Celebrate Holi at APT8

On Wednesday 23rd March – the eve of the Holi Festival, we invite visitors to the Queensland Art Gallery at 5pm to celebrate with a special free after-hours viewing and exhibition tour to enjoy the vibrancy and colour of the Indian works in the exhibition Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary Indigenous and Vernacular Art of India which…

Filipino Indie during APT8

Anne Démy-Geroe provides an insight into our APT8 Cinema program ‘Filipino Indie’, co-curated by Yason Banal, and our special presentation of 13 works by Lav Diaz. In the early days of digital filmmaking, the portability and cost of equipment and technologies allowed filmmakers to work outside the studio system, perhaps making films that would not have previously been permissible.…

View art and foam during APT8

David Medalla is a unique figure in the history of twentieth-century art. His unpredictable and playful approach to art-making has made him difficult to categorise, but he is increasingly recognised as a significant figure in the development of installation, kinetic and participatory art. His practice deliberately avoids the idea of sculpture as solid, timeless and…

APT8’s installation embeds art in daily life

Brothers Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh collaborate with Hesam Rahmanian to construct provocative installations that challenge conventional modes of display and standards of value. The theatrical tradition of Ta’ziyeh, a type of passion play, is a particularly important influence on their practice with its use of props, theatricality, cross-dressing and irony. Sets and costumes are comprised…

APT8’s conceptual threads

The APT8 Conference was held immediately after the opening weekend celebrations and invited artists, researchers, and curators from Australia, Asia and the Pacific to address some of the key conceptual threads within ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ currently on view at QAG and GOMA until 10 April 2016. The triennial’s eighth edition…