APT 2002 Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia : Report

Part 1: Children’s preferences and comments from interview data Overall favourite At the beginning of the interview, children were asked to comment on what they liked best about their visit to the Queensland Art Gallery. While the responses were diverse, art works were by far the most popular reply. Children also indicated a preference for ‘making’ activities (Kids’ APT and ‘Summer Spectacular’) and performances. Overall favourite Kids APT activities SS making activities Quiet Sensorimotor Performance Art n/a Frequency Percent n/a 30 35.3 Art 22 25.9 Performance 11 12.9 Sensorimotor 2 2.4 Quiet 2 2.4 SS 'making' activities 8 9.4 Kids’ APT activities 10 11.8 Total 85 100.0 Art First and foremost, children expressed a strong preference for exposure to the contemporary art in the APT as the highlight of their visit. This was a pleasant surprise since it is considered difficult to connect children with contemporary Asia-Pacific art. The children’s preferences were widespread, but on a restricted choice of 6 important works in the APT, they showed a strong bias towards the work of Yayoi Kusama [ Narcissus garden and Soul under the moon (Infinity Room)], with more than 65% indicating this artist’s work as of high impact (see Appendix C for 2 nd and 3 rd preferences). Art works - 1st preference Tie Flow ers Who AmWe Blue Green Bridge Flying Angels Infinity Room Narcissus Garden 104