17 days celebrating science, art & tech KEY EVENT MAJOR PARTNER MEDIA PARTNER curiocitybrisbane.com 12—28 March 2021 Acknowledgement of Country Curiocity Brisbane acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, work, create and congregate. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. Minister for Tourism Industry The Right Honourable, Development and Innovation the Lord Mayor of Brisbane and Minister for Sport Councillor Adrian Schrinner The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP Get ready to be inspired with the return of Curiocity Brisbane, our city’s Let your imagination run wild most fascinating showcase of science, as we celebrate the return of innovation, technology and the arts. Curiocity Brisbane. This year’s program brings together This unique event is a celebration local and international creators, of creativity, innovation, science, makers, inventors, scientists, technology and art, held over technologists and artists and 17 days, featuring the installation of shines a spotlight on Brisbane as ‘Curiocities’ across the city, a series an Asia Pacific hub for innovation of thought-provoking ‘Curious and creativity. Conversations’ and events including The Curiocities, a range of free the World Science Festival Brisbane. interactive digital and physical The Palaszczuk Government is installations, are ready to be explored proud to support Curiocity Brisbane across the City Botanic Gardens, as part of Tourism and Events South Bank, Cultural Precinct and Queensland’s It’s Live in Queensland CBD. There is also so much to see at events calendar. the World Science Festival, the only I encourage you to embrace your extension of it outside of New York, curiosity by exploring this fantastic and the Gallery of Modern Art’s The event and our state capital’s perfect Motorcycle Up Late program. mix of arts, culture, dining, stunning Enjoy exploring your Curiocity natural assets and laidback lifestyle. in Brisbane. AIRLIE BEACH RACE WEEK FESTIVAL OF SAILING, THE WHITSUNDAYS, 12 - 19 AUGUST 2021 QUEENSLAND IS HOME TO WORLD-CLASS EVENTS Majestic C.1929 / © Haas Moto Galleries LLC / Photography: Grant Schwingle Brisbane Brisbane Sunshine Coast The Motorcycle: NRL Magic Round Big Pineapple Design, Art, Desire 14 - 16 May 2021 Music Festival Closing 26 April 22 May 2021 2021 QUEENSLAND.COM/EVENTS Welcome Welcome to Curiocity Brisbane 2021, celebrating 17 days of science, art & tech. We are proud to present an expanded program featuring 30 world and national premiere works among more than 60 Curiocities that can be explored across four precincts. We also feature unique installations from Queensland school students, selected from a state-wide expression of interest that attracted some truly inspiring ideas. We’ve brought six of these ideas to life, with the help of leading creators and makers whose work will fuel the curious spark we believe exists within us all. Curiocity Brisbane is delighted to partner with Queensland Museum in its delivery of World Science Festival Brisbane and with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to present The Motorcycle Up Late program. We thank Tourism and Events Queensland and the Brisbane Economic Development Agency for supporting Curiocity Brisbane, along with major partner News Corp and media partner Nine Queensland. Curiocity Brisbane reflects our place as a global hub for science, technology, innovation and the arts. More importantly, it’s an open invitation to explore and play in this great city. Enjoy! Theresa Famularo Executive Producer Curiocity Brisbane 2021 01 March 24–28 Explore the biggest questions in science at World Science Festival Brisbane World Science Festival Brisbane Queensland Museum is once again proud to deliver World Science Festival Brisbane and be part of Curiocity Brisbane. For the first time we have partnered together to deliver the Queensland Schools Challenge, giving six schools the opportunity to create their own Curiocity installations that demonstrate the intersection of science, technology, engineering, art and maths (STEAM). This nexus of science and art is at the heart of World Science Festival Brisbane, delivering a program of thought-provoking conversations, inspiring experiences and engaging workshops across five days from 24–28 March. We can’t wait to explore the work of artist Craig Walsh and his prehistoric creatures. Working alongside Queensland Museum’s award-winning palaeontology staff, Craig has created projections of prehistoric creatures known to have inhabited the Brisbane River (Maiwar) millions of years ago. This special collaboration between World Science Festival Brisbane and Curiocity Brisbane can be viewed from the Goodwill Bridge. And in 2021, our program will offer a range