Kuuki recently won the Southern Downs Regional Climatic Art Competition for our proposal of an illuminated sculptural work. See the Southern Downs Council Announcement.

For the development of the concept we sought to capture the magical feel of Girraween and the areas around Stanthorpe, and were inspired by the dynamic colour palette of the area’s vegetation as it changes across the four seasons, the eternal constant of granite’s lichen and quartz patina, and the region’s unique, delicate wildflowers. The form of the work comes from the stamen of one of the regions rare wildflowers, the Grevillea scortechinii. The illumination patterns of the work will be derived from local temperature and weather patterns, as well as visitor interaction. Below are a number of our initial renders for the proposed work.

Concept Render of the work at night with the Granite Belt Tourist Information Center in the background.

For more detail about our proposal see http://kuuki.com.au/stanthorpe/

Lumia: art/light/motion was an major solo exhibition of the work of Kuuki presented by State Library of Queensland. The exhibition explored contemporary life and encourage thought about the future through an extraordinary collection of hand-crafted and interactive electronic creatures and installations. The beautifully crafted new media artworks in Lumia: art/light/motion combine the bespoke with art and technology to create strange but intriguing objects.

The exhibition includes previous works produced by Kuuki, such as Charmed and e. Menura Superba, a new version of Distracted, and two new works, Suzumushi and Flower Animals.

See http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/lumia

Images

Exterior signage at State Library of Queensland

Interior signage at State Library of Queensland

Full view of the exhibition

Education section of exhibition

Publications

• "The Light Fantastic" by Linda Phillips Summer edition of the State Library of Queensland magazine.
• Lumia art/light/motion catalogue
• The Lumia exhibition is referenced in Shh. Listen. World Listening Day by Linda Carroli in Arts Hub.

Credits

This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The project is also supported by the Creative Industries Faculty of the Queensland University of Technology.