Leonardo and Tūhura Otago Museum are pleased to announce the open call for participants in Creative Impact Lab Dunedin 2023-24.
Creative Impact Lab Dunedin is a creative exchange that utilizes community-driven digital and new media art projects to address climate change.
In this hybrid in-person and virtual exchange, U.S./Kānaka Maoli lead artist Tiare Ribeaux will facilitate a workshop series introducing creative practices in emerging media that give access to new forms of expression. Participants will learn creative techniques for human-centered interactive media design and expanded media installation as they explore climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand using an indigenous framework and methodologies. They will apply ethical design and technology principles to the practice of storytelling through digital, video, and physical media. The Lab is an amalgamation of collective research, experiential learning, and co-design with a focus on local communities to create impactful pieces of media & interactive art. This collaborative project is open to participants of all skill levels who are excited to learn together and create a technology based art installation.
We are looking for New Zealand/Aotearoa residents (age 18+) with:
- An interest in technology, new media, and/or digital art; experience in the arts is a plus
- An interest in exploring climate change
- A desire to learn from new perspectives and new tools
- A willingness to work and create in a collaborative environment
- An ability to work independently in a self-directed manner
- Youth (age 18-35), indigenous, Pasifika, women, genderqueer, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply
Creative Impact Lab Dunedin will be led by Tiare Ribeaux, a Kanaka 'Ōiwi filmmaker, artist and creative producer based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Her work involves a magical realist exploration of spirituality, labor, and the natural environment, drawing upon the structure of dreamworlds and Hawaiian cosmology to critique both social and ecological imbalances. Her films use visual narrative storytelling and components of speculative fiction and fantasy to reimagine both our present realities and future trajectories of lineage, queerness, place and belonging. Her work often combines with installation elements to create immersive and expanded media experiences. As a curator and producer, she founded B4BEL4B Gallery in 2014 as a platform and community space to prioritize underrepresented + queer artists in media arts, where she was the artistic director for 8 years. She co-founded REFRESH Art, Science, and Technology in 2017, curated the Soundwave Biennial in San Francisco in 2016, and was artistic director for the CODAME Festival in 2015.
Participation in the Lab is free of charge.
