Turning World was awarded an ASEAN-Australia Centre grant for a strategy connecting the Southeast Asian and Australian creative industries at Australia’s largest gathering of performing arts professionals – the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) 2026 and 2028.
Over two years, Turning World will research and visit ASEAN countries where the Australian cultural sector can benefit from better market knowledge to facilitate exchange and collaboration.
It is our hope that through this research, the Australian sector gets to know key cultural leaders from the ASEAN region, people-to-people connections develop, and more exchange and collaborations occur with Southeast Asia.
In 2025, our research has taken us to Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Dao in Thailand; to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang in Malaysia; and to Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Makassar in Indonesia. We continue our research in 2026.
If you are coming to APAM, we have curated an ASEAN Delegation to join us in Perth in February 2026. Look out for their profiles in APAM delegate info, and please do say hello if you are joining APAM in Perth.
