WHAT: Film/photograph the latest in augmented/virtual reality, see a ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon-style’ 3D film set in Brisbane’s mangroves, join a workshop to make ‘dead puppets’ or ‘vegan leather’ jewellery, turn a smart phone into a hologram, watch fashion parades, dancers and robots at play and hear about Brisbane’s post-punk music scene from someone who was there. It’s all happening at the public opening of the $88 million expansion of QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct (Kelvin Grove) on Sunday 28 August.
CreateX, a collision of creativity and technology, ends with a free concert featuring the DeepBlue Orchestra, singers Kate Miller-Heidke, Naomi Price and Carita Farrer Spencer and dancer Michelle Ryan.
SPECIAL MEDIA TOUR: 11AM SUNDAY - VISION & INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
- Museum of Colliding Dimensions: a world-first, room-sized augmented reality experience to make you feel like you’re inside a video game. QUT’s Dr Deb Polson - the brilliant mind behind it - 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.
- Shifting Lenses – a live duet between a dancer and a computer.
- Mudskipping – a dance of the mangroves combining 3D film, dance and music to evoke an eccentric reimagining on the lives of mudskipper.
- The Copernicus Challenge – real life augmented reality adventure game.
- Dance classes, workshops, performances and films.
- Acclaimed musician and QUT academic John Willsteed (of Go-betweens fame) performing and sharing colourful stories of the Brisbane music scene in the 1970s.
- Professor Andy Arthurs, CreateX festival director.
- Professor Gene Moyle, QUT Head of Dance and expert on the physical and mental benefits of creativity.
- Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham and Professor Greg Hearn on the future of entertainment and the allure of YouTube and other social media platforms to millennials.
- A light, sounds, video and sculpture installation from acclaimed multi-media artist and performer Michelle Xen.
WHEN: 10am-7pm Sunday 28 August
WHERE: Z9 building and surrounds, QUT Kelvin Grove, cnr of Musk Ave and Kelvin Grove Road
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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
