Asian Intercultural Conference (AIC) Returns This November

The Asian Intercultural Conference (AIC) returns to Singapore in November 2026 – bringing together artists, academics, and cultural policy shapers around the theme Staging the Unseen: Bodies, Power, and Belonging.

Through the lens of intercultural and interdisciplinary practices, AIC investigates the performing body: shaped by multiplicity, plurality, fluid identities, and continuous negotiations across cultures, orientations, and histories.

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Also introducing AIC pre-conference workshops - previously only accessible to ITI students & alumni, and now open to the public. Learn Michael Chekhov Technique, Somatic Movement & Shadow Work, and Wayang Wong from practitioners visiting from Germany and Indonesia.

About the theme:

Staging the Unseen: Bodies, Power, and Belonging explores the body as a site of diversity, contestation, and storytelling — how it is shaped by history, tradition, training, gender, life experience, and other sociopolitical forces. It challenges the politics of representation, asking: Whose stories do we have the right to tell? What does it mean to perform from the margins?

Through the lens of intercultural and interdisciplinary practices, AIC investigates the “performing body” — shaped by multiplicity, plurality, fluid identities, and continuous negotiations across cultures, orientations, and histories.

Featured Speakers & Presenters:

This year's critical dialogues, keynote lectures, live work demonstrations, and workshops will be led by a distinguished lineup of local and international visionaries: Prof Chen Kuan-Hsing, Nabilah Said, Dr Cheng Nien Yuan, Assoc Prof Maiya Murphy, Ming Poon, Ulrich Meyer-Horsch, Pujiyani, and P7:1SMA.

Event Details at a Glance:

Format: Pre-Conference Workshops (18–26 Nov) + 3 Evening Sessions (25–27 Nov) + 1 Full-Day Finale (28 Nov)
Location: ITI Studios (Workshops), Esplanade Annexe Studio (Conference)

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com