Fringe Exchange: Connect with Festivals (Cancelled)

23/1 | Sun | 17:00-20:00
Sky 21     Sky 21     Free

The Fringe Festival continues to connect with festival curators from different cities to enhance performance opportunities outside of Macao for local art groups. Invited guests will share their curatorial experiences and introduce selection requirements of their festivals. Artists, producers, or those interested in art administration or festival curatorship, are cordially invited to participate in the sharing session. A cocktail party will be held during the second half of the event.

 

Target Participants: For ages 6 and up
No. of Participants: 15
Registration on a first-come, first-served basis
Language: Cantonese and Mandarin

 

Remarks:
This sharing session will also be livestreamed. Please see Fringe's website and Facebook page for details

 

Guests

Charlie Chen
Marketing & Promotions Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Xintiandi and Wuhan Tiandi, Chen is in the person in charge of the Xintiandi Festival. He is also the first person in China to integrate immersive theatrical performance into neighbourhoods and commercial spaces. With extensive experiences in commercial asset management, Chen is mainly responsible for the branding of Xintiandi flagship projects. With him at the helm, the Xintiandi Festival earned the 2017 ICSC Asia Pacific Shopping Center Award. He also directs several events that blend cutting-edge trends with Shanghai's cultural heritage, including the Xintiandi Design Festival, Shanghai Fashion Week, and World Music Asia.

 

Moreen Fan
Fan is Deputy General Manager of Sinan Mansions Shanghai, also the person in charge of the StArt Festival. The festival is in its fifth edition, each year inviting more than one hundred artists to give performances. As a cultural landmark of Shanghai, Sinan Mansions organises all types of cultural and artistic events, presenting each year in their neighbourhood nearly 600 Sinan-branded events, including Sinan Book Club, Sinan Art Salon, DocuSinan, Sound of da Corner, Sinan Open Air Museum, StArt Festival, Sinan Ye, Modern Sinan, and Sinan Time Zone Gallery, in a panoply of events that enrich citizens' cultural and artistic life.

 

Wu Yueqin
Head of Public Projects Department of OCAT Shenzhen, Wu is responsible for brand implementation for OCAT Shenzhen annual projects, such as OCAT Performs, OCAT Screens and special events. She has been striking to promote, explore and implement contemporary performance arts and participatory arts. Wu has also participated in the curation of 2021 OCAT performance Digital Bridge - Reconnect and OCAT special public events including What's Started, What's Ending, and, Shenzhen Memory: Transcendence.