The first ever APT Live is an ongoing program of artist performances and projects, starting on the opening weekend and animating QAG and GOMA throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Check out our website: https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/apt8/opening-weekend
>8am | Melati Suryodarmo | GOMA
Melati Suryodarmo performs I'm a ghost in my own house 2012, a 12 hour durational work in which she crushes hundreds of kilograms of charcoal as a transformative and symbolic act of life's energy.
>11am | Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra | GOMA
Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra reimagine characters from traditional mythology and folklore in their processional performances moving between the two buildings.
>11.30am | Anida Yoeu Ali | QAG
Anida Yoeu Ali stages a series of curious social encounters in The Buddhist Bug 2015 by inhabiting a caterpillar-like costume developed out of the artist's fascination with Buddhism as a Khmer Muslim woman.
>12noon | Savage K’lub | GOMA
Drop in to the SaVAge K'lub for ongoing activation by Rosanna Raymond and Pacific artists and performers over the weekend.
>12noon | Yumi Danis (We Dance) | GOMA
Julia Mage'au Gray leads performance group Sunameke to the Yam Garden on the Maiwar Green in a roaming dance and sound performance.
>1.30pm | Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra | GOMA
>2pm | Rheim Alkadhi | GOMA
In her performative photo project entitled The Eye Theatre Closes Its Doors, and Opens Them Again 2015, Rheim Alkadhi considers the various roles the eye has played in looking at the embattled socio-political geography of the Middle East.
>2pm | Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra | GOMA
Make sure you see Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra performing as their mythical creatures in their APT8 Kids activity space Club Anak (Club Child) 2015.
>2,30pm | Gabriella and Silvana Mangano | GOMA
Gabriella and Silvana Mangano present There is no there 2015, in which current news events are portrayed through choreographed movements, gestures and sound.
>3pm | Yumi Danis (We Dance) | GOMA
Join Julia Mage'au Gray for a contemporary solo dance performance that engages with her Mekeo heritage and the Yumi Danis (We Dance) performance project.
Founding Sponsor: Queensland Government
Principal Sponsor: Audi Australia
APT8 Live supporter: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
More
Less
