The Vessel

Recipients of an Asia Pacific Screen Award will receive a unique work of art to acknowledge their achievement - a symbol common to all cultures and civilisation -
the urn, the vase or, the vessel.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Like the films they honour, these vessels themselves tell a story. Their shape – fluid and without edges – speaks to APSA’s reach beyond national borders and divided history. Their colours are vibrant and deep, a snapshot of life across the Asia Pacific. Their textured skin celebrates the beauty of our differences. And their polished form, born of fire and grinding effort, reflects the fraught nature of our filmmakers’ journeys. The vessels are not so much made as breathed to life. A piece of me lives in them. Just as a piece of each filmmaker stays forever in their films.” - Joanna Bone RCA, Brisbane, Australia

BIOGRAPHY

Brisbane artist Joanna Bone is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London and winner of Australia’s prestigious Ranamok National Glass Prize. Her work can be found in prominent private and public collections globally. Each category winner receives one of Joanna’s exquisite glass vessels. The vessel presented to Iranian director Kioumars Pourahmad for his Jury Grand Prizewinning film, Night Bus, is now part of the permanent collection of the Film Museum of Iran.