APT10 – The final compilation of reflections 

We are pleased to make available in a downloadable pdf the complete All a Part forum reflections across the three themes.  

Author Caitlin Hughes says in her conclusion, ‘As the conversations progressed, the links between the forum themes became clearer. Not only were the three factors connected in one way or another, but the significance of this interdependence was also revealed. Curatorial and art-historical work can bring attention to new art practices; increasing visibility. In a region where collaborative ways of-working are well established, the impact of visibility (or invisibility) in the gallery has the potential to also impact art-historical perceptions of communities and places. What types of issues are revealed to us through art, and why and how this is done, also has the potential to impact visibility. Ideas of sustainability – whether it is cultural, linguistic, environmental or artistic – links community concerns of the present to the possibilities or issues of the future.” 

Asialink Arts proudly launches the compilation reflections of Caitlin Hughes, who has provided insights and summaries of all three forums exploring visibility and invisibility, communities and futures.  

A future in cultural diplomacy beckons  

Come and work with us at AsialinkArts to help transform and propel Australia's creative engagement with Asia and the Pacific. 
 
Asialink Arts elevates the agency and capability of the Australian arts sector by analysing barriers to engagement, developing reciprocal exchanges and delegations, convening public forums and events and supporting cross-sectoral partnerships. 
 
Working closely across the Asialink Group, the Asialink Arts program is currently a small specialist team which drives a suite of programs that provide opportunities for Australia / Asia cultural engagement and development, linked both to the mission of the broader Asialink Group and the engagement strategy of the University of Melbourne.

Tradition and ritual in contemporary society 

Following a four-day visit and cultural exchange between Indonesia and Australia you are invited to attend a program of discussions lead by Dr. Lily Yulianti Farid Researcher, Monash Indigenous Studies Center with a special performance and Q&A with Makassan based musician Dian Mega Safitri. The program and open forum explores the philosophy and trade of musical history and ideas and includes the animation project premiere of “The Last Trepangers, A Brother from Afar”. 

Charles Darwin University, 28th November 2022.  

Presented by Skinnyfish Music*, in conjunction with CDU & Monash University. 

International artist exhibition and artist talk 

You are invited to the opening of a solo presentation by Xiyao Wang: The endless dream presented by Arndt Collection. Xiyao Wang was born in Chonqing, China in 1991 and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Her abstract paintings express a feeling of boundlessness using a range of techniques across oil, acrylic painting, chalk, graphite and oil sticks.  

The artist talk is a conversation between the artist and Matt Cox (Curator, Asian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales) and moderated by Matthias Arndt. 

10th December 2022, 2 – 6pm  

ARTBARN Art Space, Cape Schanck, Victoria.