Stateless Mind Festivals (2019–2023)
This archive traces a series of gatherings that unfolded primarily in Copenhagen, with a satellite activation in Venice in 2022.
The festivals brought together artists across geographies and diasporic contexts, forming temporary communities through performance, moving image, and shared encounters.
They were not fixed events, but evolving situations—shaped by place, presence, and the conditions of exchange.
What remains is not only documentation, but a network of relationships that continues to resonate.
Past Festivals + Origin
Stateless Mind Festivals began as part of Jambatan, a platform grounded in connection across cultures, geographies, and lived experiences.
The name Jambatan—meaning “bridge” in Malay—reflects this approach.
From this foundation, the festivals emerged as spaces for exchange between artists, curators, and communities, particularly across Malaysia and Denmark.
A Festival Reborn
After earlier cross-cultural initiatives, Jambatan reactivated its direction in 2019 with the first Stateless Mind Festival.
Between 2019 and 2023, the festivals unfolded primarily in Copenhagen and Venice, taking shape through exhibitions, performances, conversations, and informal gatherings.
Rather than presenting fixed programs, each iteration responded to its environment — shaped by the people present and the conditions of encounter.
Copenhagen
In Copenhagen, the festivals developed through ongoing dialogue and collaboration.
They brought together artists working across geographies, many shaped by migration, displacement, and layered identities.
The emphasis was not on finished works, but on process — on creating situations where ideas could be shared, tested, and transformed.
Venice (2022)
In 2022, Stateless Mind extended into Venice, unfolding alongside the Venice Biennale as part of a satellite event with PORT Perak.
PORT Perak participated in the Biennale under the theme Pera, Flora and Fauna. Within this context, artists from the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia participated in the satellite event under Stateless Mind.
Operating outside national representation, Stateless Mind existed as an alternative presence — one that did not belong to a pavilion, yet moved in proximity to it.
Artists engaged in actions, conversations, and interventions that responded to the environment of the Biennale while remaining independent from its structures.
This moment became a turning point.
The Stateless Mind Festivals (2019–2023)
brought together artists from across geographies and diasporic contexts, forming temporary communities through performance, moving image, and shared encounters.
What remains is not only documentation, but a network of relationships that continues to evolve.
Participating Artists (Stateless Mind Festivals 2019–2023)
2019 — Stateless Mind (Copenhagen)
Chuyia Chia
Pavana Reid
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
Sylvain Souklaye
Dalida Benfield
Sall Lam Toro
SufiKarin
Pia Lund Poulsen
2021 — The Space Between (Copenhagen)
Kamal Sabran
Gudrita Lape
Yong Sun Gullach
Sylvain Souklaye
Sall Lam Toro
Cristina Lavin
Pavana Reid
Ray Roa
Stefan Östersjö
Nguyễn Thanh Thủy
David Sebastian Lopez Restrepo
Nermin Durakovic
Mohd Jayzuan
Aimen Ajhani
Gabriel Pereira
Eddie Choo Wen Yi
Rodrigo Ochigame
Khaled Ramadan
Christopher Bratton
Amir Zainorin
Dalida Benfield
Azizan Paiman
2022 — Bodies of Knowledge (Venice Biennale Satellite Event
(Satellite event of PORT Perak – Pera, Flora and Fauna)
Yin Yin Wong
Yong Sun Gullach
Syafiq Koyok
Stefan Österjö
Thuy Nguyen
Ribka Maria Pattinama Coleman
Pavana Reid
Noel Ed De Leon
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
Kisstina Lavin
Kent Chan
Jessie Jing
Honey Krainee
Finn Maätita
Bettina Fung
Curators
Ong Jo-Lene
Annie Jael Kwan
Amir Zainorin
2023 — Calling It Home (Copenhagen)
Yong Sun Gullach
Thuy Nguyen
Stefan Österjö
Ray Roa
Pavana Reid
Mette Kit Jensen
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
Kiss Lavin
Joakim Stampe
Dalida Benfield
Christopher Bratton
Chuyia Chia
Benedikte Esperi
Begitte Lyng Andersen
Brennan Wojtyla
Anida Yoeu Ali
Amy Zahrawaan
Amir Zainorin
Ariel William Orah-söydivision
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