During the period between the year of 1999 to 2012, Melati Suryodarmo travelled to various performance art festivals and events run by independent artists or organizations, such as in Odense, Weimar, Cologne, Lublin, Kirschau, Bergen, Szezin, Prague, Mexico City, Boston, Toronto, Sydney, Bangkok, Hongkong, Mandalay, Cardiff, and many other places but not least, Singapore. She often packed all the objects, materials, and costumes she used for her performances within one baggage. 

Unpacked will present a series of performance lectures by Melati Suryodarmo in which she will revisit and reperform her short durational pieces such as “Love me tender“, “Tarung”, “the Seed”, “Eulogy”, “The dog barked at the back yard, while the eagle flew after the dark. And I....”, “Feathers Fell from Silence” and others.


Credits: Image courtesy of Melati Suryodarmo and ShanghART Gallery.

Artists: Melati Suryodarmo