Art that is atmospheric/ Asia Pacific Triennial

For the Asia Pacific Triennial, Szelit Cheung presents his paintings in a specially designed space whose ambiance and light-fall match those depicted on his canvases.. The deeply atmospheric oil paintings of Cheung are painstaking studies of the fall of light in space. Intimate in scale and tightly framed, Cheung’s canvases depict unadorned architectural interiors glancingly illuminated by beams of sunlight. Using restricted palettes domin...

Film In Conversation/ Tsai Ming-liang

As part of Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema, Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang joined us for an Australian-exclusive in-person In Conversation event. Celebrated as one of the greatest living directors and a key figure in the second wave of Taiwan New Cinema, Tsai has re-shaped understandings of the artform through his feature films (including the Golden Lion-winning 'Vive L’Amour' 1994 and the ghostly masterpiece 'Goodbye, Dragon Inn' 20...

Film In Conversation/ Kamila Andini

Indonesian writer-director Kamila Andini talks about the characters she crafts in her films and the stories she is passionate to bring to the big screen. Kamila Andini’s films explore major sociocultural topics – such as gender equality and environmental issues – in a way that is fantastical, poetic and uniquely her own. Her stories draw from Indonesian art traditions including costume, dance and theatre regularly focussing on women navigating cul...

Film In Conversation/ Jeremy Leatinu’u & Ian Powell

Jeremy Leatinu’u and his cinematic collaborator Ian Powell explore the development of their collaboration and how, across the years, they have deeply refined their filmic language. Jeremy Leatinu’u’s representation in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, highlights the artists growing interest and confidence working with moving image, tracing the movement from using video to document performances to exploring cinema as a storytelling...

Film Talk/ Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Program curator Kiki Fung explores the creative lives and legacies of Britain's foremost filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and discusses the works of these two audacious filmmakers and how the bold power of their screen collaborations has continued to bewitch audiences for decades. Kiki Fung is a film critic and Programme Consultant for Hong Kong International Film Festival, and was former Head Programmer for the Brisbane Int...

Film In Conversation/ Heel: Thomas Fairchild & Ian Bolt

As part of 'Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema: Future Visions', director Thomas Fairchild and lead actor Ian Bolt join us for an In Conversation about the film 'Heel'. Set in a near-future Queensland, a farmer reluctantly invests in a new mass-market time travel device to enable him to reunite with his recently departed four-legged companion. Clinging to the rapidly fading final memories of his beloved pet, the farmer’s well-intention...

Art that Reckons with History/ Asia Pacific Triennial Panel Discussion

How does art possess a power to both bear witness to the devastation of history and hold hope for a future of greater unity and understanding? Asia Pacific Triennial artists discuss their artworks that embody acts of preservation, revival and creation in their remembering of the violent colonial histories that have devastated unique cultures around the globe. 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Openi...

Etson Caminha/ Asia Pacific Triennial Artist Talk

Triennial artist, Etson Caminha talks about his installation work which explores the rich dialogue between Timorese musical instruments, traditions, contemporary art, sound and social engagement. 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 Hosted by Thomas Henning, interdisciplinary writer, director, producer and artist. This program was created in collaboration with Brisbane City C...

TAMBA/ Asia Pacific Triennial Curator Talk

Triennial co-curators Hit Man Gurung and Sheelasha Rajbhandari discussion the TAMBA project, a collection of works that explore the wide range of distinct cultures, languages and histories of Nepal’s Indigenous people from across the 60 officially recognised Indigenous nationalities, known as ‘Adivasi-Janajati’. 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 Hosted by Tarun Nagesh, Cura...

Mele Kahalepuna Chun/ Asia Pacific Triennial Artist Talk

Mele Kahalepuna Chun is a kumu hulu — a recognised expert practitioner and teacher of Hawaiian featherwork — based on the island of O‘ahu in Hawai‘i. As a third-generation kumu hulu, Chun describes her continued engagement with the artform as the fulfilment of her kuleana — her sacred responsibility to serve her community and honour the ho‘oilina (legacy) of her family through the ongoing custodianship and advancement of...

