Families, students, industry professionals and anyone else interested in creativity and technology are invited to a festival at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus on Sunday 28 August 2016 which culminates in a concert featuring singers Kate Miller-Heidke and Carita Farrer Spencer and dancer Michelle Ryan.
CreateX is Queensland’s first technology-infused festival of creativity and will publicly launch the next exciting phase of QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct, incorporating design, performance, fashion, music, interactive and visual media.
A collision of creativity and technology, more than 60 interactive performances and events are scheduled for the day including:
- Immersive interactive games
- Grow your own clothing using fermented kombucha curds (‘vegan leather’)
- Virtual reality, films & augmented reality
- Robots and performances
- Demonstrations, Installations, Tours, Workshops
- Talks & panels
- Music
- Fashion parades
The QUT Creative Industries Precinct expansion is an $88 million state-of-the-art facility and digital showcase; the most sophisticated, technically-savvy creative space in Australia.
CreateX is a free event with a fee for some workshops. The day commences at the Precinct on the corner of Musk Ave and Kelvin Grove Rd, Kelvin Grove, at 10am and closes with an official opening ceremony performance from 6.00pm-7.00pm.
Visit the CreateX website for more details or telephone 07 3138 3922 #QUTcreatex
Media contact:
Amanda Weaver, QUT Media, 07 3138 1841, amanda.weaver@qut.edu.au
After hours: Rose Trapnell, 0407 585 901, media@qut.edu.au
