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

embarking on a similar Asia-Pacific contemporary art research venture with Griffith University. Regional Queensland travelling exhibitions One of the most successful projects linking to the First and Second Asia-Pacific Triennials was the 1 996 travelling exhibition organised by the Gallery's Access and Regional Services Section . The exhibition , The spiritual and social: Nine artists from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, concluded its tour on November 7, 1 996. The exhibition comprised 30 works on paper from the Gallery's Collection , travelled to seven venues over ten months and covered a distance of 4,820 kilometres. Audience figures for the tour exceeded 30,000. The project included a very popular artist-in-residence p rogram which involved three artists, Brenda Fajardo, Heri Dono and Navin Rawanchaiku l , who participated in residencies in Toowoomba, Townsville and Cairns respectively. All three artists participated in either the First or the Second Triennial. Similar p rojects are currently in the planning stages as the Gallery continues to extend the dimensions of the Triennial project and in particular, to provide the opportun ity for audiences throughout Queensland to become familiar with and enjoy contemporary artworks by Asian artists. 52