ArtAsiaPacific No.28, 2000

Commentary

20 SERENDIPITY Asian video, photography, film and installation – Shino Kuraishi

22 TRANSIENCE AND TIME A Mattress Factory residency – Joan Kee

24 FROM ZEN TO POP CULTURE An autumn in Los Angeles – Colette Chattopadhyay

26 TWISTING THE BOX Centre A reinvents the art museum – Paula Gustafson

28 A FLOATING WORLD Prospects for the future of Asian art – Alison Carroll

30 LOSS AND LEAVING ‘One Hundred Years After’ in the Philippines – Patrick D. Flores

32 ART AND NATION ‘Nokia Singapore Art 1999’ – Lee Weng Choy

35 DO YOU MIND MY ART? Public art in China – Val Wang

38 WEAVING NEW LINKS A tapestry workshop in Melbourne – Christopher Heathcote

Essays

40 IN SEARCH OF DISSIDENCE ‘9 Lives’ at Casula Powerhouse – Ashley Carruthers

48 SPECTACLES OF INVISIBILITY The photography of Tseng Kwong Chi and Nikki S. Lee – Irene V. Small

54 THE QUESTION OF BODY OWNERSHIP Lee Bul’s cyborgs and monsters – Robert J. Fouser

62 DUPLICATING MEMORY Chen Shun-Chu’s photo-installations – Sophie McIntyre

66 A CONTINUING TRADITION Asmat art of Irian Jaya – Todd Barlin

70 ISLANDS OF HISTORY Two exhibitions of Torrs Strait Islander culture – Nicholas Thomas

78 AN UNSETTLED SEASON Political art of Indonesia – Asmudjo Jono Irianto

Reviews

Pamela Kember on Huang Yan; Ray Langenbach on ‘History Through Prints’; Iola Lenzi on Jimmy Ong; Sang Ye on Cai Jin; Phillip Mar on ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’; Lee Weng Choy on ‘The Rose Crossing’.