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

PUBLIC PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT EXHIBITION Children with Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus garden Pasifika Divas’ Kids’ APT interactive artwork OVERVIEW Public Programs throughout the exhibition covered all target audience groups. Programs specifically designed for adult audiences included forums, lectures, performances, film screenings and activities. These programs were schedule on both weekdays and weekend and attracted almost 1500 people, which was in addition to the Opening Events figures. FORUMS Forums were held throughout the exhibition period at the beginning of a new program theme. The themes ‘Who am we’, ‘Light, time, motion’ and ‘Elements and Senses’ were investigated throughout these forums, and invited local and interstate speakers to talk about their work in relation to the theme or other APT artist’s work. ‘Who am we?’ panel:  Dr. Ian McLean, Senior Lecturer in Art Theory at the School of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts at the University of Western Australia.  Liu Xiao Xian, artist, Sydney.  Doreen Mellor, Curator and Manager, Bringing Them Home Oral History Project, National Library of Australia.  Sally Butler, Coordinator of Volunteer Guides, QAG [chair] ‘Light, time, motion’ panel:  Alessio Cavallaro, Producer/Curator, New Media Projects, Australian Centre for the Moving Image.  Deborah Lawler-Dormer, Director, Moving Image Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.  Rhana Devenport, Senior Project Officer, Asia-Pacific Triennial, QAG [chair] ‘Elements and senses’ panel:  Donal Fitzpatrick, Head of Visual Arts, Queensland University of Technology.  Debra Porch, Lecturer, Fine Arts, School of Contemporary Arts, University of Western Sydney.  Sandra Selig, artist, independent curator and writer.  Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art, QAG [chair] 54