Photography: Re-imagining Self

Photography informs how we perceive the world, our understanding of self and the forming of public opinion. QCA’s photography studios embrace contemporary practice and the roots of photographic practice. Throughout BAD 2021, we welcome you to visit our Photography darkrooms to use the facilities. Here you will learn how to make to make a Cyanotype and we […]

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BAD On Campus Tour

Join us for a tour through the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus. You will explore contemporary Australian artworks on display, providing an opportunity to explore the diverse ways that art is used to communicate ideas from the poetic to the political. […]

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Hoisted: Inkahoots

Hoisted is an interactive projected artwork by Inkahoots celebrating sovereignty for the natural world. Go to the web-app (hoisted.net.au) and create a giant animated flag for your favourite local species of flora or fauna, to be projected live onto the side of QPAC. Presented by Inkahoots in association with Museum of Brisbane. BAD is an […]

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Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside

Discover a stunning open-air art exhibition in the heart of Brisbane City at Botanica- Contemporary Art Outside. As the sun sets over Brisbane’s iconic urban skyline, Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens come to life with large-scale projections, surprising installations and interactive artworks that will captivate children and adults alike. Featuring new artworks from some of Australia’s […]

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Radical Localism: artisan + Practice Studio + QUT Fashion

Radical Localism is an installation, community intervention and symposium that showcases Brisbane’s independent fashion community. Co-designed by artisan and Practice Studio, and in collaboration with QUT Fashion, Radical Localism will highlight Brisbane’s growing cohort of skilled makers and designers. Presented by artisan in association with Museum of Brisbane.BAD is an initiative of Museum of Brisbane […]

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Infinite Space: Sandra Selig + Primitive Motion

Infinite Space is a site-specific installation and live performance work that draws on the architecture and atmosphere of the heritage-listed St Patrick’s Church in Fortitude Valley. Sandra Selig creates artwork that reveals the systems at the edge of our perception. Her work highlights our bodily relationship with space and the interconnectedness of natural and human-made […]

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CTRL ALT DEL presents SHIFT

CTRL ALT DEL creates a space of cross solidarity between diverse intersections of cultures and communities. We activate exhibition space through cultural ceremony, song, dance and spoken word. CTRL ALT DEL offers artists a network to connect, meet like minded creatives and form potential collaborations. The exhibition plays an important role in helping bridge community […]

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UpLate: Material Directives

From 6-9pm Friday 28 May, Gladstone Rd Studios will remain open until late for visitors to check out the exhibition and meet the artists, designers and curator over a bevvy or two. Over the past 6 months, artists Jordan Azcune and Kirralee Robinson have been collaborating with local design studio, Five Mile Radius on new […]

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Artist Talk: Dabbler Studio

When it comes to breaking the arts and craft workshop mould, Dabbler Studios takes the cake. Hand built from the ground up by ceramicist Bonnie Hislop and her gorgeous team of local creatives, Dabbler Studios has burst onto the Brisbane arts scene to provide a safe-haven for people to draw out their inner artist. But, […]

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Gardens of Babylon

Strange flowers are blooming at BiB’N’Brace Collective in an emotive group exhibition, Gardens of Babylon. Featuring a hot house collection of contemporary painters and sculptors, come and take a walk through a wild variety of works that draw on the botanical world for inspiration. Featuring works from David Henderson, Fintan Magee, Jane Grealy, Paula de […]

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