Student Visual Storytelling Competition Awards and Reception

Student Storytelling Visual Competition awards and reception

Date: Thursday, 10 September 2026

Time: 6:40pm – 7.15pm

Venue: BM 01, Basement Level, Parramatta Phive

Join us for this special exhibition of shortlisted entries to the Festival of Translocal Urbanism Student Storytelling Visual Competition awards 2026, and award announcements. The event will include a reception to celebrate the exhibition, shortlisted entrants, and awardees. Hosted in collaboration with the NSW Planning Institute of Australia’s Emerging Planners.

Please arrive at 6:30pm for 6:40pm start.

Image credit: Urban Typologies in the Rural Environment, image by Charles Boobar, Student Photography Competition Award Winner, Festival of Regenerative Urbanism 2025

Sydney Festival 7-11 September 

National events September – October 2026

Translocality describes the interconnectedness between different places and people, beyond national boundaries. The circulation of people, goods, knowledge and capital, though an ancient process, is facilitated and impacted by new technologies, bringing new opportunities and challenges for cities and regions. Increasingly important, a translocal lens highlights these deep and intersecting relationships between people and places over time – from the legacies of colonisation and environmental change to contemporary patterns of migration and cultural diversity. Through panel discussions, debates, exhibitions, and tours, and featuring thought leaders from academia, the arts, industry, and civil society, the 2026 Festival of translocal Urbanism examines and celebrates the complex social, economic and environmental connections between local and global communities.