Indigenous Australians

Fifteen artists from all parts of Australia participating in the Indigenous Media Lab held this year at QANTM, arrived in Brisbane for a two and a half week program of intense professional development for participating practitioners from film, animation, video, interactive media, photography and visual arts backgrounds. (more…)

‘The Great Australian Silence’ was a cultural codification for the domination of Australia’s lands by British Imperialists in 1788. The term was coined in 1901, when the Bulletin editor A.G. Stephens used the expression to ‘codify an Australian myth’ that the Australian identity was born ‘in the silence of the bush’. (more…)

In April 2007, Nanotechnology Victoria, Bridge 8 and the Equity Research Centre hosted ‘Weaving with Light: Advanced Technology in Social Enterprise’.  This event builds on a number of exciting technological and social programs to provide access and information about new technologies, including nanotechnologies, to socially disadvantaged groups who might otherwise be excluded from participating in the debate. (more…)