The Seventh Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

KIDS’ APT7 ARTIST PROJECTS RICHARD MALOY New Zealand b.1977 Children’s workshop, Yellow or Blue? 2012 Photograph: Chloë Callistemon RICHARD MALOY Yellow or Blue? 2012 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 Yellow or Blue? is New Zealand artist Richard Maloy’s work for Kids’ APT7. The work is presented as a question, drawing attention to the decision-making processes involved. Split into two spaces, one clad in yellow cardboard and the other in blue, children choose a space and make a coloured cardboard outfit. In their completed outfits, the participants can set themselves against one of the backgrounds, blue or yellow, either camouflaged or in contrast to the colour scheme. This interactive installation embraces the making and performative elements referred to in Maloy’s wider body of work while referencing the art-making process, which usually takes place in the artist’s studio. KWOMA ARTS Kwaia koromb 2012 For their APT7 work, Koromb 2012, the Kwoma Arts group travelled to Brisbane to create paintings and carvings similar to those found in the ceremonial men’s house or koromb in the village of Tongwinjamb, in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. These structures are used by the men for ceremonies and as a type of parliament house — they are spectacularly decorated with bold paintings and carvings relating to ancestral figures and clan affiliations. The buildings and the ceremonies that take place in them are the main focus of artistic expression for Kwoma people. For Kids’ APT7, the Kwoma Arts group have built a smaller house, Kwaia koromb , much like the small houses men build for relaxing, painting, carving small sculptures and teaching children about the designs and stories belonging to Kwoma culture. Inside Kwaia koromb is a display of carvings and paintings that refer to the artists’ visit to Brisbane and what they did and saw. Young visitors can relax in this space, listen to the artists’ favourite music, and draw just as the artists did during their visit. KWOMA ARTS Kwoma people Est. 2012 Papua New Guinea Kwoma artist Simon Goiyap carving, Sepik workshop, South Brisbane, February 2012 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood 274