liveperformance in a theatres, galleries,museums and public environments inEurope, Asia and the USA where she workedfor major Hollywood production housesincluding Fox, CBS, and MTV.

the village well– Dance / music / Performance ArtA 20 minute performance for femaleensemble of 9-12 dancers on the theme ofthe Village Well.  The performance exploresthe location as a gathering point for womento bathe; to launder and to laugh while theychat and solve their problems which includea mysterious intruder who threatens theirprivacy.

Site 1, Fri, 5.30 pm

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meilia shofa – indonesia

Meilia founder of Sanggar PadmaKartyasa,IndonesiaI gathered children and teenagers taughtthem Mbegsa(Hambegan lan Ngerasa)or Breathing and too feel,tounderstand their own body.Work onProgress in PshycoArt dance projectincluding the sub-theme is how to selfsuggest and others to be morecreative,exploring the ideas of bodymovement through practice andexploragions.influrncing the students senseof aware never gave up,workhard,concentrate,physically,mentally readyanytime,respect,anywhere be one withmother nature.

Ngganongsuko-suko – The Happy Ganong– Dance PerformanceGanong is name of  famous high rankofficer in Bantaring kKingdom of EastJava who has divine power,honest,distinctpersonality and also soft hearted andfunny.He is loyal to his king,kind,energeticand entertainer too even if he is not agood looking guy.

Dancer will interpret his personality fromhis entertaintment side and bringing themoral message

"Don't judge the person by how she orhe look like"

Site 4, Fri, 4 pm

mila la haye – canada

Mila is a rootless mover, acrobat andperformer. SHe has been living a nomadiclifestyle for almost three years now, drawinginspiration from her travels. She is fascinatedby the ties that bind us together, by thebaggage we all carry within, by shapes andforms, by the force of nature, the power ofthought and the feeling of embodiment.Witness her add her unique spice to thesoup of life.presence to be the performedmoment.

living the dream– Dance Performance Welcome to my unconscious, to my worldfull of symbology and hidden messages.Dreams are mysteriously fascinating,containing a combination of recognisablepersonal elements and a strange eeriequality of  »otherness ». Why did I dream ofthis? A window into my soul, a dive into thedarkness.

Site 4, Fri, 3.30 pm

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nathaniel finley – USA

Originally from the United States,Nathaniel Finley is a writer, dancer,photographer, storyteller and musician. Hehas traveled extensively throughout his lifeand worked a variety of professions.Having been a sailor and student, ateacher and laborer, a vagabond and adandy, he has recently returned to the U.S.to start a new adventure as a professionaldriver. He remains, however, dedicated tohis primary pursuit of poetry and fictionwriting with an emphasis on the nature ofschizophrenia and techniques of non-pharmacological healing (from whichderive his interests in trance,embodiment/in-bodiment, and shamanisticpractices).

windscreenremembrances– dance / spoken words

When driving the tractor trailer at 100 kman hour, lots of insects, butterflies andsometimes even birds get smashedagainst the windscreen. I want toremember these little lives in my mappingthis year. I will probably use spoken wordand dance.

Site 2, Fri, 3.30pm

mic guilammes – france

From its 69 years of life it is impossible todefine. The basis of me is Dance, which tome is architecture Dance, which makes mevibrate is Dance. I think I look and I see, Ienjoy life, human relationships and allrelationships with the World Dance.MicGuillaumes was born in Saigon in the late1940s His whole family was in Asia at thetime.Yet it is when it arrives in France, at age5, he starts dancing. "Because I was a badstudent. He prefers to go frolicking on themountain.There he begins to dance follower ofGerman Expressionism.Petit Journal Kuala Lumpur

dance insideoutside– dance performanceIn the interior of St Paul Hill's ; in theevening....Sherman Ong (Malacca) indoorfilm and Mic Guillaume's danse dialogue. InDance in out and film..

Malam Magico, Sat, 8pm

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reuben lewis – australia

Reuben Lewis’s practice is both singularand eclectic. As an active performer,composer and bandleader in the new jazzand avant communities of Australia, he hasrefined a unique electro-acoustic languagethat is as much at home in a jazz club as itis on a hilltop in Malaysia surrounded bydancers and bull-trance shamans. Hisensemble I Hold the Lion’s Paw wasawarded the inaugural LebowskisDevelopment Residency in 2016,nominated for ‘Best Australian JazzEnsemble’ in the 2018 Jazz “BELL” Awardsand received funding support from theAustralia Council to nationally tour theirdebut studio album, Abstract Playgroundsin 2018.www.reubenlewis.com

i hold the greatrack– music "Reuben, I think we were flirting ormaybe it was just me flirting withyou?  Ah well, ah well, ah well.  Ah wellit’s all for the promotion of myband.  And, you know, any press is goodpress and any mess is good stress.  It’s allgood.  No worries.  I’ve forgotten alreadywhat you even said.  Nah. It’s in the past,it’s whatever.  Oh, don’t even worry aboutit."

