In Conversation with Magda Szubanski — Completed
Duration: 60 min
Magda Szubanski has been many things in public life – an Australian television and film actress, public spokesperson, comedian and writer. Magda is best known for her star role in Kath & Kim and in the films Babe, but more recently through her positive involvement in the Australian marriage equality campaign. This conversation will unpack notions of identity; what it means to be a public figure and the associated vulnerabilities of dealing with sensitive identity issues publicly.
Through The Mirror — Completed
Duration: 60 min
Through the Mirror brings together renowned Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal, Iranian visual artist Sara Iran Nejad, Japanese Koto master Takako Haggarty, Singaporean-Australian dancer Sandi Woo and guitarist composer Anthony Garcia to experiment and collaborate with exceptional creative industry students from QUT. A live performance showcase will be presented at Southbank on Saturday February 24.
Developed through a series of workshops as part of BRISASIA Festival. This new work showcases profiled artists who have been involved as part of this process.
Circus — Completed
March 2018
Duration: 60 min
Sat 10 Mar, 3.15pm
Sat 17 Mar, 3.15pm
Sat 24 Mar, 3.15pm
Ages 6 — 18
By Circa
Learn the basics of circus, building coordination, and flexibility with workshops by the world-famous Circa Contemporary Circus. This is a great opportunity to sample skills and get a feel of what circus can offer, with an emphasis on learning basic skills in a supportive and fun environment. Experience everything from acrobalance to handstands and tumbling in an encouraging, creative environment that’s challenging and loads of fun! Participants will have the potential to work with specialist trainers to learn new skills, gain extra confidence and get the blood pumping!
In Conversation with Dr Chris Burwell (Queensland Museum) — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 60 min
Fri 06 Apr, 11.00am
Join us for a conversation with Dr Chris Burwell, the Senior Curator of insects at the Queensland Museum. Delivered in conjunction with MEGAFAUNA, this talk will delve into Brisbane’s ‘hidden’ biodiversity, the insects, spiders and other invertebrates, and will examine the impacts of urbanisation on diversity, and ultimately what creatures survive and thrive in our city.
Megafauna Puppets — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 90 min
Thu 05 Apr, 11.00am
Sat 07 Apr, 11.00am
Sun 08 Apr, 11.00am
Ages 8+
By Dead Puppet Society
Allow the artists from Dead Puppet Society to introduce you to the techniques that they use to bring the Megafauna puppets to life in performance. With a focus on poetic illusion, the company will introduce the elements of focus, breath and gravity in a series of training exercises using brown paper. In bringing together these new skills, you’ll be guided in the creation of a series of short scenes as you create impossible and yet deeply engaging and new Megafauna characters.
Time To Play! — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 120 min
Wed 11 Apr, 3.00pm
Ages 15+
By Margi Brown-Ash
A workshop of laughter joy reflection dreaming and gypsy sticks!
We will move, write, draw, test new ideas and engage in creative conversations to inspire and delight.
Margi provides a safe and vital environment in which to act out new ways of belonging, and it’s all happening in Brisbane’s playground: South Bank!
Boat-making with The Owl and the Pussycat — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 45 min
Thu 12 Apr, 12.00pm
Fri 13 Apr, 12.00pm
Ages 4 — 10
By Little Match Productions
Ahoy! Come make your very own origami pea green boat and create two animal sailors for a magical journey to fair Bong-tree Bay. This visual arts workshop is for children aged 4-10 and involves storytelling, games, art and origami. Exploring the show’s themes of adventure, harmony and acceptance, climb aboard for a fun introduction to origami with additional creative activities suitable for older children. Adventure calls and new encounters await alongside an Owl and a Pussycat with their colourful new friends.
Hoot and Meow in Harmony — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 45 min
Sun 15 Apr, 12.00pm
Ages 4 — 8
By Little Match Productions
Come explore the magical bong-tree forest and meet the colourful characters of The Owl and the Pussycat. This early childhood workshop is for children aged 4-8 and involves experiencing music through movement, games, singing, rhymes and stories. Using age-appropriate activities based on the Kodaly and Orff teaching methods, children will play percussion instruments and explore the show’s themes of harmony, adventure and acceptance in a fun and multi-sensory approach. Climb aboard the pea green boat for a joyful introduction to classical music that will have everyone singing the Sea Bear honey song and rapping with Sir Kitty Cat!