of events and digital experiences that celebrate human curiosity. Please join us at World Science Festival Brisbane and get involved in Curiocity Brisbane as we explore and immerse ourselves in the wonder and awe of science. Dr Jim Thompson CEO, Queensland Museum Network 03 Curious Conversations with Benjamin Law 04 Robles. Francisco Daniel Photographer: Join our Master of Curious Conversations, Benjamin Law, as he leads a series of FREE, thought‑provoking discussions with creators, makers, scientists and engineers. Virtual Time Machines for Benjamin Law is an Australian writer Cultural Storytelling and broadcaster. He co-hosts a Benjamin Law in conversation with weekly pop culture show on radio, Brett Leavy & Guest and an online startup and tech Saturday 13 March TV program. 10.30am to 11.30am Benjamin has a PhD in creative The Gardens Club, writing and cultural studies from City Botanic Gardens QUT. He loves feisty discussion and was born curious – the perfect Delve into the world of temporal combination for our Master of spatial storytelling, where Curious Conversations. satellite-generated terrain enables travel into The Dreaming landscapes of First Nations People. It’s a place Register for your where cultural knowledge and FREE ticket at practice is shared and preserved. curiocitybrisbane.com We will be navigating this futuristic space with self-titled ‘Virtual Heritage Jedi’ Brett Leavy and Guest. Image: Brett Leavy. 05 Recycling, Science, An Engineer and a Guitarist Design – Repeat walk into a bar… When waste looks sexy! Benjamin Law in conversation with Benjamin Law in conversation with Vanessa Tomlinson, Dr Hassan Guillaume Crédoz & Guest Karampour & Karin Schaupp Tuesday 16 March Saturday 20 March 10.30am to 11.30am 10.30am to 11.30am Flowstate, South Bank Flowstate, South Bank We are all well-versed in the 3 Rs What happens when an engineer and (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). But what a guitarist walk into a bar? They have would it look like to recycle and a conversation and decide to embark create new things from your home, on building the world’s largest studio or garage? What if it could be acoustic guitar, of course. your new business? Well, that may not be the full story. Join us for a creative conversation The idea, the maths, the timber, (that isn’t recycled!) as we travel the sound… these are all part of an from the heart of Beirut to Brisbane important journey and process. through science, design and invention. Delve into this story and hear Image: Guillaume Crédoz. first‑hand why the coming together of creative and mathematical minds equates to harmonious beauty. Images L–R: Karin Schaupp (photographer Cybele Malinowski), Vanessa Tomlinson. Register for your FREE ticket at curiocitybrisbane.com 06 Exploring the How can cross- Hyperconnected collaborations shape the Underworld ‘STEAM’ conversation? Benjamin Law in conversation with Benjamin Law in conversation with Tara Pattenden, Steve Axford & David Morton & Guest Catherine Marciniak Saturday 27 March Thursday 25 March 10.30am to 11.30am 7.00pm to 8.00pm Hilton Hotel, Wintergarden Nucleus, World Science Festival Dead Puppet Society (DPS) is one Brisbane, Cultural Precinct of Queensland’s most innovative Beatrix Potter’s sketches of mycelium theatre companies. In 2020 as the over 100 years ago were considered pandemic shut down all touring irrelevant, however, today those same and theatrical performances, the sketches are regarded as significant. company took a pause to think about Mycelium is vital to our soils, breaking its future. down organic material for reuse. The result of that pause has enabled They are also a vital communication DPS to expand its repertoire. and nutrient network supporting Key to this has been choosing to 92 per cent of Earth’s flora. cross-collaborate with other skillsets Explore this hyperconnected within the world of STEM. underworld of mycelium through the DPS have the ‘A’, but who are they eyes and lens of artists and naturalists collaborating with from the STEM Tara Pattenden, Steve Axford and space and what are they creating? Catherine Marciniak. Image: David Morton. Images L–R: Tara Pattenden, Steve Axford, Catherine Marciniak. Register for your FREE ticket at curiocitybrisbane.com 07 Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art NEWBlank INSPIRATION Canvas DISCOVER | PLAN | EXPERIENCE visitbrisbane.com.au Brisbane has never looked so curious! Curiocity Brisbane has created a 17 days 6.5‑kilometre circuit connecting the City Botanic Gardens, South Bank, Cultural celebrating Precinct and the CBD with over 60 Curiocities. Use your smartphone to interact using the latest science, in augmented reality and digital technology that connects our past and our