BrisCulture

As part of the 2009 Brisbane CitySmart Innovation Festival, we are hosting a joint event with The Centre for Policy Development, and in conjunction with the Eidos Institute, on the 26th of May at the Old School of Arts, 166 Ann Street, Brisbane – Creative Brisbane: Rethinking Innovation. Our free public conversation will take place at 6pm. At a later date we’ll be organising some follow up practitioner workshops.

Creative Brisbane: Rethinking Innovation

While literature about Creative Cities abounds, every city has its own urbanism and its own distinct culture. A ‘one size fits all’ model doesn’t map neatly onto the specificities of place. How can we rethink creativity collaboratively? What can we learn from Brisbane’s unique cultural wellsprings and how can we support a sustainable creative ecology?

BrisCulture and The Centre for Policy Development present an event bringing together academic, policy, curatorial and planning expertise to answer these questions and more. We hope to spark off a continuing conversation about how to ‘do’ creativity inclusively, innovatively and for the long term.

Speakers are cultural policy expert and 2020 Summit participant Marcus Westbury, festival curator Danielle Bentley, writer and urban consultant Linda Carroli, QUT researcher Jaz Choi and publisher, consultant and sociologist Mark Bahnisch.

Join us at the Eidos Institute on Ann Street for what will be the start of an ongoing exploration of sustainable creative futures. Creative Brisbane: Rethinking Innovation comprises an interactive conversation targeted at creative practitioners and urban professionals, and all who care about our collective urban cultures.

Read more about the event here. [The blurb is something of a work in progress, so please check back later for more detail!]