Mixmag Asia: Pavilion East
Mixmag Asia: Pavilion East
Asia has gone from an emerging market to an exporter of sound, visual culture and subculture.
Pavilion East brings some of the scenes driving that shift to Amsterdam for one day and night at Wanakam: talks, film, networking, fashion and DJ sets from the collectives, artists and builders shaping Asia’s underground from the ground up.
Community and Cultural Dialogues
Four sessions on how Asia’s scenes are built and sustained:
David Zhou (Eastern Margins) on the realities of platforming East and Southeast Asian subcultural music in Europe.
10 Years of Seoul Community Radio with co-founder Richard Price, on building a grassroots alternative to K-pop as Korean culture went global.
EMC presents Build to Last: The Sustainability of Diaspora Collectives, on resourcing, succession and burnout in diaspora collectives. Moderated by Shivani Sharma, with Jun Kim, Nazlican Eren, Rahul Murdeshwar and Elaine Zhao.
Gibs (Dunia) and Ecilo on moving past Asia as a winter tour stop, covering booking imbalances, agency dynamics and building long-term two-way exchange.
Screenings
Nowness Asia Day Films: heritage, music and belonging across Asia and its diasporas, from Australia’s first K-rap crew to Hong Kong’s Fire Dragon Dance and Indonesia’s noise scene.
Kaboom x SOOOP Animation: music, performance and queer stories from Shishi Yamazaki, Wong Ping, Junjie Dinggo Xu and Jiwoo Kim, followed by a Q&A with Immature director Eddy Wu.
Nowness Asia Night Films: experimental shorts from music and genderqueer subcultures, including Southeast Asian rave collective Bussy Temple.
Drinks, merch and music
Welcome chai from midday, The Golden Road (Wanakam’s bespoke Asia inspired cocktail of espresso, cardamom, yuzu and elderflower), and limited-edition t-shirts made with Amsterdam-based Pakistani label Maqsad.
DJ sets from the speakers and friends of Mixmag Asia, including Ling:Chi and Dunia, close out the night.
Presented by Mixmag Asia with Clockenflap, Nowness Asia, SOOOP, Kaboom Animation Festival and EMC.
Full Programme
12PM–1PM : Welcome Chai
1PM–2PM : David Zhou and Eastern Margins
2PM–3PM : 10 Years of Seoul Community Radio
3PM–4PM : Nowness Asia: Day Films
4PM–5PM : Kaboom Animation Festival x SOOOP: Animation Films
5PM–7PM : Mixmag Asia x EMC: The Gathering ADE Mixer
7PM–8PM : EMC presents: Build to Last: Sustainability of Diaspora Collectives
8PM–9PM : Nowness Asia: Night Films
9PM–10PM : Cross-Hemisphere Circuits with Gibs and Ecilo
10PM–Close : DJ sets
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