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

• Japan Times: Mr Satoru Nagoya • London Times: Ms Dianne Geddes • Melbourne Age: Mr Ray Gill • Philippine Community News: Sennie Masian • Radio Australia: Ms Traudi Allen • Radio Eye/Radio National: Ms Roz Blewett • Radio National (India Pacific! Sightings/Arts National): Ms Marylou Jelbart • Review (ABC Television): Ms Maria Chilcott, Mr Stephen Fenelly • Stretton on Saturday: Mr Moshe, Mr Larry Meltzer, Ms Andrea Stretton • Sydney Morning Herald: Mr Brooke Turner, Mr John McDonald • The Art Newspaper: Mr Jonathon Bogais • The Australian: Mr Bryce Hallet, Ms Susan McCulloch, Mr Giles Auty, Joanna Mendelssohn • The Bulletin: Mr Peter Hill • The Telegraph (Calcutta): Pramit Pal Chaudhri • Times of India: Ms Ratnotta Sengupta Additional media activities organised by the Queensland Art Gallery included the following: • A live broadcast by Radio 4QR from outside the Gallery • A Forum which was recorded by Radio National's Arts Today program. This was attended by artists, conference delegates and speakers, local artists, and arts industry representatives. • Coverage on the Qantas inflight entertainment program. • A video media release, which was distributed to Australia Television. • A briefing for foreign correspondents at the DFAT International Media Centre in Sydney. • A briefing for arts organisations and media prior to the media preview. • A briefing for 1O media representatives from Singapore. • Coverage of the Second Triennial by two television arts programs, Stretton on Saturday and Review. • Briefings for a group of Filipino media representatives and a group of Korean tourism academics. • Personal briefings for media representatives in Sydney. A broad range of media releases were distributed during the exhibition, covering issues such as the conference, the opening, artist performances, entertainment, the film program, gunpowder explosion event, and the Flying Arts program. Media coverage and reviews on the Second Triennial were unprecedented in their breadth and positive support. The exhibition and gunpowder explosion event were featured in numerous art magazines, general newspapers and magazines, and radio and television segments. International coverage was also coordinated in countries including Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, India, France, New Zealand, Torres Strait Island, and the United States of America. 20