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

CONTENTS CONFERENCE SPONSORS & INFORMATION ....................................... . .... . . . ...... . .... 6 INTRODUCTION BYCAROLINE TURNER ...... . . ............ ....................... ...... ................ 9 CONFERENCE PROGRAM .............. ..................... .................. .................................. 1 1 DAY 1: CULTIVATING FIELDS OF DIFFERENCE? .................... ............. 1 7 SESSION 1: GLOBALISATION VERSUS UNIQUE IDENTITIES Caroline Turner Miffor of the Future: Shadows Before ... ........... . . .............................................. 1 9 Kanaga Sabapathy Developing Regionalist Perspectives ...... . ....... . ....... . ............... .................. . ...... 23 Jim Supangkat Contemporary Art and Multimodemism .... . ........... . ........... . .......... . . ...... . ....... ...... 27 Jonathan Mane-Wheoki lndigenism and Globalism: 'First Nation' Perspectives in the Contemporary Art ofAotearoa/New Zealand and Te Moananui-a-Kiwa/the Pacific ........... ..... ... 32 SESSION2: POST OTHERNESS Rhana Devenport Paradise, And Then, And Then, And Then . . . . ..... . ............. . . .................... ......... 36 Fumio Nanjo Era of an Eventful Voyage ................................................... . . . . . ....................... 40 Alison Carroll Cultural Futures: What Will 'Cultural Exchange' In Asia Be In 2020? ........... . .... 4 1 Julie Ewington Time, Space and Discontinuity ........ ......... . ................ .. . ................... .... . ...... . ...... 44 DAY 2: THE VOICE OF THE ARTIST - LISTENING THROUGH LOOKING .. . .............. . ....... . . .. . .. . . . .............................. 49 SESSION 3: THE 'ROLE' OF THE 'CONTEMPORARY' 'ARTIST' David Williams (Chair and Session Commentator) . ..... . .......................................................... . . 5 1 Michael A. Mel Papua New Guinea Culture: Perceptions and Realities . . ...... . .......... . . . ........... ... 53 Ian Howard The 'Role' of the Artist and Present Institutional Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Dolorosa Sinaga The Role of 'ContemporaryArtists' in Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 3