‘Home: a suburban obsession’ explores the allure of home and the stories found within, and is inspired by one of the largest digitised photographic collections of Queensland houses. The exhibition explores the social and emotional foundations of our houses through ephemera and artistic responses, capturing the places we call home. During the 1960s and 70s, […]
Potluck is a solo exhibition by Louis Lim, an Australia-based photographer whose work explores diversity in human conditions, specifically those that are under-represented in mainstream media. With a keen interest in light, Louis’ practice focuses on non-fictional visual storytelling and conceptual photographic portraits with a collaborative methodology. Potluck exemplifies cultural diversity in Brisbane by documenting […]
Julie Paterson is an internationally-renowned textile designer, with a diverse background in the arts and a long history of creating artwork in Brisbane. Her practice spans creative workshops, public speaking, collaborative partnerships and retail presences across Australia. For BAD 2019, Side Gallery has teamed up with Julie to present a residency-based exhibition inspired by on the […]
While the spectacular hinterland of South East Queensland has provided unparalleled inspiration for William Robinson’s work, the artist draws equally upon his imagination and his capacity to summon memories and visual impressions of places he has experienced. ‘Nature imagined’ offers a new understanding of William’s sophisticated vision of his lived environment, and how, while providing […]
‘Nature imagined’ is an interactive digital learning experience and exhibition of works by artist William Robinson. The Cube’s ‘Nature imagined’ project displays three of William Robinson’s landscape paintings, digitised for the first time at high resolution. Visitors can zoom in on each of the artworks to see the detail and discover fascinating facts about the […]
The Digital Garden explores the crucial role that plants and nature play in sustaining a habitable planet. Created by Brisbane-based artistic duo, Man & Wah, the project is a visual exploration of nature and its marvellous plants, with aims to inspire thoughts of cosmic connections and the vital role nature performs in sustaining a habitable […]
The laneway adjacent to Onespace Gallery will be transformed into an immersive, surreal and otherworldly space as part of this year’s BAD Festival. This everyday site will become a strange, chaotic, playful and interactive space merging live painting, installation, costume, soft-sculptural appendages, video, physical performance and live sound. Sea Oddities is a collaborative performance work […]
Glen Henderson’s new works are a visual exploration across medium to coincide with her investigatory interest in major cultural change. Glen will engage the audience by challenging how we look at art through digital videos, painting, original digital print compositions, constructed form, drawing, and diagrams with handwritten text. With the internet being the most transformative […]
Brisbane-based Metro Arts team up with MARS in Melbourne to stage a two-venue exchange. First up, Metro Arts will present the work of three innovative Melbourne video artists: Stephen Haley, Hannah Raisin and Diego Ramirez, during BAD 2019. For the return-leg in November 2019, Metro Arts will curate a selection of Brisbane artists to be […]
In her new exhibition, Hailey Atkins presents new sculptural works and large-scale drawings that revise the meaning of ‘pep’ to incorporate the reality of failure and anxiety. Using playful form and colour, the Brisbane artist draws on the personal to articulate the ‘in-between’ experiences and the uncomfortable, yet potentially productive and funny, spaces between doubt, […]
