NEWS
Statement regarding Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art
Statement regarding Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art Chinese Arts Now (CAN) stands in solidarity with artists Eelyn Lee, Enoch Cheng, Erika Tan, Gayle Chong Kwan, Jack Tan, Whiskey Chow and Yuen Ling Fong who made a statement last week about their experiences as...
NEW OPPORTUNITY: CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chinese Arts Now is looking for a new Chair to oversee its Board of Trustees. Founded in 2005, CAN produces and presents contemporary Chinese performing arts including music, theatre, live art, digital arts and dance. CAN receives regular funding from Arts Council...
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – LING TAN’S CLIMATE EXPLORATION COOKBOOK
Climate Exploration Cookbook: Workshop Registration 氣候探索食譜: 工作坊參與者招募 Food and climate change are inextricably linked. From food miles to farming methods, food poverty to crop failures to demand for out of season ingredients– what we decide to cook can really make a...
QUEERING NOW PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
Queering Now 酷兒鬧 2021: DREAMALITY Online from Saturday 29 May to Saturday 12 June 2021 ‘Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?’ Following on from CAN Festival 2021, Queering Now is an artist-led magical queer-topia of screenings, talks and new performance...
CAN Festival 2021 Final Week Line-Up
It's the final week of CAN Festival 2021 and after ten weeks of non-stop inspirational work from over 60 BESEA artists, all good things must end. BUT it's not over 'til it's over and there are still some great events left to enjoy! → *CATCH THE LAST FEW PERFORMANCES...
WHAT TO SEE & DO at the CAN FESTIVAL this WEEK
BOOK A TICKET FOR ‘Every dollar is a soldier/with money you’re a dragon’: Our virtual promenade performance take place inside the CAN X TWO TEMPLE PLACE virtual art gallery. Mixing gaming and 3D technology with performance, this experimental production combines...
WHAT TO SEE & DO at the CAN FESTIVAL this WEEK
Book for the extraordinary performances of 'Every dollar is a soldier/with money you're a dragon' by Daniel York Loh, An-Ting Chang and Christine Ting–Huan 挺欢 Urquhart Join us for a unique 'live' theatrical promenade performance inside the CAN X TWO TEMPLE PLACE...
WHAT TO SEE & DO at the FESTIVAL this WEEK!
WHAT TO SEE & DO at the FESTIVAL this WEEK Book for extraordinary 'live' performances in our virtual art gallery.. Encounter William Waldorf Astor’s amazing neo-Gothic mansion, Two Temple Place by taking a trip to our Virtual Gallery and booking for the limited...
Welcome to the 2021 Festival!
CAN Festival 2021 is Chinese Arts Now’s annual festival of work by British East and South East Asian artists, running from 15 February to 30 April. Ten weeks of exhibitions, music, screenings, performance, art, dance, comedy , talks and workshops will be presented...
The extraordinary lives of Chang and Eng Bunker by Tobi Poster-Su
The Original Siamese Twins by Tobi Poster-Su Chang and Eng (曾 and 因) were born in 1811 in Siam (now Thailand) to a Ti-eye, a Chinese fisherman, and Nok, a Siamese-Chinese duck farmer. They were conjoined at the sternum by a band of flesh and cartilage; their livers...
