Mekong Cultural Hub

Curated Conferences 2025

The Curated Conference program is part of the Meeting Point on Art & Social Action in Asia. The next Meeting Point will take place in October 2025, with an in-person gathering in Vientiane from October 16-18. The aim of this program is to create space for diverse practitioners working in or closely with art and culture to discuss and explore topics that concern them, and to be able to share the outcomes of their discussions with a wider public audience.

There are two topics for this year’s conference program, The Citizens of In-Betweens, curated by Andrei Venal, DAKILA (Philippines) and Economic Empowerment through Creative Work, curated by Sasiwimon Wongjarin (Aom), Studio 88 (Thailand). Each group will includes 4-5 Fellows, who expressed interest in exploring these themes. From February until July 2025, the Fellows meet online approximately once per month for a series of conversations facilitated by their Curator, starting from the prompt statement shared in the program overview, and evolving with the inputs of the group. During August and September 2025, the Fellows and their Curator will focus on preparing the content and format for the public sharing sessions they will host during the Meeting Point on Art & Social Action in October 2025.

You can find out more about the two topics and the Fellows taking part following the links below.

Curated Topics

Activities

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

This program is made possible thanks to support of organisations and individuals including: