APAL @ Werkstatt

In the organizer's words:

Asian Performing Artists Lab (APAL) is back with a new format. Our inaugural APAL@WERKSTATT features workshops, performances and community events given by our APAL artists, as well as artists of Asian background.

Rooted in Asian criticality, shaped by queer, feminist as well as diasporic approaches, the 4-day event brings together our APAL artistic community, artists of Asian backgrounds, allies and anyone who is curious, opening up a space to move, do, feel, think and luxuriate in knowledge exchange and encounter.

Two music acts open APAL@WERKSTATT, in an evening of sonic enjoyment spanning the tender to the hardcore. Then, dive into the workshops offered by our artists, each with their own engaging practices: screaming; meditation and body-based work; collective mourning through the use of voice and text; the fleshy pleasure of queer eroticism; creating soundscapes; each workshop offers something for the curious. Finally, we come together to celebrate and sing our lungs out at the closing Karaoke night.

We invite you to be a part of this dynamic, new chapter of APAL's development: APAL@WERKSTATT.

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The Asian Performing Artists Lab (APAL) is back with a new format. The first edition of APAL@WERKSTATT presents workshops, performances and community events created by our APAL artists and other artists with an Asian background.

Anchored in an Asian-critical perspective and informed by queer, feminist and diasporic approaches, this four-day program brings together our artistic APAL community, artists of Asian backgrounds, allies and anyone who is curious. This creates a space for moving, making, feeling and thinking and for an exchange of knowledge and encounters.

APAL@WERKSTATT kicks off with two music acts in an evening full of sonic experiences, everything from soft to hard. Afterwards, our artists' workshops invite you to immerse yourself in very different practices: screaming, meditation and body-based work, collective mourning work with voice and text, the sensual pleasure of queer eroticism or the creation of soundscapes. Every workshop has something in store for the curious. Finally, we will come together once again to celebrate and sing our hearts out at a karaoke evening.

We invite you to become part of this new chapter in the development of APAL: APAL@WERKSTATT.

Price information:

There will be an opening and a closing event, as well as six different workshops. Check out our ticketing link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apal2026/apalwerkstatt-2026/pledge/new?clicked_reward=false