Traditions and Trends

Gridthiya Gaweewong, Iwan Wijono, Ly Daravuth, Thanavi Chotpradit (Pong) as facilitator

Daravuth scrutinised the statement that claimed performance art as associated with radicality, a breakaway from, it disturbs, can be subversive, open new territories and destroys old forms. If it is different from traditions, what is the relationship with traditions? He proposed the idea of radicality vs continuity. Traditions maintain a set of references and can still be contextualized. Traditions can be seen as a pretext for performance art to be executed. In the transportability of time, traditions can be a resource. Performance art is hard to reproduce, unlike traditions, which go through the ritual of reproduction.
Iwan went on to reiterate that performance art is not from academia. The repetition of old traditions to contemporary art. It is an old language in new context and new form.
Gaweewong began with saying that traditions can be seen as enemies or friends. Daravuth highlighted that traditions are not necessary old rituals. Going to the airport itself is a ritual in contemporary times. To him, living is organic, we have an organic component of where we live. Contemporary art, a breaking away from the burden of history(Karl Marx), with a vengeance historically. Gaweewong: Traditions are marketing strategies that are knitted with politics. It is necessary to know where we come from as we are posed with a threat of identity in the face of globalization. , When precious properties of performance art are unleashed, traditions are very often abused, and abased, when they are borrowed and invented.