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

PUBLICATIONS - CATALOGUE + ANTHOLOGY Cover, ‘APT 2002: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ publication ‘APT 2002: ASIA-PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART’ The 160 page, full colour publication produced to accompany the APT 2002 exhibition proved popular with audiences. Edited by Lynne Seear, Assistant Director (Curatorial and Collection Development), 364 copies were sold in the first four days of the exhibition’s opening and 1875 copies have been sold as of 31 March 2003. Australian distribution is through Thames and Hudson (Australia) and internationally, through Idea Books. The APT 2002 publication is part of the Gallery’s continued program of scholarship and publishing in the area of Asian and Pacific art, a program which will be further enhanced by the establishment of the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art. Writers from the Queensland Art Gallery wrote essays on each of the artists and the performance group selected for the exhibition and these essays were generously illustrated with works in the exhibition as well as from other sources. A valuable reference section in the book included biographical, bibliographical and exhibition data on each of the artists. Placing the art and artists in context was a group of commissioned essays by a number of leading writers: Wu Hung, the notable curator and scholar of Chinese art; John Pule, Niuean poet and artist; and the Australian writer and editor, Hannah Fink in conversation with Hetti Perkins, Brian Castro and Nikos Papastergiadis. The APT 2002 brand and feel of the publication evolved from the desire to have a versatile visual exhibition identity that would be indicative not only of the exhibition’s new curatorial direction and content, but also the sense of ‘event’ that is infused into any Asia-Pacific Triennial. Available in both soft cover and a casebound version, the publication was awarded a Silver Medal in the casebound section of the 2002 Queensland Printing Industry Craftsmanship Awards (no gold or bronze medals were awarded). The catalogue has also been entered into various local, national and international 2003 design competitions. The APT 2002 publication was generously supported by Screen Offset Printing and Dalton Fine Paper. It was also supported by the newly formed Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art, an initiative of the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. ‘APT 2002 ANTHOLOGY’ (WORKING TITLE) To complement the APT 2002 exhibition catalogue and to further the publishing programs associated with the APT project, the QAG will be publishing, under the auspices of the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art, an anthology of papers and talks delivered as part of the APT 2002 Public Programs throughout the duration of the exhibition. Publication date is November, 2003. The publication will include papers by keynote speakers including noted scholars: Professor Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Professor, the Director, Center for the Art of East Asia and Consulting Curator, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, US; Dr Nikos Papastergiadis, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne; Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Research Associate in the Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand; Professor Kim Hong-hee, Director of Ssamzie Space in Seoul and Adjunct Professor in Art History of Hong-ik University, South Korea; Alexandra Munroe, Director, Japan Society Gallery, New York, US; APT3 artist Lee Mingwei; and QAG staff. The publication will include otherwise unpublished images of the installation of the exhibition, Kids’ APT and ‘Summer Spectacular’, as well as new site specific work produced for the exhibition such as Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus garden , Lee U-fan’s Relatum , the Pasifika Divas performance, and Song Dong’s performance video, Walking through the mirror . 33