::: 2026 ADAM Artist Lab in Taipei & Manila, Applying Now until 2 March!
Co-curated and facilitated by artists Ness Roque (The Philippines) and Ming-Chen Lee (Taiwan), the 2026 ADAM Artist Lab will take place in Manila and Taipei.
Entitled “Laundry Days”, the program invites artists to reimagine ways of connecting with things, people, and social landscapes in the context of arts not merely as the creation of something new, but also as sorting, inspecting, soaking, washing, removing dirt, drying, hanging, and folding. Perhaps one brings their laundry to a river where people gather, or to a self-service laundry to watch clothes spin and observe other baskets.
This Lab proposes how collective process could transform temporary residency and gathering, and what “laundry” as an attitude or methodology would feel like. The lab is an invitation for artists to be fully present with one another––seeing, listening, feeling, and doing laundry together–– while they get to know Manila, Taipei, and beyond.
The project will be divided into two phases in Manila (in August) and in Taipei (in October). Selected artists must participate in both phases as a whole project. A small public sharing event will be held at the end of the Manila residency; the artists will then continue the exploration and findings in Taipei. At the end of Taipei residency, a final public sharing will be presented as part of the ADAM Gathering.
A small public sharing event will be held at the end of the Manila residency; the artists will then continue the exploration and findings in Taipei. At the end of Taipei residency, a final public sharing will be presented as part of the ADAM Gathering. Selected artists must participate in both phases as a whole project.
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Submission Deadline: 2 March 2026 (Mon.), at 23:59 GMT+8 (Taipei time)
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Program Period:
Phase 1 in Manila: 18 August 2026 (Tue.) - 29 August (Sat.)
Phase 2 in Taipei: 5 October 2026 (Mon.) - 18 October 2026 (Sun.)
Ness Roque
Ness Roque (b. 1991, Angeles City, PH) is an actor, dramaturg, and educator working across theater, film, and advocacy-based projects.
Her dramaturgical work includes Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and Kyoto-based theater company BRDG's collaboration, "Sari-Sali: Portal Cafe" (Manila, 2024). She also played the lead in Alfian Sa'at's "The Optic Trilogy: A Play Reading" (Bangkok International Performing Arts Market 2019) and co-directed "unversed smash" with choreographer and visual artist Osamu Shikichi (Tokyo Festival 2021).
Ness is a member of Salikhain Kolektib, an interdisciplinary collective integrating art, research, and community engagement. In 2022, the collective participated in documenta fifteen (Kassel) as part of Gudskul Collective Studies.
Lee Ming-Chen
Working in theater production, performance, graphic art.
Since 2009, he has created and published performances under the name of 風格涉/ 社 (FONG KO SHE). At the same time, he has been invited to cooperate, co-create, and consult as a personal director. The fields of his cooperation work are diversified, including contemporary theater, performing arts, visual arts, sound and audiovisual arts,etc. His works focus on the cognitive texts and magical performances/narratives of the experience scene, as well as their relationship with people and the interaction of the performance. He actively tries creative approaches in various fields mostly through collective improvisation. He draws materials from life situations and daily life, focusing on the ambiguity and its synesthesia, and using theater art as a medium and creative method. Recently he has more performing arts regarding language produced by art and contemporary techniques, as well as the contemporary Taiwanese identity perception and mixed culture/reality.
About ADAM
Taipei Performing Arts Center’s critical project, ADAM (Asia Discovers Asia Meeting for Contemporary Performance), has been a creative hub and supporting system for artists from various disciplines and the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to meet and collaborate. Since 2017, ADAM has hosted and presented 85 artists across 27 countries.
The ADAM Artist Lab, led and curated by artists for artists, is a residency program for collective research and development, allowing artists to invent new ideas and future collaborations. At the end of the residency, participating artists will present a series of public sharing events featuring their findings, as part of the ADAM Gathering. Through public sharing, artists are invited to perform their creative processes, research methods, knowledge, and collaborative development for international and local professionals and audiences to learn from.
