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Watch • Watch as Kikik Kollektive paint their vast GOMA mural for the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial
Amongst the bustle of streets, marketplaces and public settings of Iloilo on Panay Island, street-side murals by Kikik Kollektive can be found. The works … -
Read • A weekend at QAG or GOMA. Which would you choose?
Looking for a free weekend outing for the family, a spot to socilaise with friends, or maybe a relaxing space to spend some 'me time … -
Read • 3276 individual flame & hand ceramics create a wall of symmetry
Albert Yonathan Setyawan’s ceramic installations are developed through repeated forms made in a slip-cast method. In this process, the original objects are replicated … -
Watch • Flame & hand symbols combine in a spectacular ceramic wall installation
'Spires of undifferentiated being' 2023–24 by Albert Yonathan Setyawan consists of two symbols — a flame and a hand — that explore the process of … -
Read • Feathers skilfully bound together for Hina, the goddess of femininity
Hawaiians believed that the gods were born covered head-to-toe in feathers, and that, like birds, they could move effortlessly between Earth and the … -
Watch • Mele Kahalepuna Chun's Hawaiian featherwork is her sacred responsibility
Hawaiian featherwork arrived with the archipelago’s first inhabitants and is intrinsic to the identity and culture of Native Hawaiian people. Historically, featherwork was reserved … -
Read • Relive the Triennial Opening Weekend ... or catch what you missed
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 … -
Watch • Performance/ Plung: The Sound of the flute is unity by Joydeb Roaja
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 … -
Watch • Performance/ Kuza Ni Tege by Kawaki
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 … -
Watch • Panel Discussion/ Art Grounded in Place
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 … -
Watch • Panel Discussion/ Art as Living Memory
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 … -
Watch • Performance/ Re-Imagining the Workplace
'Re-imagining the workplace' is developed collaboratively by Ana Estrada, Nasrikah and Okui Lala. The event gathers caregivers to share perspectives on their complex … -
Watch • Music Performance/ Etson Caminha
Triennial artist Etson Caminha's performed at the Asia Pacific Triennial Opening Weekend featuring the Vaihoho polyphonic singing unique to the Fatuluku people of Lospalos … -
Watch • Artist Talk/ Salima Saway Agra-An
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 … -
Watch • Artist Lecture/ Kawita Vatanajyankur & Pat Pataranutaporn
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 … -
Watch • Artist Talk/ Eleng Luluan
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 … -
Watch • Artist Talk/ Albert Yonathan Setyawan
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 … -
Watch • Artist Talk/ Muhlis Lugis
Triennial artist Muhlis Lugis talks about his large-scale woodcut artworks which explore Bugis community customs, teaching, tradition and philosophy. Artist Talk: Muhlis Lugis 'The … -
Watch • Choir Performance/ The Sounds of Brisbane 2024
The Sounds of Brisbane 2024 is a collaboration between Okui Lala, QAGOMA and West End State School, commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support … -
Read • 'Cup of life' is a curtain of 1,967 cast-metal grinning skulls
An imposing four metres high and 14 metres wide, Cup of life 2023 (illustrated) is a curtain of almost 2000 cast-metal grinning skulls that …