‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, featuring the work of 70 artists, collectives and projects from 30 countries opens at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) from Saturday 30 November 2024. The Gallery’s flagship Asia Pacific Triennial series which offers an expansive and free art experience across both gallery buildings is a much-anticipated exhibition every three years presenting a snapshot of the most exciting and innovative developments in contemporary art from around our culturally diverse region. The opening weekend of the eleventh chapter on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December includes a program of free onsite performances, artist talks, panel discussions, and drop-in art and music-making workshops. Artist Talk: Haus Yuriyal / 2.15 – 2.45 pm, Sat 30 Nov Artist Talk: D Harding / 2.45 – 3.15 pm, Sat 30 Nov Artist Talk: Mai Nguyễn-Long / 2.15 – 2.45 pm, Sun 1 Dec Live Music: Etson Caminha / 4.00 – 4.30 pm, Sun 1 Dec The exhibition, built on QAGOMA’s four-decade-long engagement in Asia and the Pacific highlights the work of First Nations, minority and diaspora cultures as well as the collective, performative and community-driven art practices that thrive in the region. This Triennial features 500 works of art, including many by artists not previously exhibited in Australia, as well as Asia Pacific Triennial Kids, seven artist projects that encourage younger audiences to explore their creativity through making and multimedia interactives, drawing and video. It also includes Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema, comprising curated surveys of filmmakers Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan), Kamila Andini (Indonesia) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan), two thematic cinema programs, conversations and a live music and film event. Asia Pacific Triennial Kids activity space by Malaysian artist Egn Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema featuring Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang The opening weekend highlights on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December include: A performance of song, dance and stories that brings together two Solomon Islands collectives: KAWAKI and Dreamcast Theatre, within their immersive video installation Kuza Ni Tege. A live music performance by Etson Caminha (Timor-Leste) featuring the Vaihoho polyphonic singing technique unique to the Fatuluku people of Laspalos in Timor Leste. Art and music making workshops for all ages with Lê Thuý (Việt Nam); Rithika Merchant (India); Egn (Malaysia) and Etson Caminha (Timor-Leste). Ephemeral artworks: Total 2024 performed by Angela Goh (Australia) and Reimagining the Workplace 2024, by Okui Lala (Malaysia), Ana Estrada (Australia/Mexico) and Nasrikah (Malaysia). An Artist Lecture by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn (Thailand) about their collaborative performance work. ‘The sound of the flute is unity’ performed by Joydeb Roaja (Bangladesh), featuring the ‘plung’, a musical instrument of the Mro Indigenous people. Talks and panel discussions featuring international and local artists. Layered with responses, questions and ideas about the present moment, the Triennial explores the many issues facing humanity and looks towards the future from a vast array of cultural perspectives. It includes recent and newly commissioned works that are rich with stories of journeys, migrations, environmental care and connections to place. Queensland Art Gallery Watermall installation by Mit Jai Inn 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ is made possible by Founding Supporter the Queensland Government and Principal Partner Creative Australia; and is supported by Strategic Partner Tourism and Events Queensland; Principal Benefactor Haymans Electrical; Asia Pacific Triennial Kids Principal Benefactor Tim Fairfax Family Foundation; Major Partners Shayher Group, Urban Art Projects, Gadens and Crumpler; and Grantor the Office for the Arts, part of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and more than 40 generous Exhibition Patrons and Collection Benefactors. For full list of supporters and more information visit the website. Art that makes an impact Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025

Experience a performance of song, stories and dance by KAWAKI within their immersive audiovisual installation in the Asia Pacific 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. Written and directed by Gillian Oti, Dreamcast Theatre. Performed by Lavinia Pupuru Denson, Mone Patrick Rimon, Indy Oreba Mereki, Margery Abuofa Zesapa, Tracy Agnes Lamana & Dilly Nadariko Maezama. Performance: Kuza Ni Tege by KAWAKI 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Opening Weekend Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1 Dec 2024 KAWAKI Established 2016, Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands Lavinia Pupuru Denson (Lead Artist for women of Katupika), Solomon Islands b.1977 / Tracy Agnes Lamana (Lead Artist for women of Kia), Solomon Islands b.1986 / Dilly Nadariko Maezama (Lead Artist for women of Kia), Solomon Islands b.1983 / Indy Oreba Mereki (Lead Artist for women