Plant play in Whangarei

In late May, Tracey headed over to Whangarei in Northlands Aotearoa to work with partners AwhiWorld on the continuing collaboration with Treecreate. While Tracey was there, AwhiWorld and ThoTho facilitated the #Bios occupation of the Whangarei Art Museum for three weeks as part of the #Awhiincubator project. It was a very rich time, spent workingContinue reading “Plant play in Whangarei”

Launch of Treecreate Studio

We officially launched the Treecreate Studio yesterday evening! It was truly a community event, with the jarjums from Pumicestone Indigenous Employment and Education Council (PIEEC) doing a smoking ceremony and song for the group. We also had the amazing Michelle Watson, Chair of PIEEC as the Master of Ceremonies for the evening and some wonderfulContinue reading “Launch of Treecreate Studio”

Register your interest in Treecreative workshops

Treecreate Studio will be hosting workshops in 2023. Register your interest to help up shape the workshop program.

Expression of Interest | Residency @ Yarun

Weaving Water @ Yarun explores the concepts of water, relational ways of being and connectivity. It is an in-person and virtual residency program scheduled between 27 November and 8 December 2023 on Yarun (Bribie Island), Queensland Australia. Weaving Water @ Yarun will bring together scientists, knowledge holders, technologists and creatives to work collaboratively, with a focusContinue reading “Expression of Interest | Residency @ Yarun”

PlantLab 22 Whangarei

For the past week, Tracey has been in Aotearoa NZ to particpate as an artist-in-residence in PlantLab 22 in Whangarei and to share a new project at Aotearoa Digital Arts (ADA) Symposium in Whakatu Nelson. PlantLab is is a fab pop up innovation lab in the Stand Arcade in downtown Whangarei. The space has beenContinue reading “PlantLab 22 Whangarei”

Checking in at Holt Microforest

Yesterday we dropped in on our previous community at Holt in the ACT to see how their Mircoforest project has evolved. Tyronne Bell an Ngunawal Elder shared with us some local knowledge and gave the Microforest its Ngunawal name. We had some involvement in the early days of the project so it was fantastic toContinue reading “Checking in at Holt Microforest”

Treecreate and Supercluster at ISEA Barcelona

It was fantastic to get The Meeting of the Waters : Locative Media Oceania at the recent 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) in Barcelona. The project was discussed at a panel conversation between our founder Tracey and Treecreate partner, Geert Vermeire with video editing from Fred Adam, from Supercluster. It was great toContinue reading “Treecreate and Supercluster at ISEA Barcelona”

Meeting Oceania

Originally posted on Tracey M Benson || Bytetime:
It is really exciting to announce the Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania program. Between 18 September to 5 October Treecreate and Supercluster will work together to bring an incredible range of speakers and activities for a group of 36 participants. The program is hosted and funded…

Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania

18 September – 4 October 2021 Launched on World Water Day 22 March, this 2.5 week virtual program is a collaboration between Treecreate and Supercluster, hosted by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Applied Water Science. The Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania program is designed as a creative response to the themes of water, connection and climate changeContinue reading “Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania”