2016 – Present
performingborders
Curatorial research-platform that explores the relations between Live Art and notions and lived experiences of cultural, juridical, racial, gendered, class, physical, economic, and everyday borders.
Visit the link below to explore performingborders’ commissions, interviews, residencies, writings, pbChannel, and public events: performingborders.live
Founder: Alessandra Cianetti
Image credits: Haumapuhia Rising, Lynn Lu, 2018. Photo by Amelia Jones
2020 – March/November
performingbordersLIVE20
A public programme of open calls, artist digital commissions, residencies, workshops, open conversations, and events, focusing on the exploration of experimental and exciting artistic practices happening within the Uk and international Live Art sector around notions and lived experiences of borders.
Curators: Alessandra Cianetti and Xavier De Souda
Artists and Participants: Adelaide Bannerman, Anike Bello, Ashokkumar Mistry, Burong (曾不容), Bojana Janković, Camille Barton, Carolyn Defrin, Critical Interruptions, Chandra Frank, Caitlin and Andrew Webb-Ellis, Diana Damian Martin, Daniella Valz Gen, Elena Marchevska, Harriet Hawkins, Istanbul Queer Art Collective, Jade Foster, June Lam, Jade Montserrat, Dr Kai Syng Tan, Lasse Lau, Mohamad Ali “Dali” Agrebi, Pankaj Tiwari, Sebastian Aguirre, Syowia Kyambi, Tania El Khoury, The White Pube, Whiskey Chow.
Partners: Counterpoints Arts (London), Live Art Development Agency (London), Contact (Manchester), East Street Arts (Leeds), MAFWA Theatre (Leeds), The Albany/Deptford Lounge (London), Something Human/Asia-Art-Activism (London), Never Done (London), Ọ̀RỌ̀ ÀNÍKÉ (London), Queer Art Projects (London), East London Cable (London), Green Rooms Hotel (London), HowlRound Theatre Commons (Boston, US), Warehouse9 (Copenhagen, Denmark). Founded by the Arts Council England.
More info about the programme: here
Image credits: Mida Design
2019 – 27 September
Performing Religions: Translation, Live Art and Exploration of the Self (Alessandra Cianetti, Dr. Hephzibah Israel, and artist Sara Zaltash)
The Long Table: An Open Discussion on Translating Identities (Alessandra Cianetti, Lucy Garnier, Dr. Kombola Ramadhani Mussa, Dr. Piotr Wegorowski)
Translation! Festival 2019 – Languages in Motion, University of Exeter, UK
Curators: Performing Religions: Alessandra Cianetti and Dr. Hephzibah Israel / The Long Table: Alessandra Cianetti, Lucy Garnier, Dr. Kombola Ramadhani Mussa, Dr. Piotr Wegorowski.
Partners: University of Exeter. Performing Religions is supported by The University of Edinburgh
Image credits: Translation! Festival 2019
2019 – Feb/July
performingborders| LIVE 2019, various locations UK and US/Mexico
A programme of public conversations, artist commissions, and workshops bringing outside of the online realm urgent and experimental Live Art practices around notions and lived experiences of cultural, juridical, racial, gendered, class, physical, and everyday borders.
Curators and Producers: Alessandra Cianetti and Xavier de Sousa
Participant Artists & Guest Curators: Anti-Cool, Camille Barton, Burong, Season Butler, Critical Interruptions, Tuna Erdem, Tara Fatehi Irani, Istanbul Queer Arts Collective, Bojana Janković, Dr. Anna Marazuela Kim, Annie Jael Kwan, Marikiscrycrycry, Dana Olărescu, osborn&møller, Raju Rage, Nima Séne, Sim Chi Yin, Kai Syng Tan, Helena Walsh.
Partners: Live Art Development Agency (London, UK), Contact Theatre (Manchester, UK), Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton, UK), Artsadmin (London, UK), Deptford Lounge (London, UK), Beyond the Wall/Más Allá del Mur Festival(Nogales, US/Mexico), and the Centre for The Study of Sexual Dissidence(University of Sussex, UK). Funded by the Arts Council England.
More info about the programme: here
Image credits: Studio Maba
2019 – 18/19 June
Crave Festival, London, UK
Public programme of performances, installations, and workshops organized by students on the BA Performance Arts at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Curators and Producers: students on the BA Performance Arts at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (The Longing Collective) with the support of Hannah Maxwell
Course lecturer: Dr. Diana Damian Martin
Visiting Lecturer: Alessandra Cianetti
Partners: Camden People Theatre. Supported by The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Image credits: The Longing Collective
2019 – 20/24 May
Too much/not enough: neurodiversity and cultural production (screening & workshop)
Run & Run, Let Out An Earth Shattering Roar, and Turn Into a Giant Octopussy, Kai Syng Tan (2018) #magiccarpet (exhibition)
Birkbeck Art Week, London, UK
Public programme of exhibition, screening, and workshop on art and neurodiversity
Curators and Producers: Kai Sing Tan, Sophie Jones, Alessandra Cianetti
Partners: Birkbeck University of London. Funded by the Birkbeck Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund. #MagicCarpet was a 2017 Unlimited commission funded by Arts Council England, with additional support by King’s College London.
Image credits: Brisk Risks, Kai Syng Tan, 2019, image by Studio MaBa
2018 – June/November
TO YOU TO YOU TO YOU. Love Letters to a (Post)Europe, various locations, UK
Public programme of performance and provocation
Curator: Lisa Alexander
Events Production: Lisa Alexander and Alessandra Cianetti
Partners: Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin, The Arts Centre – Edge Hill University, The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home, ]performance s p a c e [. Funded by the Arts Council England
Image credits: Yoko Tawada at Love Letters to a (Post-) Europe, 2015. Image: Efytchia Vlachou
2018 – June
#MAGICCARPET at the Arts in Mind Festival, London, UK
Exhibition, public event and workshop
Artist: Kai Syng Tan
Creative Producer: Alessandra Cianetti
Partners: South London Gallery and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
Image credits: Detail of I Run and Run, Let Out An Earth Shattering Roar, and Turn Into a Giant Octopussy (Kai Syng Tan 2018) being weaved. Image by Flanders Tapestry
2018 – June
BADGE-WEARING MIND WANDERER IN ACTION (M.I.A) Exhibition, London, UK
Exhibition and screening as part of “Are we Living in an Age of Distraction?” Conference organised by Birkbeck Institute of Humanities, Birkbeck Institute for Social Research and Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality
Artist: Kai Syng Tan
Curator: Alessandra Cianetti
Partners: Birkbeck University
Image credits: Alessandra Cianetti
2018 – April
Art, ADHD, Neurodiversity & Giant Octopussies: #MagicCarpet Launch, London, UK
Tapestry work launch event and public conversation
Artist: Kai Syng Tan
Creative Producer: Alessandra Cianetti
Partner: Art Workers’ Guild
Image credits: Marco Berardi
2017/2018 – July/ December
We sat on a mat and had a chat and made maps! #MagicCarpet Project
1.5 year practice-led research project on art and psychiatry (mind wandering, ADHD)
Artist: Kai Syng Tan
Creative Producer: Alessandra Cianetti
Public events programme: here
Partners & funders: King’s College London – Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Headway East London, UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN), Unlimited, King’s Artist-in-Residence
Image credits: I Run and Run, Let Out an Earth Shattering Roar, and Turn into a Giant Octopussy, Kai Syng Tan, tapestry installation, 2018
2017 – November
M.A.P (Movement x Archive x Performance) – MAP 3: ARCHIVING ‘ASIA’, London, UK
Two-day launch event
Artists & Participants: Dr Eva Bentcheva (Batubalani), DARC (Tara Fatehi Irani, Manuel Vason, Jemima Yong), Dr Dominic Johnson (Queen Mary University, London), Melanie Keen (Iniva), Lois Keidan (LADA), Dr Ray Langenbach (University of the Arts, Helsinki), Hammad Nasar, Raju Rage, Erika Tan (with Whiskey Chow, Jess Heritage and Michael Taiwo), Sung Tieu, Loo Zihan
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partner: Live Art Development Agency. Funded by the Arts Council England and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: Production photo from ‘I am LGB’ (2016), The LGB Society of Mind. Singapore International Festival of Arts 2016. Photo by Wan Zhong Hao
2017 – October
#MagicCarpet Open Studio, London, UK
Open studio public event and talks
Artist: Kai Syng Tan
Creative Producer: Alessandra Cianetti
Partner: Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London – Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
Image credits: Enamul Hoque
2017 – October
M.A.P (Movement x Archive x Performance) – MAP 2: COMMUNITIES, London, UK
Artist Residency and public programme of workshop, performances and screening programme
Artist: Sung Tieu
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan). The screening programme was co- curated by Sung Tieu, Linh Do, Tram Nguyen, and Something Human.
Partners: Deptford Lounge. Funded by the Arts Council England and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: TROI OI (Sung Tieu & Nhu Duong), 2014; photo by Ilya Lipkin
2017 – October
History Lessons, London, UK
Live Art Programme
Artists: Libita Clayton and Larry Achiampong.
Curators: Annie Jael Kwan and Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners and funders: South London Gallery and Iniva
Image credits: Larry Achiampong, ‘Ph03nix Rising: The Mogya Project’ Live Performance (2016-2017). Image courtesy of the artist (cropped)
2017 – June
M.A.P (Movement x Archive x Performance) – MAP 1: WATERWAYS, Venice, Italy
Live Art public event
Artists: Libita Clayton, Lynn Lu, Paul Maheke, Boedi Widjaja
Curators: Annie Jael Kwan and Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Diaspora Pavilion, Internationa Curators Forum, UAL – University of the Arts London. Funded by the Arts Council England and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: ( in and between place and home ) 2017, Libita Clayton, for MAP1: Waterways curated by Something Human. Image by Seet Yun Teng
2016 – November
CCLAP (Cross Cultural Live Art Project) 2016, Nottingham, UK
Live Art public programme and open conversation
Artists: Lynn Lu, Tuan Mami, Marija Milosevska, Rachel Parry, Orinta Pranaityte, Raju Rage, Melissa Thomas, Sarah Todino, whatsthebigmistry, Boedi Widjaja, Rachael Young
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan) and Little Wolf Parade
Partners: Nottingham Trent University, Bonigthin Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary. Funded by the Arts Council England and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: Michele D’Agnano
2016 – October/November
Krisis, Nottingham, UK
Exhibition and public programme of conference, screenings, workshops and performances + MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Artists: Sama Alshaibi, Nicola Anthony, John Clang, Dictaphone Group, Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, Núria Güell and Levi Orta, Soni Kum, Lynn Lu, Marija Milosevska, Rachel Parry, Post-Museum, Raju Rage, Aida Silvestri, Srey Bandaul, Tuan Mami, Boedi Widjaja / MOVE W I T H (OUT) Artists: Zsuzsa Bakonyi, Sarah Choo Jing, Mauro De Giorgi, Adolfina De Stefani, Nina Feldman, Valerie Grove, Howard Hardiman, Gloria Houng, The Huddle, Andrea Inocencio, Lucia Lopez, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Bill Psarras, Ana Rodic, Carlo Michele Schirinzi, Shakinart, Samin Son, The Light Surgeons, Ines Von Bonhurst, Jason Wee
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Nottingham Trent University, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary. Funded by the Arts Council England and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: Sama Alshaibi, Al-Tariqah (The path), 2014. Sama Alshaibi, Ma Lam Tabki, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Ayyam Gallery
2016 – September
Scarred, Shifting and Sacred Places, London, UK
Live Art programme
Artists: Oreet Ashery, Raju Rage, Helena Walsh, Eca Eps
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Autograph ABP
Image Credits: © Oreet Ashery, Hairoism, 2011, performance still, courtesy of the artist
2015 – September
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #9 LISBON – Super-Artista Incógnita, Portugal
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artist: Andrea Inocêncio (Live music by João Camões).
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Magma Collective, Roundabout LX, and Largo Recidencias
Image credits: Andrea Inocêncio, 2015
2015 – September
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #8 SKOPJE – I’m… Skopje, Macedonia
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artist: Marija Miloshevska
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Dominium Cultural Hub Skopje. Funded by the European Cultural Foundation and the City of Skopje.
