Kids' APT7 : In review

51 KIDS’ APT7 AT QAGOMA Children performing in cardboard costumes created at Richard Maloy’s Yellow or Blue? 2012 project / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon Overleaf: Installation view of Richard Maloy’s Yellow or Blue? 2012 / Commissioned for Kids’ APT7 with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon RICHARD MALOY YELLOWOR BLUE? 2012 Richard Maloy’s Yellow or Blue? provided two colourful spaces for art- making and performance for young visitors to the Gallery. One space was clad in yellow cardboard and the other in blue. Children first chose a space, then made a cardboard outfit. Once dressed in their creations, children chose a background — blue or yellow — in order to camouflage or contrast themselves with the coloured environments. Developing interactive spaces for children is always an exciting challenge for an exhibition designer, and the Kids’ APT7 suite of projects took this experience to a new level. Collaborating with New Zealand artist Richard Maloy to translate his aesthetic and process into an immersive play space was a highlight; literally, truckloads of waste cardboard were transformed into a visually spectacular structure which could withstand the rigours of thousands of young gallery visitors. Working with the artist and a talented group of volunteers and staff to realise the final result, the space had a fantastic synergy with the artist’s Big Yellow installation in APT7. Rebekah Coffey, Exhibition Designer Yellow or Blue? explores the relationship between people, objects and their environments by enabling participants to actively take part in the making process. Richard Maloy