Alison Ross, Christopher Salter, Renai Grace, Phil Manning, Tim Lynch; Museum of Brisbane, accepting a GAMAA. Photo: LeAnne Vincent, courtesy of M&G QLD.

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100% Brisbane cover of exhibition way-finder
100% Brisbane cover of exhibition way-finder. Courtesy of Museum of Brisbane.

Museum of Brisbane
100% Brisbane

Museum of Brisbane is part of the living history of the city, examining how Brisbane and its people continue to change over time and revealing how each of our individual and collective stories are the milestones of the city’s evolution.

One of the most ambitious projects undertaken by the Museum of Brisbane, 100% Brisbane holds a mirror to the face of contemporary Brisbane to ask ‘how are we?’. Through a real-time view of Brisbane, as told by its people alongside some of the city’s most defining moments, 100% Brisbane is a structured yet inquisitive way to explore this question. Over the next three years, through digital interactive elements, the Museum will collect data and map the changing views and beliefs we hold as a city and as a community.

The Museum has captured a representation of all of the city’s cultural communities through the use of Australian Bureau of Statistics data about Brisbane’s residents, and provided a platform for their voices to speak to other residents and to visitors. In turn, visitors to the exhibition are invited to add their own voice to the narrative through a number of interactive elements. The exhibition is complemented by a robust education program and suite of public programs, which further encourage access and participation.

Museum of Brisbane worked with external creative practitioners on the project, including a multidisciplinary collaboration with Berlin-based theatre company Rimini Protokoll in the development of Brisbane DNA, involving 100 community participants, and resulting in a highly engaging, participatory experience that sparks conversation and generates ideas and self-reflection amongst visitors.

Finalists

Excerpt from Wide Bay – High Desert II catalogue
Excerpt from Wide Bay – High Desert II catalogue. Courtesy of Bundaberg Regional Galleries.

Bundaberg Regional Galleries
Wide Bay – High Desert II

Bundaberg Regional Galleries is operated by Bundaberg Regional Council and comprises two gallery spaces in the Bundaberg region – Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Childers Arts Space.

Wide Bay – High Desert II was an international exhibition and cultural exchange between Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Unsettled Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, designed to strengthen arts and cultural connections between the respective regions. Following the success of a trial project in 2013, a second exchange was developed in 2015, involving 6 artists from Bundaberg region and 6 from New Mexico and also incorporating local writers and songwriters. The project built skills in overseas exhibiting for both participating artists and gallery staff, and deepened arts and cultural relationships between the two communities, demonstrating that regionally-based art galleries and artists are producing artwork worthy of international attention.

Exhibition display of Connecting Threads: Tracing fashion, fabric and everyday life at Newstead House
Exhibition display of Connecting Threads: Tracing fashion, fabric and everyday life at Newstead House. Courtesy of Newstead House.

Newstead House, Brisbane
Connecting Threads: Tracing fashion, fabric and everyday life at Newstead House

One of the most prominent homes in Brisbane’s history, Newstead House was built in 1846 and has been occupied by some of Brisbane’s most influential colonial figures.

Connecting Threads: Tracing fashion, fabric and everyday life at Newstead House was a research project focussing on the domestic textiles held at Newstead House; exploring the materials of the collection to trace connections between objects and stories of fashion, material and domesticity. The project resulted in a temporary exhibition, running for six weeks, and the production of a research catalogue developed over an 18-month period. The exhibition combined traditional methods of delivery with technology as a tool for sharing stories through QR codes positioned throughout the house.

The successful outcomes of the project included an audit of the Newstead House textile and fashion collection and completion of a digital database; strong retail sales of the research publication; a 50% increase on visitor numbers; and increased audience engagement.

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