Activations In The Forecourt

Activations by Liesel Zink

Our New is a public-space performance, seeing a mass of women occupy public space collective embodiment of intersectional feminist movements. Created through a series of conversations with diverse women, the project collaboratively re-imagines the future with female voices at the core.

Catch a work-in-development activation of Our New as part of HWY Live on site at La Boite on the following days:

• Saturday 21 November, 6pm  

Activations by Caitlin Hill & Justin Harrison

Caitlin and Justin adapt E.M Forster’s The Machine for the 21st Century, in response to the events of 2020, by leveraging existing video technologies to replicate some of the environments and sensations presented in the novel, giving an audience member a chance to both passively view and physically interact with an actor.

Catch a work-in-development activation as part of HWY Live on site at La Boite on the following days:

• Saturday 7 November, 6pm
• Saturday 14 November, 6pm 
• Saturday 21 November, 6pm

Installations by RSM Arts Collective

Longer Tables, Not Higher Fences is a collaborative project between those currently or previously held in indefinite detention and local Meanjin/Brisbane artists. The work is a physical manifestation of the slogan Longer Tables Not Higher Fences, aiming to represent the possibility of sharing a meal with friends who are detained within our city, but unable to physically join with our community. 

The artworks are spread over an 8-metre table, with crockery donated from homes around Meanjin. The table features artworks by people currently or previously in detention and local artists in communication with people inside detention, and the empty spaces on the table represent the men who have died while in mandatory detention - their voices are missing from the table.

Longer Tables, Not Higher Fences aims to provide a platform for the voices, stories and art of refugees who are trapped in immigration detention.

Installation

• 5-21 November, 5-9pm

Activation 

We invite you to pull up a chair and join the conversation:

• Thursday 5 November, 5.30pm
• Thursday 12 November, 6pm
• Friday 13 November, 6pm
• Saturday 14 November, 6pm
• Friday 20 November, 6pm
• Saturday 21 November, 6pm 

For more information on this project, visit here.