Consultancies
Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania (LMO) was an online program, presented 18
September and 4 October 2021.
LMO explored the themes of water, climate change, deep time and cultural knowledge through creativity in a virtual education setting. The 2.5 week course engaged participants from around the world to develop location based artworks in relation to the Oceania region.
About LMO
LMO is a collaboration between Supercluster (Geert Vermiere and Fred Adam) and Treecreate (Tracey Benson), hosted and funded by the Centre for Applied Water Science, University of Canberra. A partnership with PhotoAccess and the Australian Water Partnership.
Speakers
Tyson Yunkaporta, Ross Thompson, Bradley Moggridge, Lisa Roberts, Sandy Sur, Michelle Maloney, Andrew Constable, Cat Kutay, Ellery Johnson, Kate Genevieve, Nola Turner-Jenson, Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Leah Barclay, Brendan Kennedy, Lee Joachim, Bruce Shillingsworth, Maata Wharehoka, Erin O’Donnell, Nina Czegledy, Pasha Ian Clothier and Trudy Lane.
Services
Design for engagement
For over twenty years, we have been designing and developing behaviour change and communications programs and strategy, websites and interactive tools for small businesses, NGOs and government. Our focus is on creating engaging experiences which are inclusive and focused on the needs of the audience.
Public events
Talks
We at Treecreate work across a range of sectors including arts, education and government and our founder Tracey is often invited to give presentations on a broad range of subjects including emerging media and digital cultures, sustainability behaviour change, eco-activism and the role of the Sacred through deep listening and connecting to the world around us.
Workshops
Workshops focus on applying user centred design and design thinking with participatory action and social practices theories and methods. Our goal is to facilitate and empower people to make changes which are in alignment with environmental awareness and the need for transformational change. We work with all ages to encourage creativity, exploration and self expression.
Online and guided meditations and walks
We also offer online and guided meditative tree walks, aimed at developing mindfulness practice and improving health and wellbeing. We have worked in Norway, the UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia with all kinds of community groups of all ages and abilities.
Design | Communications | Project Management
Our other services include:
- Website and app design
- User research and service design
- Information and knowledge management
- Project management
- Change management
- Cartography and map publishing
- Communications strategy including channel management and branding
- Creative arts production and collaborative projects
- Educational course design
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and beyond and honour their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the Elders of the Joondoburri and Gubbi Gubbi peoples, on whose land we live and work. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and acknowledge their deep knowledge of the earth.