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

NEW DIRECTIONS IN CURATING FORUM Leafa Janice Wilson, Pooja Sood, Pi Li, Maud Page, Johan Pijnappel delivering paper, during ‘New Directions in Curating’ Forum during ‘New Directions in Curating’ Forum RATIONALE: The ‘New Directions in Curating’ Forum was specifically funded by the Australia Council: Audience and Market Development and was conceived as a means of discussing current issues in curating, presenting, supporting and discussing contemporary art. Given that the opening of the APT 2002 project attracted a number of colleagues from a broad range of national and international museums and organisations and also independent professionals, the Forum offered an opportunity to address issues and open discussion with these individuals, including a number of QAG staff in a day dedicated to conversation and information. DATE: Monday, 16 September, 2002 TIME: 9.00am - 4.30pm VENUE: QAG Lecture Theatre FORMAT: Three themes will be addressed throughout the day with ample time for discussion after each session. The sessions will be one hour long and an additional thirty minutes of general discussion time will be allowed. These focused sessions will concentrate on specific topics and are intended as triggers for open dialogue rather than formal or restrictive structures. The themes suggested are deliberately broad. They are intended to draw out a range of ideas, perspectives and experiences from individuals working in these areas. 65 invited national and international participants attended AREAS FOR DISCUSSION: The three issues proposed for discussion are: • What are the significant innovations /directions in international recurring exhibitions? • What strategies are driving the communication of contemporary art? To whom are we communicating? • What are the key issues in the development and presentation of art outside the mainstream? TOPICS + SPEAKERS: What are the significant innovations /directions in international recurring exhibitions? CHAIR: Suhanya Raffel Head of Asian Art, QAG Wu Hung Director, Centre for the Art of East Asia, Chicago, US Johan Pijnappel Director, World Wide Video Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands Nick Waterlow, OAM Director, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney What strategies are driving the communication of contemporary art? And to whom are we communicating? CHAIR: Rhana Devenport Senior Project Officer, APT Julianne Pierce Director, ANAT (Australian Network for Art and Technology) Adelaide Agung Hujatnika Curator, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia Craig Judd Public Programs Manager, Sydney Biennale 2002 and AGNSW, Sydney What are the key issues in the development and presentation of art outside the mainstream? CHAIR: Maud Page Acting Associate Curator, Contemporary Pacific Art, QAG, Leafa Janice Wilson Freelance curator, Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand Pooja Sood Co-ordinator and Curator, KHOJ International Artists Association, New Delhi, India Pi Li Lecturer, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing and Curator, ‘The Loft’ Media Centre, Beijing, China 50