5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010Gallery of Modern Art + Queensland Art

Gallery

About APT • The Asia Pacific Triennial of

Contemporary Art is the only recurring exhibition of contemporary art of Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

• APT6 incorporates Kids APT and Summer Festival, cinema program, regional Queensland programs, Up Late, public programs, education programs and resources.

• 100 artists and filmmakers from 25 countries

• First time: North Korea, Iran, Turkey, Tibet, Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma).

APT Attendance

• APT 1 1993: 60 000

• APT 2 1996: 120 000

• APT 3 1999: 150 000

• APT 4 2002: 220 000

• APT 5 2006: 350 000 (QAG and GoMA)

Promised Lands5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010

Promised Lands profiles cinematic and geopolitical relationships

throughout the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Jammu and

Kashmir, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) across to West Asia and the Middle

East (including Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,

Kurdistan, Lebanon, Palestine and Turkey).

Promised Lands provides an opportunity to

develop conversations that look to West Asia

and the Middle East, encountering the

intersecting countries, religions, cultures and

histories that help inform our understanding

of these evolving regions today and their future.

The Road to JaffnaSri Lanka

Cinema of PartitionBangladesh India Kashmir Pakistan

The Tree of LifeAfghanistan Iran Iraq Kurdistan

Return of the PoetArmenia Turkey

Eating my HeartLebanon Israel Palestine

APT6 Kids

Since APT3 in 1999, the APT has included a specially curated exhibition forchildren — ‘Kids’ APT’ — specially commissioned activities for children and families

Summer Festival – last 2 weeks in January. Kids APT5 Summer Festival: 68,500 to QAG; 57,700 at GoMA; 5700 at regional Qld venues