Triennial artist Salima Saway Agra-an (Talaandig people) talks about her ‘Cultural fragility’ series and her practice of painting with ochres made from the soil of her ancestral lands in Bukidnon, Southern Philippines. Artist Talk: Salima Saway Agra-an 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 Speaker: Salima Saway Agra-an Hosted by Dr Abraham Ambo Garcia Jr, Associate Professor in the Languages, Literature and Arts Department of Ateneo de Davao University in Mindanao, artist, academic and curator. Salima Saway Agra-an Talaandig, Philippines, b.1988 Tribal chieftan, from ‘Cultural Fragility’ series 2024 Ochre on canvas Pakabana (Concern), from ‘Cultural Fragility’ series 2024 Ochre on canvas Bungkatol Ha Bulawan (Golden jar), from ‘Cultural Fragility’ series 2024 Ochre on canvas Vase with sunset, from ‘Cultural Fragility’ series 2024 Ochre on canvas Tambulalatok (the Mountain clock), from ‘Cultural Fragility’ series 2024 Ochre on canvas Purchased 2024 with funds from the Bequest of Noela Clare Deutscher, though the QAGOMA Foundation Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art © Salima Saway Agra-an Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the 11th chapter of the flagship QAGOMA exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Bringing compelling new art to Brisbane, the Triennial is a gateway to the rapidly evolving artistic expression of Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is QAGOMA's (Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art) flagship exhibition series. Video that leaves an impression 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025 Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art Free entry https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/apt11 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia © Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2024 https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au #qagoma

From incredible performances, to captivating artist talks and intriguing panel topics, 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend had it all. Sit back and relive the excitement with this series of videos. Until 27 April 2025, the Triennial spans both the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, and includes new and recent work by artists from Australia, Asia, the Pacific. This 11th edition of the series builds on more than three decades of close engagement with the region, reflecting its social and cultural diversity through the contributions of more than 200 artists and creators. Don't miss the exhibition or you'll have to wait three years for the next. Performance Triennial artist Etson Caminha's performance featured Vaihoho polyphonic singing unique to the Fatuluku people of Lospalos in Timor Leste. Evolving over many years, Caminha’s practice brings together sound and visual art in dynamic performances, a form of living art. Triennial artist Joydeb Roaja's performance features the plung, a traditional flute played by the Mro people, one of the eleven different indigenous peoples who live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in south-eastern Bangladesh. Present in many of Roaja’s drawings, paintings and performances, the plung is a symbol of unity and resistance in the fight for the recognition and land rights of Indigenous people in Bangladesh. Experience a performance of song, stories and dance by Kawaki within their immersive audiovisual installation in the Triennial. Over one year and four months, women from Katupika, Wagina and Kia communities in the Solomon Islands collaborated with Dreamcast Theatre, a collective based in the capital, Honiara to create this artwork and accompanying performance which celebrates Kawaki’s ongoing caretaking of natural resources which are vital to the continuation of these communities’ distinctive cultural practices. The Sounds of Brisbane 2024 is a collaboration between Okui Lala, QAGOMA and West End State School, commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids. Artist Talks Triennial artists Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn talk about about their new collaborative performance work, The machine ghost in the human shell 2024 which employs AI and a holographic ghost to engineer a choreographed dialogue between human and machine. Triennial artist Albert Yonathan Setyawan talks about his slip cast ceramic installation Spires of Undifferentiated Being 2023–24. This work consists of more than 3000 individual ceramic objects consisting of two symbols, a flame and a hand — that explore the process of creating the work itself, as well as Setyawan’s philosophy of his practice. Triennial artist Salima Saway Agra-an talks about her ‘Cultural fragility’ series and her practice of painting with ochres made from the soil of her ancestral lands in Bukidnon, Southern Philippines. Triennial artist Eleng Luluan talks about her large-scale installation Sin ka nadruma, Kay paka balribalrthi, Kay apa pelaela, Ku ki dredreme (The immutable spiritual beliefs) 2024 which draws on the Rukai concept of wabacabacas, where the movement of the hand embodies thoughts, beliefs, history and culture. Triennial artist Muhlis Lugis talks about his large-scale woodcut artworks which explore Bugis community customs, teaching, tradition and philosophy. For many artists, ancestral stories, place and culture are vital to their expression and the materials that they use in their practice. Triennial artists Salima Saway Agra-an, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, and Lê Giang discuss their artworks that share unique deep connections to land, culture and artistic practices that have been passed down through generations. How do unique histories of lived experience and shared collective memory shape and enrich our understanding of the world and of each other? Triennial artists Zac Langdon-Pole, Sheelasha Rajbhandari, and Hit Man Gurung discuss their artworks that share in the mining of the past and recontextualising of histories to create a renewed vision of the future, the wonders of the world and our place in it. 'Re-imagining the workplace' is developed collaboratively by Ana Estrada, Nasrikah and Okui Lala. The event gathers caregivers to share perspectives on their complex occupation and to collectively rethink its possibilities. These include migrant domestic workers from Indonesia based in Malaysia, and aged care workers based in Brisbane. Art that brings us closer Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025 Free entry

For many artists, ancestral stories, place and culture are vital to their expression and the materials that they use in their practice. Triennial artists discuss their artworks that share unique deep connections to land, culture and artistic practices that have been passed down through generations. Panel Discussion: Art Grounded in Place 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 Speakers: Salima Saway Agra-an Sancintya Mohini Simpson Lê Giang Hosted by Abigail Bernal, Associate Curator, Asian Art, QAGOMA Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the 11th chapter of the flagship QAGOMA exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Bringing compelling new art to Brisbane, the Triennial is a gateway to the rapidly evolving artistic expression of Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is QAGOMA's (Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art) flagship exhibition series. Video that leaves an impression 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025 Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art Free entry https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/apt11 Thumbnail detail Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Australia b.1991 kūlī / khulā 2024 Colour on wasli paper Nine wasli scrolls: 40 × 400cm (each); installed dimensions: 130 × 1210cm Commissioned for ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ Purchased 2024 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the QAGOMA Foundation Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art © Sancintya Mohini Simpson Courtesy: The artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia © Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2024 https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au #qagoma