Kids' APT - A collaboration

SUMMER SPECTACULAR Program highlights Artist workshops • Where have all the flowers gone? – Shinji Ohmaki’s ephemeral flower carpet • A shared garden – Robin White’s collaborative tapa activity • Minam Apang’s mythological language creatures in Crafty characters • Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan’s evolving aircraft construction, Connecting flight • Madeleine Kelly and Anna Tuyen Tran’s collaborative drawing project My River, My Future Performances, screenings, tours • 130 hours of APT6 artist run workshops • 22 screenings of Iranian animations • 12 Pacific Reggae performances by acclaimed musician Marcel Meltherorong • 11 interactive, guided tours of APT6 for kids SPECIAL FEATURES Shinji Ohmaki Memorial Rebirth 2008 Shinji Ohmaki’s installation filled the air with thousands of bubbles. The magical display triggered childhood memories or created new memories for visitors to the festival. Wit Pimkanchanapong Fruits 2007–09 Thai artist Wit Pimkanchanapong invited visitors to Kids’ APT Summer Spectacular to make a paper fruit as part of his installation Fruits . As part of the activity, Wit asked participants to make a gold coin donation and take their paper fruit home with them. All money raised was donated to the Wombat Survival Fund to help save the northern hairy- nosed wombat – the official mascot of Kids’ APT. Young visitors create paper fruits in Wit Pimkanchanapong’s APT6 installation Fruits 2007-09 / Photograph: Katie Bennett 53