Artist：Khvay Samnang
Khvay Samnang (b.1982, Svay Rieng province) lives and works in Phnom Penh. His multidisciplinary practice offers new views on historical and current events and traditional cultural rituals using humorous, symbolic gestures. His work focuses on the humanitarian and ecological impacts of colonialism and globalization. Engaging directly and personally with local communities is an integral part of his work. His work shows a remarkable ability to engage with cultural and geographic contexts as well as with spatial and institutional settings.
Khvay graduated from the Painting Department at the Royal University of Fine Art. He was a grant holder of KfW Stiftung for the 12-month Artists-in-Residence program in collaboration with Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2014-15). He was invited by KfW Stiftung as an alumnus to participate in a think tank with the world-renowned dancer and choreographer Akram Khan (2017), and was an artist-in-residence at Delfina Foundation, London, UK (2019).



Partner：Sa Sa Art Projects
Sa Sa Art Projects was founded in 2010 by the Cambodian arts collective Stiev Selapak and operated from the historic apartment complex until 2017, when the building was demolished for new development. At its new location, Sa Sa shifted toward a stronger engagement with Cambodian young artists while continuing to build a dialogue with artists in Asia through its creative education programs, exhibitions, artist residency, and other collaborative projects.
Sa Sa is an experimental mechanism which addresses Cambodia's lack of infrastructure for contemporary art education and engagement by creating space for critical discussion. We believe that by not being bound to a rigid organizational structure, be able to adapt to the changing context and needs of the communities with which we work.

Artist：Summer Huang & Tsai, JiaYin
The duo artists met in grad school, and begin working together on community-based topics, they enjoy working with communities to explore their uniqueness, and turn their stories into artworks. Their choice of materials is unlimited, from mosaic to mud, from steel iron to cotton cloth. They are often inspired by community, and while hand making fine artworks, they also inspire the local community members to join in the making process, and the art encompass the expectations and participation of the community or the environment that is in.



Partner：Institute of Historical Resources Management(IHRM)
Founded in 2004, Institute of Historical Resources Management(IHRM) is a leading non-governmental organization in Taiwan, dedicated to heritage conservation and the management of historical resources for sustainability. IHRM informs, inspires and mobilizes people to guard their heritage, to appreciate the tangible and intangible dimensions of their history as well as living culture and to spontaneously participate in community-building practices.
Currently the Institute's primary concern and area of activity is to educate people of all ages about the importance of heritage, and how to further properly manage them.
We also aim to mobilize a more respectful attitude toward the value of diversity and humanity, and to contribute to an acknowledgement of the uniqueness of Asian cultures.

Artist：Anang Saptoto
Anang Saptoto is an artist, designer, and activist living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He completed his education at the Visual Communication Design Department, Yogyakarta Vision Design Academy (2000-2005), and at the Television Department, Faculty of Record Media Arts, Yogyakarta Indonesian Art Institute (2002-2009). His collaborative practice focuses on ecology and social change, using art as a tool to question and open new possibilities. He often supports environmental, human rights movements and collaborates with children, schools, disabled communities, and social organizations. Interaction, building solidarity, and collaboration are methods he considers to be very important for his work. Starting in 2020, he became a collective director of MES 56. At the end of 2020, Anang received support from UN-HABITAT to develop an art and agriculture project (Panen apa hari ini) as an effort for the food movement in the pandemic era. At the end of 2021, Anang received SEED AWARDS The Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam for 100 world artists.


Partner：Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society
Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society (formerly ‘Cemeti Gallery’, then ‘Cemeti Art House’) is Indonesia’s oldest platform for contemporary art, founded in Yogyakarta in 1988 by artists Mella Jaarsma and Nindityo Adipurnomo. Cemeti offers a platform for artists and cultural practitioners to develop, present and practice their work in close collaboration with curators, researchers, activists, writers and performers, as well as local communities across Yogyakarta. The subtitle ‘Institute for Art and Society’ was added in 2017 by a new team to express the organization's commitment to socially and politically engaged artistic practices, exploring the possibility for a gallery to act as a site for civic action.

Artist: Teachers and alumni of Hong Kong Art School
Curator: Fiona Wong Lai Ching and HKAC team
The artist group consists of 45 current and former teachers and students of the Hong Kong Art School. Most of them come from all walks of life and later transform themselves into practising artists through studying art with majors in ceramics, sculpture, painting and photography. The local clay was collected from various locations and was painted on fabrics with stories about the artists' affections towards the city, creating a collage of colours of Hong Kong.
The project initiator and curator Fiona Wong Lai Ching is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Art School. She was an invited artist to the Echigo Tsumari Triennale in 2015.
In 2017, she received the Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Arts and Culture Award from the Home Affairs Bureau and was named Hong Kong Arts Development Award Artist of the Year. Her work ‘Blue Wings’ was collected by the British Museum in 2018.


Partner: Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC)
Since 1977, the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) has been a platform for nurturing and supporting artists, and infusing art into everyday life. Established for more than four decades, the HKAC endeavours to bring arts to the people of Hong Kong – by presenting programmes for visual arts, performing arts, moving images and media arts, comics and animation. Our other areas also cover arts education, conferences, festivals, public art and community projects, with the vision and mission of making arts accessible for all. In 2000, HKAC founded its education arm, Hong Kong Art School (HKAS). The HKAC will celebrate its 45th Anniversary in 2023.

Artist: Korakrit Arunanondchai & Alex Gvojic
Korakrit Arunanondchai focuses on the transformative potential of storytelling. With each project, he expands his cosmos of interconnected stories told through expansive video installations, paintings, objects, and performative works. In his videos, he processes experiences in his personal environment just as he does political events, history and questions to our crisis-ridden present. Arunanondchai often draws upon the cultural contexts in his own biography as well as spaces with postcolonial trauma. Using essayistic and experimental approaches, the artist works with multiple collaborators to assemble audio and visual materials from various sources.
Alex Gvojic, New York based cinematographer and artist, specializes in the interdisciplinary crossing of art, fashion, and music. His work can be seen across international arenas in both the museum and art fair context. Within his breath of multimedia projects, which span from commercial video production to environmental design, each embodies a signature sharpness in both imagery and concept.


Partner: The Jim Thompson Art Center(JTAC)
Founded in 2003, The Jim Thompson Art Center(JTAC) is an art organization committed to fostering artistic activities and endeavours by creating space for contemporary art. The new home of the Jim Thompson Art Center expands its vision by creating an inclusive and multi-functional place for diverse experiences of contemporary art in Bangkok and beyond. Our mission, as we accommodate expanded programs in our new facilities, is to be an inclusive art organization that addresses critical issues emerging in our locale that also resonate with the regional and global community. We collaborate with our extensive network made up of the local community and international cultural institutions to facilitate relevant and meaningful public programs to serve trans-generation constituencies and future generations.
Operator: James H.W. Thompson Foundation*