Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the eleventh chapter of the flagship Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. The Curatorial Manager, Tarun Nagesh, will speak about the show before it closes on 5 th May.
Images of Peranakans from the dawn of photography to the present, expose the long and complex relationship between cameraman, camera and subject. The dynamic negotiations between these three principal elements produced diverse results.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Gill will discuss her encounters with recent initiatives in maintaining traditional village silk
weaving practices, particularly of the renowned weft hol (ikat), in Cambodia. The focus will
be on the individuals and NGOs who are at the forefront of this support. Gill will highlight
the continuity of techniques in both dyeing and weaving, despite rapid changes in society
and economic circumstances.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Sally Burdon of Asia Bookroom, Canberra, will discuss how seemingly modest artifacts such as pamphlets, personal papers, propaganda handouts and maps often reveal rich narratives and cultural insights. She will be showing select examples of the ephemeral material she handles while speaking on the philosophy that guides Asia Bookroom.
Susie will examine the burdens of proof commonly placed on war photography and images from colonial contexts. She explores the tensions between photographs as 'evidence' and the more complex histories of violence and resistance that photography can reveal.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
The magnificent and ruthless Tipu Sultan (1751-1799) of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore rose to power in the 1780s. At that time, India controlled 25% of world trade, and 80% of Britain's lucrative India trade concerned finely crafted textiles. France, too, was importing thousands of metres of 'toiles Indiennes' in direct competition with its sworn enemy, the British East India Company. This talk will look at Tipu's focus on textiles, the regions involved, and the often overlooked methods of distribution and finance of the Indian master traders.