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

TRIENNIAL TALKS Triennial talks presented by Gallery staff focused on three key issues related to the presentation of APT 2002. The first talk was by Lynne Seear, Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Development, titled The Human Touch: Curating the APT. Andrew Clark, Assistant Director, Public Programs presented a talk titled Space: The Final Frontier – Exhibition Design for audiences at APT 2002 and beyond. The final talk was Kids’ APT: A Bug in the System by Head of Education, Access and Regional Services, Michael Beckmann. Each talk was about 30 minutes in duration with attendance figures at capacity for the Gallery’s lecture theatre. Due to the large number of people who were unable to attend as a result of seating limitations, talks were repeated throughout the exhibition duration as part of the ongoing public programs. PERFORMANCES A variety of performances were presented in the Watermall throughout the opening events. These ranged from Asian inspired percussion and woodwind performances to a teaser by performers from the Pasifika Divas. Attendance figures averaged 150 to each performance. KEYNOTE LECTURES Kim Hong-hee, Keynote Lecture, Nam June Paik and Korean Shamanism, APT 2002 Opening Events KEYNOTE LECTURES Keynote lectures were held in the Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium to allow maximum audience numbers. Over 1 000 people attended keynote lectures and panel discussions with an average of approximately 180 to each session. Keynote lectures delivered during Opening Events :  Thinking Through Exhibitions: Experimental Chinese Art and "Experimental Exhibitions" of Chinese Art by Wu Hung, the 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, USA.  South South South by Dr Nikos Papastergiadis Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne.  Soul Textured Stories : Pattern & Text in the Art on Pacific Skin by Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Research Associate in the Maori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato.  Nam June Paik and Korean Shamanism by Kim Hong-hee, Director of Ssamzie Space in Seoul and Adjunct Professor in Art History of Hong-ik University. 48