The Eighth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

1 Cognisant of the importance of language, Rosanna Raymond’s SaVAge K’lub requires that terms such as artefact and object, which derive fromWestern anthropological and scientific discourses, are replaced with more culturally specific and contemporary terms. 2 Established in 1894, the Melbourne Savage Club is a gentlemen-only establishment; see www.melbournesavageclub.com, viewed 9 June 2015. 3 Rosanna Raymond, ‘Ko au te whare tāonga, te whare tāonga ko au: I am the Museum, The Museum is Me’, Paper presented to the Innovative Heritage: Conversations between Arts and Heritage conference, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Berlin, June 2014, via email to the author, 12 May 2015. 4 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Museum and University of Queensland Anthropology Museum are involved. 5 Anida Yoeu Ali, ‘The Buddhist Bug Project’, The Philanthropic Museum , www.thephilanthropicmuseum. org/?p=1032, viewed 23 May 2015. 6 Shiga Lieko, RASEN KAIGAN: The Spiral Shore , Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan, 2013, p.28. 7 Thomas Andrew was a New Zealand photographer working in the Pacific during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The female sitter in Andrew’s photograph Samoan Half Caste 1886 (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington) inspired Kihara’s ‘Salome’. 8 Eddie Koiki Mabo (1936–92), fromMer (Murray Island), played a key role in the 1992 High Court of Australia decision ( Mabo and others v Queensland (No.2) [1992](Cth)) to overturn the legal doctrine of terra nullius (land belonging to nothing, no-one). The sacred Malo dance was performed as part of the Mabo case to demonstrate his continuing genealogical connection to the land. 9 This includes a selection of the 15 dancers from across Melanesia who took part in the Yumi Danis (We Dance) creative exchange as part of the Emyo Tinyo Festival on the island of Ambrym, Vanuatu, in November 2014. These dancers included Julia Mage’au Gray (Papua New Guinea–Australia), Lucy Efi (Papua New Guinea), Sam Roem (Papua– Australia), Katalina Fotofili (Fiji), Ratelevu Tora (Fiji), Michael Maetarau (Solomon Islands), Andrew Tamata, Steve Williams, Anderson Laurin, Tio Massing, Manuella Kelep (Vanuatu), Simane Wenethém and Richard Digoué (New Caledonia). 10 Marcel Meltherorong, ‘From the lands of Papua’ [curatorial statement], email to the author, November 2014. 11 Meltherorong, email to the author. 12 Djambawa Marawili is considered the father of the conceptual thinking that enabled the early translation of sacred designs for a non-initiated audience. 13 The Yirrkala bark petitions are formally recognised by the Australian government as a catalyst for the recognition of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 14 Diane Moon, conversation with the author, May 2015. 15 Copper ore was discovered in Bougainville in 1969, leading to the establishment of a mine by a subsidiary of Conzinc Rio Tinto — Bougainville Copper Limited. Community leaders in Bougainville opposed the mine due to concerns for the environment. Conflict escalated, resulting in a war beginning in 1988, which saw the closure of the mine. 16 Under the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement signed with the Papua New Guinean government, Bougainville has five years (2015–20) in which to hold a referendum on independence. Royalties from mining at Panguna would provide much-needed revenue for an independent Bougainville, but the fight against mining continues. 17 For further information, see Cultural Survival , 24 April 2012, www. culturalsurvival.org/news/campaign- update-cambodia-government-expand- rubber-plantations and SBS News , 21 April 2015, www.sbs.com.au/news/ article/2015/03/27/cambodia-land- disputes-communities-fighting-david- and-goliath-battles, both viewed 24 May 2015. 18 Segar Passi’s Dauareb clan successfully established native title through the High Court of Australia over the islands of Dauar and Waier in 2001. 19 Recent archaeological findings of 2000-year-old Papuan material culture on Dauar substantiate these connections; see M Carter, A Barham, P Veith, D Bird, S O’Connor and R Bliege Bird, ‘The Murray Islands archaeological project: Excavations on Mer and Dauar, Eastern Torres Strait’, Memoirs of the Queensland MuseumCultural Heritage Series , vol.3, part 1, 2004, p.177. R GODFREY RIVERS England/Australia 1858–1925 Under the jacaranda 1903 Oil on canvas / 143.4 x 107.2cm / Purchased 1903 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery 116—117 WHERE DOWE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?