NNNFAIR 2021: GREATER THAN THE OLYMPICS

TYPE
Project Curation,
Cultural Fair

YEAR
2021

PLACE
Online
WORM Rotterdam

NON NATIVE NATIVE FAIR is an online platform that bring together Asian creative practitioners to explore and the creative landscape in the Netherlands and beyound. This initiative fosters critical exchanges between Asian and European cultural narratives, emphasizing contemporary visual culture.

Inspired by the format of teleshopping channels, the fair transforms the online space into a virtual fairground, allowing 46 participants to showcase their work as exchangeable goods—artworks, publications, and performances—encouraging dialogues around Asian diasporas in Europe. Collaborating with Berlin-based sōydivision and un.thai.tled, the fair creates a sense of solidarity and connection among artists and audiences during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fair facilitates direct transactions without commission fees and features live presentations, where creators share the stories behind their offerings. By providing promo codes for special incentives, the fair encourages audience engagement and supports creative solidarity during these unprecedented times.

By subverting the notion of an “Asian cultural fair,” we invite participants to present their visions and projects that deepen dialogues around Asia. NNN FAIR explores the positions and relationships of Asians and non-Asians alike within the evolving European cultural landscape, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction, appreciation and appropriation, labor and play.

PRESS & INFO
→ NNNFAIR 2021 archive
→ Stimuleringsfonds Article
→ WORM
→ Yeoja Magazine

CREDITS
Project Management | Belle Phromchanya
Project Curation | Darunee Terdtoontaveedej
Programme Production | Rebecca Oevermann
Berlin Unit Curation | Ariel William Orah (sōydivision), Sarnt Utamachote (Un.thai.tled)
Design | Studio150
Streaming & Technical Development | RGBdog with Dominik Vrabič Dežman
Design Assistant | Kihyeon
Communication Assistant | Agata Albu
Community Outreach | Honey Kraiwee
Media Partners | We Are Public, Yeoja Magazine

SUPPORTERS
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
WORM Rotterdam
International Institute for Asian Studies