The Japan Foundation organizes 14 individual art projects in nine cities in four Southeast Asian countries as the result of the curatorial development program, which has been carried out since the fiscal year 2013 as part of the cultural cooperation program in visual arts.

This program offered the curators' workshops in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand (February - June, 2014) and the invitation program to Japan (August - September, 2014) for the curators whose proposals were successfully selected at the preceding workshops. Based on the experience gained through the course of the program, 14 emerging curators from Southeast Asia and Japan elaborate their proposals to realize the projects in diverse formats such as exhibitions, performances, and screenings at their respective locations from December 2014 to February 2015.

Participating Curators

Philippines

• Maria Consuelo Garcia Cabrera (Lecturer, Fine Arts Department, Kalayaan College)
• Andrick Caesar Perez Francisco (Consultant, Lopez Museum and Library)
• Mervin Joseph Siervo Espina (Artistic Director, The Institute of Lower Learning [iLL])
• Mayumi Hirano (Curator/Co-Founder, 98B COLLABoratory)

Indonesia

• Ahmad Khairudin (Director, Hysteria)
• Asep Topan Mulyono (Curator; Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Art, Jakarta Institute of the Arts)
• Angga Wijaya (Curator, Serrum Gallery)
• Sita Magfira (Project Officer, Jaringan Arsip Budaya Nusantara)

Malaysia

• Harold Reagan Eswar (Architect Assistant, Kota Kinabalu City worker)
• Lee Cheah Ni (Artist)
• Ong Jo-Lene (Independent Curator)

Thailand

• Soifa Saenkhamkon (Independent Curator)
• Kamonpond Wongcharoenchai (Independent Curator)
• Naoko Horiuchi (Curator, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT])

Individual Project Outlines

PHILIPPINES

City	Curated by	Exhibition Title	Date	Venue
Manila	Maria Consuelo Garcia Cabrera (Con Cabrera)	WHITE NOISE	December 2, 2014 - January 28, 2015 These 4 exhibitions are collectively referred to as "Forces at Work."	Vargas Museum
	Andrick Caesar Perez Francisco (Ricky Francisco)	STILL
	Mervin Joseph Siervo Espina (Merv Espina)	HOLDINGS
	Mayumi Hirano	The Lizard Says You’re a Liar!

INDONESIA

City	Curated by	Exhibition Title	Date	Venue
Jakarta	Asep Topan Mulyono	Sidewalk Warfare	January 30 - February 12, 2015 *Opening: January 29	The Japan Foundation Hall, Jakarta
	Angga Wijaya	The Shift: Imported Secondhand Clothing Project	January 23 - February 5, 2015 *Opening: January 22	Awanama Art Habitat
Yogyakarta	Sita Magfira	Jinayah/Siyasah: Playing with Boundaries	January 31 - February 5, 2015 *Opening: January 30	Tetangga Seniman Kompleks Pusat Pondok Pesantren Al-Munawwir
Semarang	Ahmad Khairudin	Bok Cinta Project (Tengok Bustaman 2)	Bustaman: January 31 - February 15, 2015 Grobak Art Kos: February 16 - 28, 2015	Kampung Bustaman; Gerobak Art Kos / Hysteria

MALAYSIA

City	Curated by	Exhibition Title	Date	Venue
Kuala Lumpur	Ong Jo-Lene	Making Space: We Are Where We Aren't	February 1 - 9, 2015 *Opening: January 31	Sekeping Sin Chew Kee
Penang	Lee Cheah Ni	Re:engage:The People's court	January 25 - February 15, 2015	People's Court
Kota Kinabalu	Harold Reagan Eswar	Being MAPHILINDO	February 7 - 22, 2015	Sabah Art Gallery

THAILAND

City	Curated by	Exhibition Title	Date	Venue
Bangkok	Kamonpond Wongcharoenchai	Turning Tweets Pulse	February 4-10, 2015	Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
	Soifa Saenkhamkon	the air of familiarity	February 6-28, 2015	cloud
Chiang Mai	Naoko Horiuchi	Shuffling Spaces	February 8-15, 2015	Gallery Seescape

• *The schedule is subject to change.

Reference:

• Curators' Workshops in Southeast Asia
• Invitation Program for Next Generation Curators of Southeast Asia