Weaving Water
Weaving Water is Treecreate Studio’s flagship creative research program. The concept was conceived by Dr Tracey Benson, founder of Treecreate in 2022 as a working title for projects which brought together ways of understanding water ecosystems, stories and cultures.
The first iteration of this project was Weaving Water @ Yarun 2023, an interdisciplinary residency and symposium hosted on Yarun, Bribie Island, Australia where Treecreate is based.
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Weaving Waters @ Yarun 2023 was an in-person and online SciArt residency and symposium. The overall program will be framed by acknowledging the First Nations peoples and their deep understanding of place.
The aim of this project is to create a space to explore Yarun (Bribie Island) and its environment, history and community. The objective of the project is to build connections between the local creative and environmentally focused community organisations with artists and scientists that are internationally recognised for their work.
By creating a transdisciplinary program with a focus on Bribie Island, the project will provide opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing and capacity building locally. It will also present to the public novel ways of highlighting the importance of the environment of Bribie Island as part of the UNESCO Great Sandy Region and its role as a marine and wildlife sanctuary.
The residency will bring together First Nations knowledge custodians, scientists (both professional and citizen scientists), visual artists, sound designers, wellbeing practitioners and students (secondary and tertiary) to explore, make and record the biodiversity of Yarun, through citizen science activities, education, creative production and applied research.
Supporters and partners
ORGANISING team
Dr Tracey M Benson
Creative director
Founder, Treecreate
Martin Drury
Creative editor
Co-founder, Treecreate
Michelle Watson
Cultural advisor
Some of our COLLABORAtoRS
Dr Leah Barclay
Prof Ross Thompson
Dr Maggie Buxton
Awhiworld
Nola Turner-Jensen
Desna Whaanga-Schollum
Get in touch
You can reach out to the organising team if you have any questions at admin at treecreate dot org.
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