Lunchtime Artist Talk: Cultivating creative connections through STORYBOX Places

Dr. Sarah Barns and Michael Killalea (Esem Projects) work with communities and place custodians across Australia to lead and inspire new forms of public art and digital storytelling in public precincts and cultural destinations. Having launched STORYBOX Parramatta in 2020 in partnership with the ABC and WSU, the two have expanded STORYBOX as an innovative model for cultural curation, engagement and storytelling using hybrid digital engagement models on behalf of over 20 cultural agencies and institutions. In this talk they reflect in the opportunities and challenges they face in expanding the potentials of public space models of creative storytelling, and why they are passionate about the future of place-based media arts for resilient and creative communities.

This talk is presented by Western Sydney Creative in partnership with Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor Indigenous Leadership and the School of Humanities and Communication Arts. It coincides with the exhibition Between the Details: Video Art from the ACMI Collection on display at the Margaret Whitlam Galleries, Whitlam Institute, Building EZ, Parramatta South Campus until 6 October.

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