Transmedia Storytelling — Completed
April 2018
Duration: 90 min
Fri 27 Apr, 2.00pm
Sun 29 Apr, 2.00pm
Ages 13 — 17
By Activate Entertainment
Transmedia storytelling is a narrative told across multiple media platforms to create a whole, cohesive story. In this digital content creation workshop, the theme of surveillance will be explored, pulled apart and reproduce across a variety of platforms. Media platforms can include: blogs, novels, ebooks, comics, mobile apps, video games or films.
Participants will be given a dystopian universe to work within, then using their creative talent combine with easy storytelling tools, explore an incident captured on surveillance cam. Different facets of the incident will be reproduced, reconstructed and remixed to present many sides to the same story.
Wearable Art — Completed
May 2018
Duration: 60 min
Sat 19 May, 3.00pm
Ages 6 — 17
By Tiffany Beckwith-Skinner
Create your own miniature illuminated and wearable art inspired by patterns from nature. Bring your illuminated creation to the evening performance of Song to the Earth and play with light alongside the performers. Workshop led by visual artist Tiffany Beckwith-Skinner creator of wearable & small-scale lighting installations for Song to the Earth.
Weaving Water Stories — Completed
May 2018
Duration: 60 min
Workshops,
Mon 21 May , 11.00am
Tue 22 May, 11.00am
Wed 23 May , 11.00am
Thu 24 May, 11.00am
Fri 25 May, 11.00am + 2.00pm
Sat 26 May, 11.00am + 2.00pm
Sun 27 May, 11.00am + 2.00pm
Ages 12+
By Freja Carmichael
Join artists for a rare opportunity to discover the diversity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture of this region, through weaving demonstrations, artist and curators talks. The large-scale public art installation inspires us to appreciate water – the giver of life which sustains us, replenishes us and connects us all.
Too Hot To Dance — Completed
May + June 2018
Duration: 60 min
Mon 30 Apr, 5.30pm
Mon 7 May, 5.30pm
Mon 14 May, 5.30pm
Mon 21 May, 5.30pm
Mon 28 May, 5.30pm
Mon 4 Jun, 5.30pm
Mon 11 Jun, 5.30pm
Mon 18 Jun, 5.30pm
Ages 14+
By Neridah Waters
ALL THE LIGHTS.
ALL THE LYCRA.
This dance class is for those who want to strut their stuff and release their inner show-pony. No experience necessary.
Feel free to dress up.
Common People Dance — Completed
May + June 2018
Duration: 60 min
Thu 03 May, 5.30pm
Thu 10 May, 5.30pm
Thu 24 May, 5.30pm
Thu 31 May, 5.30pm
Thu 7 Jun, 5.30pm
Thu 14 Jun, 5.30pm
Thu 21 Jun, 5.30pm
Thu 28 Jun, 5.30pm
Ages — All
By Neridah Waters
ALL ABILITIES.
ALL AGES.
ALL INCLUSIVE.
A dance class for the common person who just wants to dance in a group where they don’t feel self conscious.
Dress in comfy clothes.
WE ARE | A Self Portrait Workshop — Completed
June 2018
Duration: 45 min
Tue 26 Jun, 10.00am
Tue 26 Jun, 1.00pm
Wed 27 Jun, 10.00am
Wed 27 Jun, 1.00pm
Thu 28 Jun, 10.00am
Thu 28 Jun, 1.00pm
Sat 30 Jun, 10.00am
Sat 20 Jun, 1.00pm
Sun 01 Jul, 10.00am
Sun 01 Jul, 1.00pm
Ages 5 — 8
By QPAC's Out of the Box Festival
'The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world.' — Agnes Varda, French Film Director
In this hands-on workshop, children paint their own self portrait. In doing so, they're asked to reflect on questions like: How do I want to be seen in the world? How is my face a reflection of who I am? How do I feel?
WE ARE celebrates the wonderful diversity in our society and at the same time, explores each individual in their own right. We all may have different eyes, hair and skin, but we play the same, smile the same and laugh the same.
WE ARE invites us to consider that the way our children perceive themselves may be very different to how we see them from the outside.
Open Warm Up — Completed
Jun, Jul + Aug 2018
Duration: 60 min
Mon 4 Jun, 10.00am
Mon 9 Jul, 10.00am
Thu 12 Jul, 10.00am
Thu 19 Jul, 10.00am
Mon 6 Aug, 10.00am
Thu 9 Aug, 10.00am
Ages 17+
By Liesel Zink
Warm up for the week in this open contemporary dance workshop led by the professional dancer's in Liesel Zink's performance Inter. Participants will be led through contemporary technique before taking part in exercises that give insight into Liesel's creative process inspired by scientific concepts of inter-connectivity.
