Through this format, there is a chance to examine the current climate of contemporary arts production in the Asia-Pa- cific region; and the importance of facilitating access to the arts, engaging community in these spaces, and supporting the next generation of artists and arts professionals. [...] — Vincente Diaz The ideas of ‘obscurity’ and ‘recognition’ can be read in the contexts of broader debates about the ‘centres’ and ‘peripheries’ of the art world and market. [...] 10 A l l a P a r t a r t a n d s o l i d a r i t y __________ One of the central themes that unfolded across the workshop was the ways that art and community-driven practices link to ideas of solidarity: bringing visibility to commu- nities in crisis through art, and extending these networks of witnessing and storytelling into the gallery space. [...] This was not a topic explicitly explored by any of the panelists or artists in the forum, and yet it manifested through ideas of caring for the city and for the environment in Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett’s presentation; care and interest in engaging diverse com- munities through public programs, and for sharing stories, art and cultural knowledge through the ACE Project. [...] This theme linked closely to the main focus of APT10, which was centred on the ‘future of art and the world we inhabit together’.4 Through emphasis on speculative, plural and imaginative connotations of futures, there was a chance to reflect on the way that themes of the future are entangled with art practice today, what the past can tell us about the fu- ture, and what the future of art means in.
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