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

'Soul Textured Stories: Pattern and Text in the Art on Pacific Skin’ by Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Research Associate in the Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. 14 September, 4.00–5.00pm; Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium 'Nam June Paik and Korean Shamanism' by Professor Kim Hong-hee, Director of Ssamzie Space in Seoul and Adjunct Professor in Art History of Hong-ik University, South Korea. 15 September, 1.30–2.30pm; Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium PERFORMANCES ‘Pasifika Divas and Polytoxic’ Members of the Pasifika Divas with contemporary Samoan dancers Efeso Fa’anana and Lisa Fa’alafi from Brisbane group Polytoxic. 13 September, 3.30–4.30pm; Watermall Barnaby Ralph Brisbane-based recorder player Barnaby Ralph performed modern works by Japanese, Taiwanese and Australian composers on a variety of instruments. 14 September, 3.30–4.30pm; Watermall Ancestral Plane Ancestral Plane is a cross-cultural music project. Members of the group included Motoyuki Niwa (percussion), Art Nickolls (didgeridoo), Francis Gilfedder (woodwind) and Tom Mikula (percussion). 15 September, 3.30–4.30pm; Watermall Pasifika Divas: In performance 14 September, 7.00–11.00pm; Sculpture Courtyard PANEL DISCUSSIONS ‘Moving Image in the Asia-Pacific’ 13 September, 4.00–5.00pm; Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium Chair: Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery. Panel: Nalini Malani is an APT 2002 artist from India who works extensively in multimedia. Johan Pijnappel is an esteemed speaker and writer on contemporary art and director/curator of the World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam. He currently resides in India, where his curating and writing focuses on the video art of Asia. Lisa Taouma is a director and reporter for Aotearoa New Zealand’s only television program devoted to Pacific culture. For APT 2002 she produced the performance event, ‘Pasifika Divas’, and is also a lecturer, curator and short filmmaker. ‘Who am we?’ 15 September, 4.00–5.00pm; Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium Chair: Suhanya Raffel, Head of Asian Art, Queensland Art Gallery. Panel: Hannah Fink is a former editor of Art AsiaPacific magazine. Tosha Grantham is Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA. Edward Cowley performs as ‘Buckwheat’ in the Pasifika Divas. 132