Kids' APT - A collaboration

In this work, visitors were able to make their very own plane from a giant mountain of recycled and found materials. Above the mountain, formations of hundreds of small planes and other aircraft took off, flying out towards the Gibson Entrance of the Queensland Art Gallery. Sixty-five schools from across Queensland participated in the artists’ plane-making workshops held prior to the opening of APT6, creating more than 6500 planes for the final installation. Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan In-flight (Project: Another Country) Maria Isabel Gaudinez-Aquilizan Philippines/Australia b.1965 Alfredo Juan Aquilizan Philippines/Australia b.1962 In-flight (Project: Another Country) 2009 Recycled materials, sticks, string, wool, sound files / Photograph: Ray Fulton Our work always deals with the idea of collaboration, participatory work, the community, social engagement as well as our love to engage with the audience . . . Having people directly participate and engage in the actual art making will not only make people realise how important working with their hands is but also give them a situation in which to “slow down”. This is very important in our age and time . . . Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan 18