Tag: APT9

Delve into the in-between spaces of social conventions and interactions

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   28 Mar 2019

Mithu Sen challenges her audiences to explore the in-between spaces of social conventions and interactions. She uses poetry, drawing, objects, text and performance to investigate social behaviour. Sen’s works question and dodge meaning, and with a playful humour, she creates new possibilities of communication, and employs symbolic and linguistic devices, such as ‘(un)’, to explore…

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Let’s make some noise with John Patterson from The Grates

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   19 Mar 2019

Go on a musical journey through ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) with our ‘Let’s Make Noise’ tours. Led by pied-piper John Patterson from iconic Brisbane band The Grates, the special tour encourages you to do something that doesn’t come very naturally in a gallery setting – make as much noise as possible. An…

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Science and art: More closely related than you might think

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   16 Mar 2019

Now in its 4th year – the World Science Festival in Brisbane explores and celebrates the relationship between science and art. Science and art are more closely related than you might think as both attempt to understand and explain the world around us. Both scientists and artists strive to see the world in new ways, explore…

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Iman Raad: Days of bliss and woe

Posted by Ellie Buttrose   ●   10 Mar 2019

Iman Raad’s large-scale mural Days of bliss and woe is a riot of colour and decoration. Together with the embroidered banners of Garden nights, these works were commissioned for ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) and Days of bliss and woe was acquired for the Collection. Steeped in art-historical references from across time and…

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For a time when the bee no longer exists

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   8 Mar 2019

In 2018 for ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9), New Zealand photographer Anne Noble created a multi-part project at the heart of which is Conversatio: A cabinet of wonder 2018 (illustrated), a functioning beehive or ‘living photograph’. Bees can be observed entering the Gallery, before disappearing inside the cabinet and going about…

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Multiple Asias: Understanding art and culture

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   4 Mar 2019

‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) Opening Weekend culminated in a symposium with visiting artists, curators and academics from Australia, the Asia Pacific and further afield. Zara Stanhope, with Tarun Nagesh and Ruth McDougall, outlines some of the pressing ideas that arose in the development of the current exhibition and formed the…

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