Edge of the Present How do you imagine the future when you can’t see it? Edge of the Present melds art with science to create an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environment that cultivates the capacity for future thinking.
Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges As our environment changes, so does our experience. Hard Place/Good Place is a creative research project, focusing on lived experiences of being in a ‘hard place’ or a ‘good place’, through a collection of personal and community stories, told through Augmented Reality [AR] experiences.
Lost in Serenity by Lucinda Makin As part of The Big Anxiety program across Yarra Ranges, Lucinda Makin’s Lost in Serenity considers the mechanisms we use to ground ourselves, to find places of calm and serenity. Learn to take a breath, let the mind wander somewhere safe, and just be.
To the fallen trees A public and performative artwork responding to eco-anxiety of extreme weather events.
Daniel Regan (UK) Photography Workshop An outdoor photography workshop where the camera lens looks inward as well as out, facilitated by the award-winning UK artist, Daniel Regan.
Sincerely Survivor – Film Screening and Q&A Dancers take on the role of pilgrims, exploring asylums of old. Grace Dance Company presents Sincerely Survivor the Dance Film at The Big Anxiety Festival 2022, exploring an arts-based research enquiry into the mental health system and its need for reform.