The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

236 Mexem New Caledonia O-shen Papua New Guinea/Hawai’i One Tox Solomon Islands Jack Rasini Solomon Islands Sharzy Solomon Islands Sunshiners France/Vanuatu Straky Papua New Guinea Tiki Taane New Zealand Tune Zion Songsters Vanuatu 26 Roots Vanuatu Upper Hutt Posse Aotearoa Vanlal Vanuatu XX Squad Vanuatu Zennith Australia Co-organised by Brent Clough (Producer and Presenter, ABC Radio National) and Maud Page (Curator, Contemporary Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery) ‘Pacific Reggae’ considers the ongoing appeal of reggae music across the region. The range of musical styles presented features live performance as well as narrative video clips which reveal the influence, diversity and reach of reggae across the Pacific, from dub to dancehall to roots reggae. Born in New Zealand, Brent Clough moved to Sydney in 1984. He joined ABC Radio National in 1988, and has produced and presented the arts and music programs Arts National, In The Mix, Radio Eye, Other Worlds, The Daily Planet, Poetica, 360, and The Night Air. He was co-founder of Nasty Tek, Australia’s first dance hall reggae sound system; and currently works with Soulmaker, Australia’s longest running reggae ‘sound’. Clough has written extensively about reggae and contemporary music in Australia and the Pacific region. Rithy Panh b.1964 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Lives and works in Paris, France; and Phnom Penh The films of Rithy Panh centre on life in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia and the struggle to reconcile the country’s traumatic history with contemporary urban and rural experiences. Panh and his family experienced the mass evacuation of Phnom Penh in 1975, sent to a remote Cambodian labour camp before fleeing to a refugee camp in Thailand. He later migrated to France, and in his early twenties studied filmmaking at the prestigious Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies) in Paris. He returned to Cambodia in 1990, and established the Bophana Audio Visual Resource Centre in Phnom Penh, which aims to preserve and develop Cambodia’s film, photography and audio heritage. Reuben Paterson b.1973 Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Ngati Rangitihi Lives and works in Auckland Reuben Paterson’s work draws on sources such as his Māori culture, floral fabrics from the 1960s and 1970s, American Modernism, Op art and personal family associations. Paterson’s original eclectic influences and styles animate his paintings and also parody notions of the Pacific as an exotic paradise. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, in 1997, and in 2000 he completed a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. Exhibitions (solo): Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2007; City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2006. Exhibitions (group): ‘E Tü Ake: Standing Strong’, The National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, 2008–09; ‘Of Deities and Mortals’, Christchurch City Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2008; ‘Dateline: Contemporary Art from the Pacific’, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 2007; Prague Biennale, Czech Republic, 2005. Campbell Patterson b.1983 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand Preferring to work alone and with real situations, Campbell Patterson creates video performances characterised by an interest in documenting the mental and physical limitations of the body, manifesting in playful, sometimes painful, and often mischievous, results. Patterson began exhibiting in 2005, and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006 at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. His energy and immediacy mark a fresh new direction in performance-based video art of the region. Exhibitions (solo): Michael Lett, Auckland, 2008; ‘Square 2‘, City Art Gallery, Wellington, 2007. Exhibitions (group): ‘Artists Film Festival’, National Film Archive/Nga Kaitaki o Taonga Whitiahua, Auckland, 2008. Wit Pimkanchanapong b.1976 Bangkok, Thailand Lives and works in Bangkok Trained in architecture, Wit Pimkanchanapong applies his interest in space and design to a diverse practice that includes animation, video, installation, commercial graphics and display. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, in 1992, and went on to complete his Masters in Visual Communication in 1994 at Kent Institute of Art and Design, United Kingdom. Pimkanchanapong also fosters collaborative projects, including the Fat Music Festival, Bangkok; and Soi Project, an ongoing ‘laboratory’ bringing together artists and practitioners from a range of disciplines. Exhibitions (solo): 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, 2009; National Museum, Bangkok, 2003. Exhibitions (group): Singapore Biennale, 2008; Sharjah Biennale, United Arab Emirates, 2007; ‘Animated Painting’, San Diego Museum of Art, United States, 2007; Yokohama Triennale, Japan, 2005. Qiu Anxiong b.1972 Chengdu, China Lives and works in Shanghai, China Qiu Anxiong works with film, animation and drawing, often combining these disciplines to create multimedia installations. In 1994, he graduated from the Sichuan Art Academy, China, and in 2003 completed further study at the Kunsthochschule of the University of Kassel, Germany. Qiu has developed an inimitable visual style that draws on traditional Chinese scroll painting, landscape, and ink-and-brush painting techniques. Exhibitions (solo): Gallery 4A, Sydney, 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2007. Exhibitions (group): 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, China, 2008; Biennale of Sydney, 2008; ‘China Power Station’, Battersea Power Station and Serpentine Gallery, London, 2006.