Hybrid Story Worlds: Imaging Our Future

Co-presented by BAPFF and Queensland University of Technology
Sunday 22 November
The Cube, QUT Gardens Point
10am to 5pm | Free and ticketed events

Taking audiences on a journey to new visual worlds beyond the cinema, this special program presents how gaming and cinematic concepts and technologies are being merged to create hybrid experiences of fact and fiction, physical and digital, historic and fantastic. Designed to expand your mind and excite your imagination.

There is an arcade of the latest in Virtual Reality (VR) films, games and museums and a full day of presentations and talks by the masters of science, art and design from across the creative industries.

And for kids, there is a special filmmaking workshop in which you can star alongside virtual creatures.

Curated by Deb Polson, Senior Lecturer, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology.

For over 20 years Deb Polson has been adopting and adapting new and old technologies and collaborating with scientists and artists to create hybrid worlds that allow audiences to play and experiment with future scenarios.

Deb has also been designing and hosting multiple augmented reality games in art galleries, universities, museums, parks, schools and even in a military submarine. Now Deb runs custom workshops to mentor students, artists, writers, film makers and organisations who are keen to adopt techniques used by game designers to expand their creative inventory and energise their professional practices.

Hybrid Arcade

Hybrid Masters

Hybrid Labs