WHAT: Film/photograph the latest in augmented and virtual reality at the official opening of the $88 million expansion of QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct (Kelvin Grove). This mind-blowing project and more will be on show for the public to experience at QUT’s upcoming CreateX Festival, a collision of creativity and technology.
Come for a sneak peek of projects and special tour of the precinct expansion (Australia’s most sophisticated creative space) on Tuesday 23 August.
VISION & INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
- Museum of Colliding Dimensions: a world-first, room-sized mash up of VR, AR, game engine and multi-touch technologies in an incredible, immersive experience on an alien world. It makes you feel like you’re inside a video game. Perfect for a piece to camera while QUT’s Dr Deb Polson - the brilliant mind behind the project - is available for interviews.
- Garden of Miniscule Delights: interactive dance performance involving robots, humans and the public, where the performers react and respond to the public’s presence in the room.
- A dance class underway in a specially-designed, state-of-the-art performance space.
- Acclaimed musician and QUT academic John Willsteed (of Go-betweens fame) playing music in QUT’s industry-leading box-in-box recording studio with city views (unheard of in the music industry).
- Students of all creative industries sectors using the collaborative, world-class facilities. The building will be full of activity.
- Professor Andy Arthurs, CreateX festival director.
- Professor Gene Moyle, QUT Head of Dance and expert on the physical and mental benefits of creativity.
WHEN: 10am Tuesday 23 August
WHERE: Z9 building, QUT Kelvin Grove campus,cnr of Musk Ave and Kelvin Grove Road
MORE INFO:
The centrepiece of the Creative Industries Precinct expansion is a six-storey building (Z9) for QUT’s dance, drama, music, visual art, creative writing, animation and creative research programs.
CreateX, on Sunday 28 August 2016, culminates in a concert featuring the DeepBlue Orchestra, singers Kate Miller-Heidke, Naomi Price and Carita Farrer Spencer and dancer Michelle Ryan.
More than 60 interactive performances and events are scheduled for the day including:
- Dead Puppet Society Workshop
- Immersive interactive games
- Grow your own clothing using fermented kombucha curds (‘vegan leather’)
- Build your own holograms
- Virtual reality, films & augmented reality
- Robots and performances
- Michelle Xen installation incorporating light, sound, video and sculpture
- John Willsteed on Brisbane’s punk music history
- Demonstrations, Installations, Tours, Workshops
- Talks & panels
- Music
- Fashion parades
MEDIA PARKING, Tuesday 23 August 10am:
From Kelvin Grove Road turn into Blamey Street, then right turn into Musk Avenue and proceed up to Gona Parade. Parking is set aside outside the new Creative Industries Precincet expansion.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kate Haggman, QUT Media, 07 3138 0358, or kate.haggman@qut.edu.au
Amanda Weaver, QUT Media, 07 3138 1841, amanda.weaver@qut.edu.au
After hours Rose Trapnell, QUT Media team leader, 0407 585 901 or media@qut.edu.au
