Raqs Media Collective made an annual artist lecture at Asia Art Archive on Mar 27, 2024. In this lecture, Raqs Media Collective reflected on their long-standing commitment to “kinetic contemplation,” especially in regards to interruptions, distortions, shifts, twists, and flows in the perception and representation of time in daily life, archives, and imagined timelines. They asked: Does time always flow forward, from point A to point B? Can time flow in a spiral? How long is “now”?

MACA is honored to have the permission and support from Raqs Media Collective and Asia Art Archive to screen excerpts of this performance lecture on this Saturday (Jun 22, 2024). MACA invited four art practitioners to engage in a panel discussion surrounding key concepts from the lecture, such as "anarchive", "time cone", and "ordinary", with the aim of responding to Raqs Media Collective's previous practices. Through the panel, we anticipate generating further reflections on anarchive, time form, and collectivity after collectivism.