Art that makes you take a closer look/ Asia Pacific Triennial

Tarun Nagesh, Curatorial Manager of Asian and Pacific Art at QAGOMA introduces us to the breathtaking miniature paintings of renowned artist Wardha Shabbir. You can take a closer look at her incredible paintings on display now at the Asia Pacific Triennial. Along with its role as a centre for miniature painting, the city of Lahore itself has shaped Wardha Shabbir’s practice over many years. Trained in this highly discipline...

Behind-the-scenes/ See how we conserve artworks for the Asia Pacific Triennial

Go behind-the-scenes with QAGOMA Objects Conservator, Catherine Collyer to see how we protect and prepare incredible works like Lê Thuý’s ‘Echo’ for display in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the eleventh chapter of the flagship QAGOMA exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. ...

Art that resists the unavoidable/ Asia Pacific Triennial

Reuben Keehan, Curator of Contemporary Asian Art at QAGOMA shares his insights on Ishu Han – the Chinese-born Japanese artist renowned for his compelling performance videos featured in the Asia Pacific Triennial. Among the range of media Ishu Han works with, he is best known for his compelling performance videos. These works typically position the artist in absurd and dreamlike scenarios within larger natural forces, such as shif...

The dazzling effect of Copper Archipelago's decorative ceiling appropriates a ship’s outer edge

Jasmine Togo-Brisby introduces 'Copper Archipelago' 2024, created as a site-specific architectural intervention for the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial. A large boat-shaped structure, its surfaces recall the ornate ceilings eponymous with the Sydney-based Wunderlich family, famous in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for manufacturing pressed-metal ceilings. Wunderlich ceilings ar...

Behind-the-scenes/ Installing a 6-metre-long woodcut print for the Asia Pacific Triennial

QAGOMA Paper Conservator Kim Barrett takes us through the process of preparing the work for display at the Asia Pacific Triennial including the challenges and bespoke systems designed to support its unique size and material. KAAITEN: History, Memory, Identity 2024 is a breathtaking 6-metre-long woodcut print by Subas Tamang, a member of the TAMBA collective from Nepal and the surrounding region. Nep...

Time-lapse/ Kikik Kollektive paint a cacophony of narratives for their Asia Pacific Triennial mural

With their immense, collectively painted mural, Kikik Kollektive present a cacophony of narratives, symbols and characters, forming a bold visual representation of Iloilo that emphasises the stories that have created and shaped its land, people and history. For the Asia Pacific Triennial, Kikik Kollektive celebrates significant stories of Iloilo in a vast mural 'Tul-an sang aton kamal-aman...

Design Tracks/ Brisbane

'Design Tracks: Brisbane' is an annual 3-day residential program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students in Queensland. Hosted by QAGOMA Learning, the program offers students opportunities to work alongside established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative mentors. ‘Design Tracks’ encourages participants to feel inspired by the Creative Industries and consider their own future career pathways. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of M...

Design Tracks/ A program for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students

‘Design Tracks’ is an annual multi-day residential program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students in Queensland. Hosted by QAGOMA Learning, the program offers students opportunities to work alongside established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative mentors. Each year, the program runs in Cairns in May, and Brisbane in August, and is programmed around an annual theme which students...

Art that gives you hope/ Asia Pacific Triennial

Varunika Saraf employs a rigorous painterly technique and scrupulously creates or customises her own pigments. Her practice draws upon historical worldviews, mythologies and art histories to navigate today’s political and social situations, particularly examining contemporary realities of marginalisation, social injustice and proliferating violence. Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the eleve...

Art that takes a village/ Asia Pacific Triennial

Nestled by the edge of Tonga’s largest freshwater ecosystem, is Tu‘anuku village, Vava‘u - home of artist ‘Aunofo Havea Funaki and the Lepamahanga Women’s Group. Ruha Fifita, Curatorial Assistant, Pacific Art, takes us on a journey to Tonga to explore the making of this incredible 14-metre-long work by lead designer and creator, ‘Aunofo with members of the Lepamahanga Women’s Group and the broader village community. The inhab...

Design Tracks: Cairns

'Design Tracks Cairns' is an annual multi-day residential program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students from regional and remote Far North, and North Queensland. Hosted by QAGOMA Learning, the program offers students opportunities to work alongside established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative mentors. ‘Design Tracks’ encourages participants to feel inspired by the Creative Industries and consider their own future career pathwa...