‘Departure’ is a project focused on collecting and sharing stories from a diverse range of migrant community members with the aim that their stories will contribute to larger conversations around immigration and race in Australia. ‘Departure’ is the extension of a collaborative work that artists Christine Ko and Louis Lim created in 2022. That work […]
Soak is an invitation to collectively restore and revitalise mentally, emotionally and physically within the shared experience of a healing magnesium-rich foot bath. An inclusive, safe and playful sanctum held over two weekends in May, Wreckers Artspace will become a wellness destination. Concerns around the increase of diagnosed magnesium deficiencies in our bodies and decreasing […]
Join us for the DIA Design Days Brisbane event in partnership with the Museum of Brisbane, where we will be hosting a timely roundtable discussion on the Future of Design. As designers work across a growing range of disciplines, this event will explore how the next generation can advocate for the crucial role of design […]
This DIA — Design Days Brisbane event titled Student Crash Course: University to Employment will offer tips and tricks for students and recent graduates preparing to enter the next phase of their design career. Followed by a Portfolio Review, the DIA will present an interactive workshop showcasing examples of portfolio styles. Participants are invited to ask questions, engage […]
Echo & Bounce is a record store, cafe and community space in a near-century old building, south of the river in ‘Woolloongabba’ (a Turrbal word that means ‘whirling waters’). Our Open House events are a chance to invite along and platform a broad range of creative people with unique connections to this place, to share […]
Come and see our local production studio where we design and create ceramic jewellery and homewares. We have been making ceramics for 10 years and have slowly evolved our space to a mini artisan factory servicing 100 stockists for our beautifully crafted pieces. Guests will tour our space and see our tools and workspaces where […]
This exhibition reflects upon the geological and urban morphologies of Brisbane, and South-East Queensland, through architectural drawing, models and digital scanning. In the nineteenth century, John Ruskin and others had first argued for the connection between geology and aesthetics, at the same time as Australia was experiencing rapid industrialisation. Current advances in geological and architectural […]
Freej and VJ Local Support have moved the spotlight from ‘performers’ to ‘the performance.’ Detaching themselves from the format of glorified creators, the inner workings are hidden from view of the audience. Pairing with their visual experimentation, renowned DJ Phil Smart will be providing the soundtrack for this installation which is partly an experiment in […]
Globally, substantial amounts of land are dedicated to car parks – in Meanjin [Brisbane], there are 25,633 parking spaces in the CBD alone. FORMS OF ASSEMBLY is a public art intervention and workshop activation that critically re-imagines car park spaces as a resource for community connection and collaboration. Situated in Jacob Lane, this project reexamines […]
Born and educated in Tasmania, Michael lived and travelled in the Northern Territory before settling in Brisbane. Since 1985 he has continued to work as a multi-disciplinary artist as well as a gallerist, project curator and consultant with extensive experiences across contemporary Indigenous art forms and issues. In 1990 he co-founded Campfire Group Projects aligned […]
