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

SATURDAY 9.00 - 10.30 a.m. 11.00 - 12.45 p.m. 28 SEPTEMBER 1996 THE VOICE OF THE ARTIST - LISTEN I NG THROUGH LOOKI NG Session 3: THE 'ROLE' OF THE 'CONTEMPORARY' 'ARTIST' Chair and Commentator: DAY2 Professor David Director, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra , Australia Speakers: Dr Michael artist, Goroka , Papua New Guinea 'Papua New Guinea Culture: Perceptions and Realities' Professor Ian Provost and Director, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia [The 'Role' of the 'Contemporary' 'Artist'] Ms Dolorosa Dean, Jakarta I nstitute of the Arts, Jakarta, I ndonesia 'The Role of "Contemporary Artists" In I ndonesia' Mr Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia [The Role of the Contemporary Artist Today] + discussion Session 4: ARTISTS AND THE SOCIAL DIMENSION Chair and Commentator: Dr Nicholas Jose, writer, Sydney, Australia Speakers: Mr Youshen , curator, critic and artist, Beijing , China 'The Present Situation of Contemporary Chinese Art' Mr Vivan artist, New Delhi, I ndia 'Artists and the Social Dimension: Departure and Return' Mr critic and artist, Bangkok, Thailand [The Artist and the Social Dimension i n Thailand] Commentators: Dr Martin Stuart-Fox, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Mr Semsar Siahaan , artist, Jakarta, I ndonesia 'I ndividual Freedom Approaching Creative Society' + discussion 1 3 Williams, Mel, Howard, Sinaga, Niranjan Rajah , Wang Sundaram, Chumpon Apisuk,