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november
Time
5 (Tuesday) 10:00 am - 7 (Thursday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Thursday Island
22 Victoria Parade, Thursday Island QLD 4875
Event Details
5 – 7 November 2024 10am – 4pm Inviting four prominent Torres Strait Artists to experiment with emerging AI technologies, expanding their creative practice for digital projection. This year, Flying Arts is overseeing
Event Details
5 – 7 November 2024
10am – 4pm
Inviting four prominent Torres Strait Artists to experiment with emerging AI technologies, expanding their creative practice for digital projection.
This year, Flying Arts is overseeing the Judith Wright Arts Centre Projection Program, which transforms the building’s façade into a dynamic nightscape showcasing the works of regional Queensland artists. Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, this initiative highlights innovative digital art. Past projection works can be viewed here: HERE
Awarded creative technologist and new media artist, Jessie Hughes who grew up on Moa and Thursday Island, will be returning to the Strait, to lead a 3-day AI workshop from the 5th to the 7th of November for four selected artists.
This free workshop will focus on the creative applications of AI for digital projections. Jessie will guide the artists through the AI platform Leonardo.Ai, culminating in the creation of projection artworks to be displayed on the Judith Wright Arts Centre façade in Brisbane from February to April in 2024. Each artist will receive a projection fee for their participation.
This is a unique collaborative opportunity between Flying Arts, Leonardo.Ai and the Gab Titui Cultural Centre this November. You can learn more about Jessie’s incredible work here: https://jessiehughes.com.au and about Leonardo here: https://leonardo.ai/
Please note: this is a private program.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: Jessie Hughes is an internationally-recognised new media artist, technologist, scholar and screenwriter, her works having exhibited most notably at Sundance, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern. She’s collaborated with the likes of Meta, Oculus and Adobe, in a decade of leading imaginative emerging technologies. Jessie Hughes is the Senior Creative Technologist at generative AI leader Leonardo.Ai, pioneering creative tools for a new era. Hughes has been named one of Australia’s Future Changers for her commitment to using digital innovation for positive social impact, and is a Sir John Monash Scholar, Churchill Fellow, and Lord Mayor’s Arts Fellow. Jessie grew up on Moa and Thursday Island, and she’s eager to return to the Strait to facilitate this cutting-edge program.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Lapunyah Art Gallery
80-86 Heeney Street, Chinchilla QLD 4413
Event Details
23 November 2024 10am – 4pm Begging with a discussion around Lincoln Austin’s experiences of making art for public spaces, the group will then be presented with a Public Artwork Brief, outlining
Event Details
23 November 2024
10am – 4pm
Begging with a discussion around Lincoln Austin’s experiences of making art for public spaces, the group will then be presented with a Public Artwork Brief, outlining the parameters for the possible production of a public artwork in a specific location around Chinchilla. A group discussion to identify possible creative approaches, public safety issues, concepts, histories and any questions around the brief will guide us into a day of research, discussion, drawing and model making, either in small groups or individually. The workshop will conclude with each creative proposal being presented to the group for further discussion. Lincoln’s approach to teaching is as advisor and facilitator, the group is encouraged to negotiate the progression of the workshop. Lincoln will be present to offer candid advice, technical knowledge, and assist participants in expressing and refining their creative ambitions.
What to bring
- Writing material
- Hat
- Sunscreen
- Enclosed footwear
- Water bottle
- Lunch/snacks
Venue
Lapunyah Art Gallery Chinchilla
86 Heeney St, Chinchilla QLD 4413
Cover image: Lincoln Austin
Additional Information
Your facilitator:
Lincoln Austin is known for their sculptural and multi-media works employing geometry, optics and scale to playfully explore the blurred boundaries between Ideal and Physical realities. Austin employs art to investigate ideas circulating around notions of perception and preconception. Specifically, how perception and situation effect understanding, and how interaction might alter perception. This analysis has prompted them to make art that encourages the movement of the viewer to activate optical potential within their work.
Lincoln Austin has held solo exhibitions in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, including at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2009), Caloundra Regional Gallery (2016) and Bundaberg Regional Gallery (2018). Their work has been featured in group exhibitions including ‘Open, Closed’ Queensland University of Technology Art Museum (2012) and ‘Light Play’ University of Queensland Art Museum (2015). Their work has been included in group exhibitions in Italy, Switzerland, the UK and Japan.
Austin’s work is held in many public collections including QAGoMA, the UQ Art Museum, QUT Art Museum, and Artbank. Austin has completed 21 Public Art commissions around SE Queensland since 2005. In 2015, Austin undertook an Australia Council residency at the British School at Rome. In 2017 and 2020 Austin received project funding through Arts Queensland to develop new work. In 2021 Austin presented a 20-year survey exhibition ‘The space between us’ at Ipswich Art Gallery. In 2023 they won the ‘Art for life” category of QFAA’s Queensland Regional Art Awards. In 2024 Austin returned to the British school at Rome for a 1 month residency, supported by the RADF, and received project funding through Arts Queensland to develop an exhibition for Rockhampton Museum of Art in 2025.
Lincoln Austin is represented commercially by Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.