A sustained, mobile ecosystem
A Transnational Platform for Asian Artistic Future
A transnational platform that incubates, empowers, and amplifies the most compelling contemporary Asian artistic voices. It is not a one-off showcase or seasonal spotlight, but a catalyst, and a strategic cultural bridge—that challenges regional silos and asserts Asia’s creative force on the global stage.
Our Mission
- To gather and incubate ideas across disciplines, regions, and generations.
- To host and participate in global conversations, inserting Asian thought into artistic and cultural discourse.
- To ambush and rewire the international stage, not as guests, but as co-authors of the future.
- To build lasting bridges between Asia and the world—through mobility, collaboration, and solidarity.
Four Pillars of Asia Base
1. The Base – The Artists Themselves
- The “base” is not a place—it is a community.
- Anchored in shared values: experimentation, urgency, and collective care.
- Digital and physical tools to enable mobility, access, and co-creation.
2. The Outpost – Global Interventions
- Curated Asia Base programs embedded in festivals and institutions around the world.
- Agile, precise interventions that shift expectations and generate new dialogues.
- Pop-ups, collaborations, site-responsive works.
3. The Forum – Discourse, Research, Dialogue
- Roaming seminars, artist roundtables, and public conversations.
- Publications, archives, and critical writing platforms amplifying Asian perspectives.
- Cross-sector dialogues between artists, academics, and cultural producers.
4. The Catalyst – Incubation and Collaboration
- Thematic artist labs in different regions of Asia and abroad.
- Long-term support for projects that challenge form, structure, and discipline.
- Co-commissions and experimental residencies shaped by artists’ needs.
How we work
- Decentralized leadership across Asia with curators, artists, and thinkers.
- Project-based collaborations that meet local contexts with global reach.
- Non-fixed infrastructure, embracing mobility, flexibility, and network thinking.
- Ethical partnerships and a funding model built on shared values.
Lone Term Vision
- Asia Base becomes a presence more than a place—a name that signals rigor, invention, and connection.
- Artists across Asia gain the tools and platform to shape
- international conversations.
- Global institutions shift from inviting Asian work to building with Asian voices from the start.