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APT8 OPENED WITH A BANG
ON FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER WITH A
RECORD-BREAKING 17 000 VISITORS
RECORDED ACROSS THE OFFICIAL
OPENING EVENTS AND PUBLIC PARTY.
01
QAG’s Upper Sculpture Courtyard /
Photograph: Joe Ruckli
02
Artist Gunybi Ganambarr in
conversation / Photograph:
Chloë Callistemon
03
Anida Yoeu Ali
The Buddhist Bug
2015 / Performance for APT8 Live /
Photograph: Natasha Harth
04
Audi activation on the
opening night / Photograph:
Chloë Callistemon
05
Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra
Ex Nilalang: Incarnations
2015–16/
Performance/Photograph:
Brodie Standen
06
White Shoes and the Couples
Company perform at QAG /
Photograph: Joe Ruckli
07
Actor Alan Cumming visits APT8 /
Photograph: @qagoma via
08
Kalpa Vriksha installation view /
Photograph: Natasha Harth
09
Yumi Danis (We Dance)
performance by Julia Mage’au
Gray / Photograph: Joe Ruckli
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02
08
PARTY
Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary
Indigenous and Vernacular Art
of India
took an in-depth look at
indigenous and folk art from the
subcontinent.
The
Yumi Danis (We Dance)
project grew out of an artist
camp on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu,
and tapped into the vitality
of performance in the
cultures of Melanesia.
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Over 40 opening-weekend
public programs, including the
launch of APT8 Live, teemed
with artists, international
guests, visiting curators
and families.
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