The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia, 1996 : Report

which were presented by twenty-five artists over a four day period. The audiences varied with each talk, with 20-30 attending each talk on the first Sunday and up to 200 people attending talks during the opening weekend. Date Artist Country/Region Sunday 22 September Jose Tence RUIZ The Philippines Nilima SHEIKH India Francesca ENRIQUEZ The Philippines Mai Anh DUNG Vietnam Marintan SIRAIT Indonesia Yukinori YANAGI Japan Nalini MALAN! India Yuk Kina TAN Aotearoa/New Zealand Friday 27 September vO Dan Tan Vietnam Nindityo ADIPURNOMO Indonesia Navin RAWANCHAIKUL Thailand Brett GRAHAM Aotearoa/New Zealand WONG Hoy Cheong Malaysia Fiona HALL Australia CHOI Jeana Hwa South Korea Denise TIAVOUANE New Caledonia Saturday 28 September Tom DEKO Papua New Guinea Eric NATUOIVI Vanuatu ARAHMAIANI Indonesia Destiny DEACON Australia Sunday 29 September Joy MALLARI The Philippines Rene BOUTIN New Caledonia Suzann VICTOR Singapore ENG Hwee Chu Malaysia WANG Luyan China Lectures A contextual lecture was presented by Neil Manton (National Advisory Committee) for staff and interested public. Two lectures/demonstrations were presented by professionals from disciplines outside the visual arts, who have worked with Queensland Art Gallery Staff andwith artists represented in the Triennial. Date Lecture Attendance 14 March Neil Manton: 'The visual language of 20 artists in the Asia Pacific region - a look back in time 9 November Dr Chris Burwell: 'Artworks out of 15 anthills' 10 November Willie Taufahema: 'Talaoa taro' 25 60 (total) 1 4