of Wagina Island), Solomon Islands b.1988 / Mone Rimon Patrick (Lead Artist for women of Wagina Island), Solomon Islands b.1974 / Margery Abuofa Zesapa (Lead Artist for women of Katupika), Solomon Islands b.1993. Live and work across Katupika, Wagina and Kia villages Dreamcast Theatre Established 2006, Honiara, Solomon Islands Zhayjay Jnr Campion, Honiara b.1996 / Kris Mana, Honiara b.1997 / Neil Nuia, Honiara b.1988 / Gillian Oti, Honiara b.1986 / Ivan Utahenua, Honiara b.1990 / Willard West, Honiara b.2002. Live and work in Honiara KAWAKI and Dreamcast Theatre performed Kuza Ni Tege on Sat 30 Nov 2024 as part of the Asia Pacific Triennial Opening Weekend at the Gallery of Modern Art in the artists’ Triennial installation: Kuza Ni Tege (Kuza, Coconut, Turtle) 2024 / Single-channel video and sound installation, 10:28mins, woven pandanus, polystyrene, sand, with light and timber scenography / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / © KAWAKI and Dreamcast Performance written and directed by Gillian Oti, Dreamcast Theatre. This project is supported by the Commonwealth through the Office for the Arts, part of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and QAGOMA’s Oceania Women’s Fund. (The project) is a collaboration between Dreamcast Theatre, Kawaki Women Collective and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art for '11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art', with the assistance of The Nature Conservancy. 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

Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than thirty countries (full list of Triennial artists below) will feature in the 11th chapter of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) flagship exhibition series, ‘The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art‘, opening on Saturday 30 November 2024. Artists including Dana Awartani (illustrated), Brett Graham (illustrated), D Harding, Mit Jai Inn (illustrated), Kikik Kollektive, Saodat Ismailova, Dawn Ng, Yeung Tong Lung and Haus Yuriyal will continue the Asia Pacific Triennial’s commitment to representing the region’s most dynamic and exciting contemporary art. Dana Awartani Brett Graham Mit Jai Inn The much-anticipated Asia Pacific Triennial has showcased an evolving mix of the most important developments in contemporary art from across Australia, Asia and the Pacific for more than three decades. As the Gallery works towards presenting an exhibition of key works acquired by QAGOMA through the thirty-year Asia Pacific Triennial series at the V&A Museum, London in early 2026, it has reflected closely on the significant cultural impact of the Triennial regionally and globally. Wardha Shabbir As with previous Triennials, the eleventh chapter will be presented throughout both the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and include works produced across vast geographies and cultural contexts, offering audiences a multiplicity of experiences, perspectives and diverse approaches to both contemporary and community-based customary art practices. Kawita Vatanajyankur Developed and researched by QAGOMA’s specialist Asian and Pacific curatorial team, with collaboration from co-curators and interlocutors in the region, this Triennial will feature over 500 artworks including major new commissions by artists Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Kawita Vatanajyankur (illustrated), Trương Công Tùng, Paemanu Contemporary Art Collective, ‘Aunofo Havea Funaki and the Lepamahanga Women’s Group, Mele Kahalepuna Chun and Mai Nguyễn-Long. Rithika Merchant Artists in the exhibition consider knowledge in its many forms, following thematic threads such as care for natural and urban environments, intergenerational experiences of migration and labour, and nuanced approaches to storytelling, materials and technique. For the first time in the series, this Triennial will include artists and works from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Timor-Leste and Uzbekistan. Dawn Ng Among the many highlights in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial will be: A vibrant multi-part project by Haus Yuriyal, a collective of 28 artists living and working in Jiwaka/Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, led by Brisbane-based artist Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman. Kuman (fighting shields) paintings, carved tree fern sculptures, embroideries and a range of innovative bilum designs will be shown alongside a video picture house and a lush harvest garden in QAG’s sculpture courtyard. Leading Thai artist Mit Jai Inn’s three-dimensional installation reimagining painting and abstraction in a dramatic interactive environment on the QAG Watermall. With suspended tunnels, cascading curtains and towering scroIls, the work will encourage visitors to enter and explore its maze-like structures. An evocative installation of monumental sculptures and video by Aotearoa New Zealand artist Brett Graham. Occupying the full length of GOMA’s Long Gallery, Tai Moana Tai Tangata will represent the relationship between Taranaki and Tainui Māori and the pact of solidarity they forged during the New Zealand Wars. A large-scale mural by Kikik