Constellations

Constellations is a curated selection of emerging technology artworks, hosted at bespoke facilities within the QUT campus ecosystem. Constellations recognises the micro temporality of the Everywhen and the potential for conceptions of time and space that go beyond Western Epistemologies. Constellations showcases 98 artists across 7 mini programs, highlighting cultural and technological diversity in order to navigate this unfolding digital future. We trace multifarious lines of flight, such as XR performance outside traditional frameworks; VR/AR applied to cross modal perception; motion tracking and body sensors; screen arts that engage with critical planetary perspectives; and, award winning abstract and narrative computer animation from some of the world’s most experimental and groundbreaking directors.

Constellations presents:

Animation Screenings (in partnership with Ars Electronica Animation On Tour and SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) with films by Ina Conradi & Mark Chavez, Ayoung Kim, Jonathan Armour, Junha Kim, Jieyuan Huang, Wang & Söderström, Dorian Rigal Minuit, Maxime Chudeau, Ryotaro Sato.

Bespoke Screens Program with Nathan Shafer, Tiare Ribeaux, Qianqian Ye, Chantel Bates, Rewa Wright & Simon Howden (UnCalculated Studio), Martin Jarmick, Creative Impact Lab, Sarah Waterson, Van Sowerwine & Isobel Knowles, Noorua Tapuni, Gregory Bennett, Kellie O’Dempsey, June Kim, Rem Rungu Lin, Koo Yong En Ke, Leixin Luo, Felix Ng. 

Video Arts Program with artworks by Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Liliana Conlisk-Gallegos, Pasha Clothier, Clinton Watkins, A. Bill Miller, Alex Lee, Terhi Marttila, James Cunningham, Hannen Wolfe, Annique Goldenberg, Rafe Sholer, Enrico Piazza, Suzon Fuks.

Installations with artworks by Dennis del Favero, Jill Scott, Keith Armstrong, Claire Tracey, Rewa Wright & Simon Howden (UnCalculated Studio), the ”Speculative Futures” Student Contest (partnership with ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee).

XR Program featuring HagoromoXR (live with acclaimed Noh performer Ryoko Aoki, and The Amplified Elephants  aka. Jay Euesden, Katheryn Sutherland, Robyn McGrath, Natalie Walters, by Jonathan Duckworth (RMIT) James Hullick (JOLT Arts) , Shigenori Mochizuki (Ritsumeikan University), Ross Eldridge (RMIT).

WebXR on the Styly platform, curated by Dr. Alison Bennett and Dr. Rewa Wright, with artists Silvia Alberti, Wannaporn Chujitarom, Linda Loh, Avital Meshi, Anna Jacobson, Ray LC, Sabine Julien (aka Taara Minds), Andrea Artz, Xingzhi Shi, Carla Knopp, Anne Yoncha, Estella Hu, Yamin Xu. Jae-Eun Suh, Amanda Stojanov, Mingyong Cheng, Byeongwon Ha, John Tonkin, Tanuja Mishra, Nhu Bui, Weilu Gi, Robyn Backen, Megan Beckwith, Meichun Cai, Juliette Séjourné, Peter Williams, Karen Ann Donnachie, Brian House and Sue Huang, Margot Tidey, Chanee Choi, Jisu Kim, and Iyer Ramya.

VR program with interactive artworks by Megan Beckwith, Stephanie Andrews, Josh Harle, Alison Bennett, Lucas Horta, Nirma Madhoo, Alex Lee, Amala Groom & Andrew Burrell, ISEA VRChat team (Ben Coles, Anna Melands, Nina Phung, Anan Putra Adimas)

Constellations program is curated by Dr. Rewa Wright for ISEA2024, the International Symposium on Electronic Art which brings together scholars, artists, and scientists from around the world to explore the intersection of art, science, and technology.