Please bring comfortable clothing you can move in and socks or appropriate shoes for dancing in.
Contemporary Dance for Mature Movers — Completed
Jul + Aug 2018
Duration: 60 min
Mon 16 Jul, 10.00am
Mon 13 Aug, 10.00am
Ages 50+
By Liesel Zink
Warm up for the week in this open contemporary dance workshop designed specifically for movers aged 50+. Led by local professional dancer's in Liesel Zink's performance Inter, participants will be led through some contemporary technique before taking part in exercises that give insight into Liesel's creative process inspired by scientific concepts of inter-connectivity. This workshop is designed to inspire and celebrate the joy of moving in a safe and friendly environment.
This workshop is appropriate for movers aged 50+.
A Force Workshop — Completed
Sep + Oct 2018
Duration: 90 min
Mon 10 Sep, 6.00pm
Sat 15 Sep, 11.00am
Wed 19 Sep, 11.00am
Sat 22 Sep, 11.00am
Wed 26 Sep, 11.00am
Sat 29 Sep, 11.00am
Wed 3 Oct, 11.00am
Sat 6 Oct, 11.00am
Wed 10 Oct, 11.00am
By Craig Walsh and Hiromi Tango
Workshops facilitated by Queensland College of Art students
A Force considers our relationship with technology, and how our daily dependence on digital devices may be affecting us. As part of this project, members of the public will have the opportunity to participate in the creation of a collaborative, cumulative sculptural installation, through a series of workshops.
Participants will be invited to reimagine their connections to the digital world and each other, transforming materials such as cables and wires into works of art. These small sculptural forms, focussing on themes of regeneration and human connections, will be integrated as part of the large sculptural installation. In this way, workshop participants will have an opportunity to join their creations to the work of others, enacting the idea of human connectivity.
Please Note: Participants will get the exciting opportunity to add their creations to a public installation in the heart of South Bank. As a result, participants will not be able to take their creations home.
Dana Lawrie: Artist Talk — Completed
Oct 2018
Duration: 30 min
Sun, 21 Oct, 2.00pm
Ages All Ages
Come to one of her talks where she will discuss her process, the focus of these dyes fading over time and her labour-intensive creations reflecting mortality. Or join Dana at Plants in Practice, collecting plant material where you will learn how she creates her natural dyes and the ways she uses them.
Dana Lawrie is part of Metro Arts' Deathfest 2.0: a duel with death. To find out more about Deathfest 2.0
Visit metroarts.com.au
Dana Lawrie: Plants in Practice — Completed
Oct 2018
Duration: 40 min
Sat, 20 Oct — Sun, 21 Oct, 11.00am — 11.40am
Please note this workshop was previously known as Foraging Adventure.
Join Dana at Plants in Practice, collecting plant material where you will learn how she creates her natural dyes and the ways she uses them. Or come to one of her talks where she will discuss her process, the focus of these dyes fading over time and her labour-intensive creations reflecting mortality.
Dana Lawrie is part of Metro Arts' Deathfest 2.0: a duel with death. To find out more about Deathfest 2.0
Visit metroarts.com.au
Moving Through Workshop + Artist Talk — Completed
Oct 2018
Duration: 120min & 60min
Wed, 24 Oct, 6.30pm — 8.30pm
Moving Through maps an illusory journey from a gentle departure through the after-life to the celebration of becoming.
Participate in a workshop where participants become creators in this multimedia exploration, or join in a discussion as O’Dempsey talks through her process of creating cinematic collage. Moving Through culminates in two stunning and visceral evening performances.
Moving Through is part of Metro Arts' Deathfest 2.0: a duel with death. To find out more about Deathfest 2.0
Visit metroarts.com.au
Living Out Loud with Luke Ryan and guests — Completed
Oct 2018
Duration: 90 min
Sun, 28 Oct, 4.30pm
Have you had your own duel with death? Are you aware of your mortality and committed to ‘living out loud’? Join comedian Luke Ryan, aerial performer Lauren Watson, and Peter and David Bissell (aka Peebo and Dagwood Clowns) as they talk about their unique perspectives for getting the most out of life. Facilitated by Dr Fiona Hawthorne, General Manager of Hummingbird House.
Living Out Loud with Luke Ryan and guests is part of Metro Arts Deathfest 2.0: a duel with death. To find out more about Deathfest 2.0
Visit metroarts.com.au
