R|Artist Residency: Think Big

R|Artist Residency: Think Big invites regional artists residing in areas hosting Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games events to imagine bold, large-scale works that share their region’s stories with national and international audiences.

Open to artists at all career stages, this residency will support you to think beyond traditional presentation formats and to pursue ambitious ideas at scale that consider place and impact. The residency will support creative practices that engage communities, explore ecological narratives, and elevate regional stories to a global audience.

About
The residency is concept-focused rather than outcome-driven. This is not about producing a finished work; it is about experimenting with ideas to develop a well-articulated concept and delivery plan to be presented at the conclusion of the residency.

This residency is delivered with support from the Creative Ecologies Research Cluster (CERC) at UniSC, providing artists with opportunities to explore the role of creative technologies within the project.

This residency is designed as a flexible, hybrid program. The residency timeframe may include periods of remote creative development, enabling artists to work from home or online, on research, conceptual development, experimentation, and digital production. The residency may also incorporate field-based activity, including site visits, place-based research, community engagement, and creative development in relevant locations. In addition, the residency may include on-campus engagement at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) with the Creative Ecologies Research Cluster experimenting with creative technologies.

The residency includes:

• Artist fee: $10,000

• Project budget: $5,000 contribution to production and travel costs

• UniSC will contribute to mentoring and access to creative technologies

The residency is intended to contribute to the building of a pipeline of ambitious, internationally scaled artistic projects positioned for presentation within a major global event.

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