Kollektive from Iloilo Province in the central Tul-an sang aton kamal-aman (Bones of our elders) will reframe the stories that have formed the history and culture of Iloilo, depicting a sinuous serpent deity associated with the moon alongside imagery of local figures, community traditions, ancient cultivation practices and spiritual beliefs. Standing by the Ruins, a stunning floor-based installation by Dana Awartani (Saudi Arabia/Palestine) combining the artist’s knowledge of Islamic geometry and craft techniques with tropes of Arabic ruin poetry to address war, cultural destruction and healing. A mesmerising new multi-channel video installation by Singaporean artist Dawn Ng, capturing a timelapse of a large sculptural block of frozen pigment melting and disintegrating sublimely representing the ephemerality of time, beauty, destruction, love and loss (illustrated). Innovative portraits of everyday life in Hong Kong by senior painter Yeung Tong Lung, deploying unusual perspectives with an affectionate eye for detail. The paintings range from intimate vignettes to an epic 20-metre, multi-panel panoramic view of the city. Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema Five Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema programs exploring central Asian cinema ‘Children of Independence: The Rise of Central Asian Cinema‘ and futurism on screen ‘Future Visions‘, alongside comprehensive career surveys of prominent film directors Tsai Ming-liang, Kamila Andini, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi and a live music and film event with composer and musician Eiko Ishibashi. Director: Tsai Ming-liang Director: Kamila Andini Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi The Triennial also includes four projects co-curated to enable a deeper investigation into rarely platformed regions, artworks and cultural contexts: TAMBA, a project co-curated with Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung, and featuring artists, activists, and Indigenous communities from Nepal and the surrounding region. It encompasses diverse narratives across video, woodcut prints, textiles, installation, photography, music and poetry. Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, co-curated with Abraham Ambo Garcia Jr with the assistance of Al-Nezzar Ali and Emi Englis. Recent customary and ceremonial works by Indigenous and Islamic communities will be shown alongside painting, video and sculpture. Highlights include abaca ‘dream weavings’ by the T’boli people, ochre paintings by Talaandig cultural leader Salima Saway Agra’an; and okir (botanic) kite sculptures by Tausug artist Rameer Tawasil, as well as works by Kiri Dalena, Adjani Arumpac, Cian Dayrit and others. An immersive sound and video installation created by Dreamcast Theatre and the KAWAKI women’s collective from The Solomon Islands, co-developed with The Nature Conservancy to highlight KAWAKI’s ongoing relationship to their natural environment and custodianship of the Arnavon Islands. A showcase of customary and innovative weavings by artists from across five of Torba Province’s islands, curated by Dely Roy Nalo. Kim Ah Sam The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial artists Kim Ah Sam Kalkadoon, Kuku Yalanji people. b.1967, Brisbane, Australia / Lives and works in Brisbane (illustrated) ...

From incredible performances, to captivating artist talks, in conversations 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 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. 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. Film In Conversation Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang is 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 and his innovative video works. 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. Artist Talks 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. 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. Mele Kahalepuna Chun is a recognised expert practitioner and teacher of Hawaiian featherwork. As a third-generation kumu hulu, Chun describes her continued engagement with the artform as the fulfilment of her sacred responsibility to serve her community through the ongoing custodianship and advancement of this artform. Etson Caminha talks about his installation work which explores the rich dialogue between Timorese musical instruments, traditions, contemporary art, sound and social engagement. 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. 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. Muhlis Lugis talks about his large-scale woodcut artworks which explore Bugis community customs, teaching, tradition and philosophy. 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’. 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? Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Brett Graham and Bùi Công Khánh 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. 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. Triennial Kids The Sounds of Brisbane 2024 is a collaboration between Okui Lala, QAGOMA and West End State School, commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids. Art that brings us closer Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025 Free entry