Looking back and looking forward - APT10 Community

In the second of three iterative releases, Caitlin Hughes reflects on discussions centered on the contested natures and narratives of community, explored through presentations and panel discussions in the All a Part: APT10 Professional Engagement forum. Artists and curators in the discussion include Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett, Farida Batool, Kamruzzaman Shadhin, Ruha Fifita and Vicki Lenihan.

Each publication aims to reflect on the intersections and entanglements between visibilities, communities and futures, as they were revealed to forum participants throughout discussions between artists, curators and interlocutors. It looks back on All a Part, but it also looks forward: to what might be possible for the arts as we navigate change and new opportunities.

Stay tuned for the third and final fortnightly release as well as the full compilation which will be made available for download as a PDF.

Read on 'Communities' here

Announcing Craft & Design Exchanges with Korea

Asialink Arts is delighted to have been funded by the Australia Korea Foundation and Creative Victoria for a new two-year program. The program delivered over 2023 and 2024 will support the development of craft and design exchanges and catalyze long lasting connections and collaborations between Australia and Korea for craft and design practitioners. The program will consist of capability development sessions with leading experts from both countries, as well as a reciprocal physical exchange opportunity for an Australian and Korean craft and design practitioner.

Keep an eye out for the open call in early 2023.

Cambodian Space Project and the Oz Asia Festival

The Cambodian Space Project presents the world premier of The Rat Catcher of Angkor Wat at Oz Asia Festival in Adelaide on October 28-30. If you are in Melbourne catch a preview on Friday October 21st, 7:30pm at A Blanck Canvas - The Playground @ Seaworks Shed 8 / 82 Nelson Place Williamstown VIC.

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Yohaku No Bi - The Beauty of Empty Space

Brisbane based Japanese-Australian artist and Asialink Arts alumni, Elysha Rei, will exhibit her series of work titled '余白の美: Yohaku no bi (the beauty of empty space)’ in Melbourne, Friday November 11 at Red Gallery in Melbourne.

This hand-cut paper installation references principles of Japanese garden design, connecting to Rei’s ancestry dating back to Tea Master Katagiri Sekishu. Drawing upon oral histories from her Japanese grandmother – a war bride who came to Australia in 1953 - these pure white works invoke a space of calm and tranquillity that honours the symbolic gesture of peace found in her grandparent’s relationship and is an expression of Japanese-Australian identity.

All a Part was made possible by the collaborative curatorial and conceptual development of partners at QAGOMA and its team behing The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Asialink Arts and the Griffith Institute.

Asialink is grateful for the assistance provided by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Asialink Arts is grateful for the financial assistance provided for the Reciprocal Craft & Design Exchanges the Australia Korea Foundation, which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Asialink is grateful for the financial assistance provided by the public and private sectors for our programs. We welcome all tax deductible contributions and encourage a discussion about the impact your assistance can make.

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Image 1: Tita Salina, Indonesia b.1973, Irwan Ahmett Indonesia b.1975, Garuda Berkepala Naga (The Dragon-headed Garuda) (still) 202, Two-channel video installation with found objects, Installed dimensions variable, Commissioned for APT10. Image courtesy: The artists.

Image 2: Melbourne Design Week

Image 3: Photo by Cambodian Space Project

Image 4: Yohaku no bi by Elysha Rei

Level 4, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia

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