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The
Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) is an international musicians and artists
residency program that promotes cross-cultural and interdisciplinary
understanding; develops rigorous strategies for art-making reflecting the nuances of cultural differences; and fosters
new ways to experiment, collaborate, and interpret artistic expression.
Since its inception in 1995, APPEX has brought together more than 100 traditional
and contemporary musicians and performing artists from throughout
Asia -- from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam -- and the United States for intensive
residency sessions on the campus of the University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA).
The
rich, interactive workshop environment of APPEX
provides musicians and artists with the opportunity to expand their aesthetic
range through exposure to new performance practices and approaches to
creative production. APPEX Fellows develop the ability to collaborate
across discipline and culture; learn mutual and self-reflective critical
techniques; and initiate life-long friendships and professional networks.
The successful format of APPEX demonstrates how cross-cultural collaboration
can provide musicians and artists with a more informed understanding of
Asia and America as well as valuable insights into their own world view.
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Workshops
Artists
and Writers
Salons
& Public Performances
Sights
& Sounds of APPEX
Ah
Q Performance Project
APPEX
Fellowships
Working
Group on the International Collaboration in the Arts
APPEX musicians and artists residency is made possible by The Ford Foundation, with additional support from the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation Jakarta, The National Commission for Culture and Arts- Philippines, and the Asian Cultural Council.
The APPEX writers residency was sponsored by a grant from The Rockfeller Foundations' Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program. |