The Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) is an international residency program with a particular focus on American and Asian artists. APPEX programs (1996 , 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004 & 2006) have brought together more than 250 traditional and contemporary artists of varying disciplines from America and throughout Asia - from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam -- for intensive residency sessions on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Indonesia. CIP has administered six APPEX programs over the past 10 years and proposes to host another in 2010 in Bali, Indonesia.

APPEX is an educationally based international exchange artists residency program that supports 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.

Together, CIP and APPEX have worked to define ways in which intercultural experimentation can create alternative modes of practice and, at the same time, help artists respond to the changes they see in the world around them. The rich, interactive workshop environment of APPEX provides 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 artists with a more informed understanding of Asia and America as well as valuable insights into their own world view.

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APPEX Fellowships 1996-2010

Artists (partial list)

APPEX residency is made possible by The Ford Foundation, with additional support from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Education & Cultural Affairs the National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation Jakarta, The National Commission for Culture and Arts- Philippines, Japan Foundation, Soros Foundation, Saison Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council. The APPEX writers residency was sponsored by a grant from The Rockfeller Foundations' Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program.

Cheng Chieh Wu & Josefina Baez