Reuben Lewis & Emily Bennet - trumpet,vocals & electronics

Site 1, Sat, 4 pm

nuranani maman irmant– indonesia

I was born in 1970. I started dancing since Iwas 3 years old. My grandmother, Ma dewi,the maestro of Losari mask dance, taughtme the losari mask dance.I have danced nemerouly in many occassionsand attended many festival in Indonesia andoverseas. I have been visited more then 20countries to perform the famous Losari MaskDance.

klana bandopatidanceDanceLosari mask dance created by PrinceAngkawidjaja about 420 years ago.Thisdance was originally created to spread thereligion of Islam.Different from the Cirebonmask dance from other regions thatemphasizes character development ofhuman nature that lead to valuefilosofis.Klana Bandopati dance of strongcharacter,strong and rough so requires goodstamina,because this type of dance is verydynamic and more focused on theacquisition of energy intensity and techniqueof movement and inspiration characters.Thefigure is Prabu Klana Bandopati

Site 1, Fri, 4.30 pm

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Yuan ning Tseng – taiwan

Since I met butoh dance in 2017, my lifechanged.I felt the dynamic floating in me.Be aware of the nature around me. Listenand rhizonance with everything aroundme. Having conversation through my bodymovement .I had collaborated with different musiciansand dancers. Also playing with spaces likebar, streets, construction, rooftop,river anddessert.

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whereabouts– performance Where am I?

I see myself traveling in the journey.

Site 4, Sat, 4 pm

tajudin tajudin – indonesia

My Name is Tajudin aka Iing Sayuti, after Ifinished my high school on 1986. I moved toJakarta and join with famous DancingCompany in Jakarta (Acan Studio) andbecome background dancer in all IndonesianTelevision. In 2005 I back to my hometown andbecome a member of Indramayu Art Counciluntil now. During periode 2005 – 2018 Ihave many time to be a dancer and attendmany festival in Indonesia. In this year Iperformed in :Window of Indonesia 2018,Dancing 12 Hour, Charity Performing Artsfor Lombok Earthquake, Indonesia UmbrellaBorobudur 2018, Bandung International ArtsFest IV, Jagate Tari Fest 2018.

taksuDanceHuman born bringing his energy as likeTaksu born and growing without we askingfor it. It’s natural to grow become strong.The continuing process  will make taksustrongerfigure is Prabu Klana Bandopati

Site 4, Sat, 5 pm

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dianne dixon – australia

Dianne is an Australian artist living in therural town of Rainbow in northwestvictoria.Dianne’s creative oeuvre is distinctivelyrural Australian and significant in itscontribution to a diverse and sophisticatedart practice in contemporary Victoria. Hercreative work is fast gaining recognitionalong with new audiences with herleadership and presence as creativecollaborator in the Asian region. Dianne has recently established an artist inresidence program in Rainbow her roleincludes liaison with collaborators likemyself, other urban artists to participate inher art Residency while developinginternational links especially to the Asiancountries. As an artist she is highlyaccomplished and recognized both inAustralia and overseas

forgotten self– durational event Mixed media on fabric ... draped on site.

contemplating my forgotten self throdrawing collage... attached to fabric andmy physical presence

Site 2, Sat, from 2 pm

aña wojak – australia

AñA Wojak is a gender fluid cross-disciplinary artist with a particular interest insite-specificity, durational performance, ritualand altered states.Based in Northern Rivers NSW their awardwinning visual art has been exhibited forover 40 years, their performance and videohave been shown throughout Australia andinternationally for over 20 years, includingfestivals in Australia, Europe and Asia andcollaborations with international companies.This is their 4th MAP Festival.A deeply rooted Eastern European sensibilityof non-verbal theatre and lush aestheticmeld with ongoing explorations informed byButoh and South East Asian trance dance tocreate visually resonant work with a visceraldepth.

not drowning …wavingperformance art - durationalNot Drowning …Waving was first devised followingdevastating floods in Lismore, NSW in 2017. Being site-specific this performance relates in new ways to a newplacement. Here it is addressing the mounting problem ofwater in plastic bottles. As the planet degrades and waterbecomes more polluted people are seeking clean water frombottles that are contributing to that very pollution, thusperpetuating the cycle. The boat installation in place for theduration of the festival will become increasingly surroundedby water bottles discarded over the course of the event todraw attention to this crisis. During the performance AñAWojak will be dancing in a boat full of water that alsogenerates sounds manipulated into the accompanyingsoundscape live by Cloudbeard. It is a cry for the planet, seasand waterways. Water is Life…

Site 3, Fri, 3 pm

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