R.I.T.E.S. is an artists-initiative organised as a non-profit event to platform new ideas and artists in sonic art, time-based and performance art-related practices. Its objectives are to present an eclectic mix of performances that is informed by visual aesthetics, technological integration and conceptual integrity involving art making and the social and cultural contexts that are related to performances. It explores art activities that are spatial, the way in which performance is linked to cultural, ethnic and geographical elements of the body, and at the same time exploring how all these elements can be bounded to the global, technological, cultural and economic shifts in our daily life.

Arif Ayab

Arif Ayab (Reef) is a Singaporean Malay artist of who has been active in both the local and regional arts scenes for the past decade. He graduated from the University of Bradford (MDIS) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management and holds a Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Oklahoma (MDIS). His immersion in the arts scene spans a range of genres, media, and causes. Reef is now the Programme Manager for The Artists Village’s Pulau Ubin Residency Program funded by the National Arts Council. Reef is a present member of The Artist Village.

Shaun Sankaran

Shaun Sankaran (b. 1983, Singapore) has presented his brand of experimental sounds across the globe under his various incarnations with several album releases, and collaborations under his belt, having graduated from Middlesex University with a B.A. in Recording Arts. While mostly based in Singapore, he has also performed internationally at the Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom) as well as neighbouring Asian countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.

Mohamad Riduan

Mohamad Riduan has presented in The Esplanade, Furor Space, The Substation, World Event Young Artist in Nottingham, England and ICA Gallery, LASALLE College Of The Arts.

He build sound structures/ contraptions and material tinkering for sound with the interest that revolve around acoustic exploration. His work are within sculpture and performance that invlove audience interaction, improvisation and time based.

Riduan is also a member of a collective group called OFFCUFF, a multi-disciplinary performance collective focusing on structured improvisation incorporating dual visual projections and dual sound components.

Wilem Christiawan

Wilem Christiawan lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia. He completed his post-graduate studies in Indonesian Literature at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta in 2002. He graduated from the theatre department at the Indonesia Art Institute, Yogyakarta in 1991. Since then, he has been a lecturer for theatre studies at Indonesian Art College, Bandung. He is also the Artistic Director of Asbestos Art Space founded in 2002. He has participated in various performance art festivals, which includes Undisclosed Territory, Solo, Indonesia (2010), The Art of Encountering, Hilsende, Germany – Basel, Switzerland (2009), 1st South East Asia Performance Art Symposium (2005), 6th Asiatopia International Festival Bangkok, Thailand (2005), Performance Studies International #10, Singapore (2004), 5th Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand (2003).