In his closing remarks, Iftikhar Dadi discussed the term “performance” as it relates to the definitional terms “contemporary” and “Asia”. Citing the variousperformances and lecture-performances that took place during both days of FIELD MEETING: Thinking Performance, he acknowledged that “performance” is a “catachresis, an imperfect placeholder for expressiveness and iterations of the self and society, not captured by other terms or other mediums”.