Research-Based Art Practices in Southeast Asia

Caroline Ha Thuc is a part-time Lecturer at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, as well as an independent art writer, researcher and curator. She holds a Ph.D. from the School of Creative Media at City University,Hong Kong, and is currently also a part-time researcher at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China. Specializing in Asian contemporary art, Ha Thuc contributes regularly to different academic journals and magazines, focusing on the artistic production of knowledge. She has published books about the Hong Kong art scene as well as Japanese and Chinese contemporary art.

1. Introduction.- 2. Research-based art practices: Context and framework.- 3. Birth of a new art language.- 4. The artist-researcher.- 5. The artist producer of knowledge: cultural activism in Tiffany Chung's The Vietnam Exodus Project (2009- ).- 6. Reactivating mythologies in Wah Nu and Tun Win Aung's The Name series (2008- ).- 7. Beyond the artist's discourse: implicit and sensuous knowledge in Khvay Samnang's Preah Kunlong (2017).- 8. Emancipatory modes of knowledge production in Ho Tzu Nyen's The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia (2003/2012- ongoing).- 9. Conclusion.