Piera Gelardi and Philippe von Borries are behind one of New York’s most forward-thinking online fashion publication REFINERY29. Launched in 2005, the daily fashion blog attracts close to a million visitors per month and is transforming the way in which fashion is delivered, reported on and consumed online.
The two speakers will make appearances in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane alongside other guests and will share their thoughts on fashion-based social media, trends in online retail and new directions in fashion reporting and business followed by hospitality provided by our partners.
I have a feeling that this is going to sell out in Brisbane.
Brisbane – Friday 12th of March, The Edge State Library of Queensland – 3pm
Filed under: Brisbane, Brisbane creative industries, Events , fashion, portable content, refinery29
November 3, 2009 • 7:12 am
I will be attending the launch of this book on November 18 mainly due to my work for :
Brisbane Creative Industries:
It should be a great night! It’s an RSVP only event as well. If you are attending or know another young person creating Queensland, please comment – would love to know who else is involved!
Edit (those that have gotten back to me that they are in this project too):
Chi of Chi Designs
Josh Donellan – 4C and “A Beginners Guide to Dying in India”
Ashleigh Wheeler – awesome events and shindigs
Benitta Harding
Tiara Shafiq – The Merch Girl
Carley Commens
Thom Browning – various awesome
Nathan Stoneham – Offset Art
Elise Terranova – 2high Festival, interior design
Mike Boyd – The Hive, various entrepreneurial endeavours
Imogene Shields
The launch is at The Fort, 57 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley.
November 19 edit: I have the book! The launch was great – good work to the Youth Arts Queensland team for making a project like this happen. Go to http://www.youngpeoplecreatingqld.org.au for the website
Filed under: Brisbane creative industries, Events, Generation Y, Personal, queensland , q150, young people creating queensland, youth arts queensland
October 30, 2009 • 5:43 am
September 30, 2009 • 12:51 pm
Had a notice from Caro Jende about this event called ‘Engage Me’. I first met Caro (she works at Youth Arts Queensland) at the end of 07 when I did an exhibition in Transit Lounge which is on the same level as Youth Arts Queensland in the Judith Wright Centre. But I no longer am active in exhibitions but it is great to retain ties and thus received a call from Caro about this event. So I will be there to represent Brisbane Creative Industries and creative industries entrepreneurship for:
Engage Me
Making a difference differently
A one-day speakers forum exploring innovative approaches to engaging and working with volunteers and the community
What are ways young leaders and social entrepreneurs are working to make a difference in our communities?
How are they engaging and working with people differently both on-line and off-line?
How do we invite people in to participate and engage with us in making a difference?
How can we build identity and ownership within our community groups and social change initiatives?
How do we build momentum and maximise our impact?
And how do we build our influence in and with the broader community?
You are invited to join Sarah Moran (social media specialist), Alissa Phillips (founding director s.p.a.c.e), Catherine Williams (Campaigns Manager Oaktree Foundation), Caro Jende (Marketing Communications Coordinator Youth Arts Queensland) and Ehon Chan (Youth Ambassador Inspire Foundation) to explore, discuss and provide your input into these questions.
Date: Thursday, 1 October 2009
Time: 9am to 3pm
Venue: Volunteering QLD, 13th floor/333 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City
Cost: $30 ($15 for unwaged, students and those not sponsored by an organisation)
To register, fill in the registration form attached and email it to smitha.karanchery@volqld.org.au
For more information, contact Caro at YAQ on (07) 3252 5115 or email marketing@yaq.org.au
The Brisbane Creative Industries eNews is usually scheduled to go out on that day so expect it to arrive later on the day for Friday!
Filed under: Australia, Brisbane creative industries, Entrepreneurship, Events, Generation Y, Management, Public Interest , engage me, transit lounge, youth arts queensland
Dancenorth’s ‘Remember Me’ was part of the Queensland Music Festival program and one of the YAMP (Youth Arts Mentoring Program) projects by Ashleigh Wheeler from Expressions Dance Company. I was under the impression that the main highlight was the contemporary company and the music accompanied it as a side but that was because I didn’t have a really thorough read of the brochure (just had a look at the Dancenorth website and also the two YouTube clips that was sent through). The great part of this production was the very fitting relationship between the live band and the performance – there were even times when the notes became invisible strings that were pulling the puppets, the dancers, into various contortions and moves. I have found a great moral to this piece and the moral of it is that passion is forever (in this case in particular, dance is forever). The performance started off with an introduction from the dancers – all young except for a muscular pregnant woman. I felt that she was like this symbol of ‘transition’ between youth and old age with the multimedia presentations featuring interviews of old couples who have danced for decades and ending with both young and old dancing together.
There were quite a few moments which I really, really appreciated and which sent shivers down my back. I felt that it was a great idea for me to watch the two YouTube clips so that when the actual live performance took place, I recognised it and feel a lot more appreciated of that particular segment just because I can witness it in real life. It was almost like going to a concert – you have a chance to listen to the music, to see the videos, to perhaps even witness live videos of the band playing – and then the experience of the song is complete when it is witnessed live.
A couple of friends and I tweeted before and after the show and also during the intermission. As much as tweeting/mobile phone use (ie taking photos, videos, making notes) is starting to get acceptance by speakers and at events, this setting isn’t really suited for that sort of actions. Plus there were word from BPH about interference at the venue with the mobile phones. I think that doing things ‘virtually’ in an arts performance would have a mixture of adhering to the usual practice of closing your mobile phones (ie while watching the Queensland ballet at QPAC) while also leaving doors open for opportunities in terms of these new ‘virtual rooms’ where you can microblog live events, twitpic bands and street artists, tweet during an interesting and varied circus performance and more! It really depends on the performance, on the audience, the suitability of this (it’s fairly niche) etc.
#DRMqmf feed
NB: I chose the hashtag! It’s short for Dancenorth Remember Me – Queensland Music Festival
Related:
Filed under: Brisbane creative industries , contemporary, dance, Dancenorth, music, orchestra, Queensland Music Festival, theatre
I was taking care of the social media accounts for Semi-Permanent (Brisbane event only) when Ratu came across me and I first met him (and his brother Mat Lewis) at the first AIMIA Queensland networking event in Cloudland…
I will be speaking as keynote for this event:
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Filed under: Brisbane creative industries, Events , cit, creative drinks, emerging, Entrepreneurship, social media
Had another great night! Last Pecha Kucha was at SLQ which has enabled the event to reach new audiences but I really like their original home which is the Turbine Hall in the Brisbane Powerhouse. Here are my personal recollections of some of the speakers: Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Brisbane creative industries, Events
