Bringing together voices to consider how people and communities across the Asia-Pacific region understand and engage with each other and place.
Since its creation in 1993, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) exhibition, held at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), has been aptly characterised by its ability to navigate complex questions of life, culture and representation in the Asia Pacific region. Attending to the diversity and cultural nuances that are rippled throughout the region, the exhibition is not to be missed. This, the 10th triennial (ATP10), features 150 artists and collectives from 30 countries representing a diverse range of people, cultures and artistic practices. This year’s historic event points toward the future, searching for ways forward that both champion and reimagine ideas of connection, culture and collaboration in the region.
All A Part symposium
In celebration of the landmark tenth edition of the exhibition, a series of professional engagement forums were held in collaboration with QAGOMA, The University of Melbourne’s Asialink and the Griffith Asia Institute. The three-part series, All A Part, provided a significant opportunity for the Australian and International arts communities to come together with APT10 artists and curators to hear voices from all over the Asia Pacific region. Specifically, it was a chance to hear those at the heart of the APT10 discuss the exhibition, and its cultural and historical impacts through the themes of visibility/invisibility, communities and futures.
Forum 1 | Visibility/Invisibility
Wednesday 23 March 2022
Forum 2 | Communities
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Forum 3 | Futures
Wednesday 6 April 2022
To continue these important conversations, the following series of blogs has been curated to reflect on the recent symposiums. The series brings together voices from within and outside the arts community to consider how the themes raised—through the exhibition and the symposiums—can teach us something about people and communities across the Asia Pacific region.
Commentary
Reimagining a future that values the lives, experiences and cultures across the Asia Pacific
Emily House
Deep listening: Putting communities at the forefront of making meaningful art
Felicity Castagna