Image credits: Marija Miloshevska, 2015
2015 – August
From East to the Barbican, London, UK
Public programme of outdoor and indoor performances
Artists: Marta Angelozzi, Richard DeDomenici, Lynn Lu, Edgar Oliveira, Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A., Teow Yue Han + RAW Moves + London Contemporary Dance School, Tor Collective (Alexandra Baybutt, Yuri Pirondi, Ines Von Bonhorst) + Bitch “n” Monk, Boedi Widjaja, Yoko Ishiguro (+ Nathalie Czarnecki, Anna Pickles Harvey, Elenor Hellis, Hannah Millest)
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Fish Island Labs and Barbican Centre
Image credits: Jonny Bursnell
2015 – October
CCLAP (Cross-Cultural Live Art Project) 2015 – Couldn’t Care Less, London, UK
Public programme of artist residencies, performances, workshops, and talks
Artists & Speakers: Linda Aloysius, Esther Carolin, Catherine Hall, Anna Macdonald, Hamish MacPherson, Lynn Lu, Martin O’Brien, Prof. Carmine Pariante, ]performance s p a c e [ directors (Bean & Benjamin Sebastian), Ezzam Raham, Deba Salim, Sikarnt Skoolisariyaporn, Georgina Theodotou, Eleanor Turnbull, Christina Vasileiou
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: Deptford Lounge
Image credits: Lynn Lu, Photo by Vestal McIntyre
2014 – November
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #7 BUDAPEST – 4/6, Hungary
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artist: Zsuzsa Bakonyi
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: FFS, Studio of Young Photographers Hungary
Image credits: Zsuzsa Bakonyi, 2014
2014 – November
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #6 SINGAPORE – Citizen Of, Singapore
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artist: Malvina Tan
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: The Arts House, Sculpture Square and Aliwal Arts Centre, in conjunction with Art Week 2014. Founded by the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: Annie Jael Kwan
2014 – October
CCLAP (Cross-Cultural Live Art Project) 2014, London, UK
Public programme of performances, screening programme, and talks
Artists & Speakers: Kelvin Atmadibrata, Jonathan Coleman, Hunt & Darton, I’m With You, Grace Leong, The Live Art Development Agency, Lorena Lo Peña, Hanqing Miao, Kate O’Hara, Open Dialogues, Mary Paterson, Raju Rage, Nguyễn Thanh Thuy, Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A., Kai Syng Tan, Dr Tan Shzr Ee, Teow Yue Han and Urich Lau, Helena Walsh
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: The Proud Archivist. Founded by the National Arts Council Singapore.
Image credits: Lorena Lo Peña
2013/2014 – November/October
D.E.A.R. Digital Engagement Artist Residency
Online Artist Residencies
Artists: Miao Hanqing, Ksenija Pantelić, Ana Rodić, Calvin Tan
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Image credits: Ana Rodić
2013 – December
IF ON A WINTER’S DAY, London, UK
Live Art public programme
Artists: Donna Combe, Megan Miao, Sally Labern, Lorena Lo Peña, Suwanna Promtangtrakul, Jennifer Williams
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti, Annie Jael Kwan and Anna Viani)
Partners: Deptford Society and Deptford Lounge
Image credits: Something Human
2013 – November
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #5 BELGRADE – CITY nomad WI FI open AURA Foursquare on me, Serbia
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artist: Ana Rodić
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti & Annie Jael Kwan)
Partners: REMONT Independent Artistic Association, Tatjana Kuburović, GAMA Electronics
Image credits: Annie Jael Kwan
2013 – November
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #4 VENICE – Play In Two Acts – The Justice, Italy
Live Art public programme and MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Live artists: Adolfina De Stefani, SHAKINART
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti, Annie Jael Kwan & Anna Viani)
Partners: 3D Gallery and Officina delle Zattere
Image credits: Adolfina De Stefani
2013 – November
The Terminal, London, UK
Public programme of performances, screenings and talks
Artists & Speakers: Lucie Beauvert, Natasha Davis, Dr Ger Duijzings, Lorenzo Fonda, Manik Govinda, Paul Hurley, Lois Keidan, Magma Collective, Dr Federica Mazzara, Lorena Lo Peña, Milan Loviska, Bill Psarras, Beth Savage, Dorcas Su-Jin Ng, Dr Sophie Nield, Martin O’Brien, Carlo Michele Schirinzi, Eva Tang, Mark Traynor, Urbs Reading Group, Helena Walsh, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Dr Tim White, Wildland Urban Interface Collective, Jennifer Williams, Sara Zaltash, Marilena Zaroulia & Philip Hager
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti, Annie Jael Kwan and Anna Viani)
Partners: PUSH, Platform 65, 47/49, Creative Synergy
Image credits: Something Human
2013 – July
MOVE W I T H (OUT) #3 ROME, Italy
MOVE W I TH (OUT) travelling exhibition
Artists: Nicola Anthony, Sarah Choo Jing, Caroline Christie and Bobby Lloyd, Lucia Lopez, John Clang, Mauro De Giorgi, Yingmei Duan, Nina Feldman, Valerie Grove, Gourmandizing London, Amanda Gutierrez, Howard Hardiman, Gloria Houng, The Huddle, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Helen Omand, Penzo + Fiore, Bill Psarras, Samin Son, The Light Surgeons, Clemens Von Wedemeyer, Jason Wee
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti, Annie Jael Kwan, and Anna Viani)
Partners: Galleria D’Arte Vista
Image credits: Annie Jael Kwan
2013 – May/August
FRESHLY PACKED / ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL, London, UK
Live Art public programme
Artists: Lorena Lo Peña, Malvina Tan
Curator: Something Human (Alessandra Cianetti, Annie Jael Kwan, and Anna Viani)
Partners: Deptford Lounge
Image credits: Something Human