XO State is sort of like the club for Asia TOPA Festival: the less formal zone for performance, live music and experiments – with a bar on stage, where performers and audience mingle (like Supersense at the Arts Centre last year).
No two nights will be the same, and the program (co-curated by ex-Chunky Move choreographer Gideon Obarzanek and Filipino performer Eisa Jocson) smashes different artforms, sounds and moods together.
There are two sessions each night: 'Dusk' (7.30pm) and 'Dark' (9pm till late). The early sessions feature choreographic works: Eisa Jocson's Macho Dancer (in which she appropriates the moves of male erotic dancers) and Attractor – a brand-new collaborative work that brings together Lucy Guerin Inc, Dancenorth and Indonesian duo Senyawa.
The late slots are a bit more loose: short performances by local and international artists will rub shoulders with some of Asia's most interesting live acts – including Japanese psych-rockers Bo Ningen, Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes (who featured on Grimes' 'Scream') and Korean alt-folk rockers Jambinai.
Click through the Dates & Times tab to see who and what is happening when.