POA 2025 The Mentor Series: Gridthiya Gaweewong
(Images courtesy of a+ Singapore, Curtain, and Gridthiya Gaweewong)
About This Event
Kicking off the third and final iteration of Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations — live gathering of Per°Form Fellows, intersectional practitioners across diverse disciplines of curation, research, education, visual culture, performance presenting their strategies for activating contexts and communities — The Mentor Series features eminent thought leaders in the arts in-conversation on trends, negotiations and directions in their respective fields.
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About Gridthiya Gaweewong
Gridthiya Gaweewong (b. 1964, Chiang Rai, Thailand) is the Artistic Director of the Jim Thompson Art Center in Bangkok. Alongside Rirkrit Tiravanija, she served as Artistic Director for the Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023/2024. After earning a Master’s degree in Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, Gridthiya co-founded the alternative art space Project 304 with Montien Boonma, Kamol Phaosavasdi, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which operated between 1996 and 2003. In addition to her role at the Jim Thompson Art Center, she is a Guest Curator at the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai. She also co-founded the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which ran from 1997 to 2007.
Gridthiya’s curatorial work addresses issues of social transformation experienced by artists in Thailand and beyond since the Cold War.
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- For more information on Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations, visit performfellowship.org.
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About Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations
Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA) returns for its third and last iteration in February 2025. It is a live gathering of eminent thought leaders in the arts in-conversation on trends, negotiations and directions in their respective fields, indigenous artists from Nepal in public engagement through gatherings, dialogue and workshops, and in-studio engagement and ideation of dance in exhibition settings
With a 22-day programming, this year's POA expands its range beyond previous iterations with The Mentor Series, Opening Studio, and Closing Studio.