Present Encounters : Papers from the conference of the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1996

CONFERENCE PROGRAM FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1996 DAY1 CULTIVATING FIELDS OF DIFFERENCE? 9.20 - 1.30 p.m. 1.30 - 1.45 p.m. 2.00 - 3.30 p.m. ARTISTS' TALKS AND PERFORMANCES Mai Anh Dung Nindityo Adipurnomo Navin Rawanchaiku l Performance: Michael and Anna Mel, Tom Deko, Kaibel Ka'a Brett Graham Wong Hoy Cheong Fiona Hall Choi Jeong Hwa Denise Tiavouane Performance: Wendi Choulai INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Mr Hall, Di rector, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia I ndigenous Welcome Session I: GLOBALISATION VERSUS UNIQUE IDENTITIES Chair and Introduction to Conference: Dr Russell Trood , Director, Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Speakers: Dr Caroline Deputy Director, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 'Mirror of the Future: Shadows Before' Mr writer and critic, National Un iversity of Singapore, Singapore 'Developing Regionalist Perspectives' Mr Jim curator and critic, Jakarta, I ndonesia 'Contemporary Art and Multimodernism' Dr Jonathan Mane-Wheoki , art historian, Un iversity of Canterbury, Christchu rch , Aotearoa/ New Zealand 'lndigenism and G lobalism: "First Nation" Perspectives in the Contemporary Art of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa/the Pacific' 1 1 Doug Turner, Kanaga Sabapathy, Supangkat,