our goals

The project connects early-career artists in Australia and Indonesia to collaborate on climate futures through community-engaged arts practices. It encourages experimentation, peer-to-peer learning, and interdisciplinary development through workshops and mentoring.

The initiative integrates digital and tactile traditions, including traditional Javanese ecological practices and contemporary digital art. It develops innovative techniques such as mycelium/batik fusion, climate-themed games, and augmented reality works. Working with local artists and upcoming artists, we aim to create four to eight art prototypes that are relevant to climate future planning.

The project also produces a “Climate Futures Playbook” with engagement models translated into four ASEAN languages. Additionally, it establishes sustainability tracking frameworks and carbon reduction plans for arts residencies. The expected legacy includes the creation of eleven new artworks, stronger partnerships, and the demonstration of borderless engagement models that foster collaborative and sustainable artistic responses to climate change.

our Theoretical and Thematic Background

Speculative Climate Futures: Creative experimentation imagining alternative responses to climate change through artistic and research-based practices

Community-Engaged Practice: Participatory approaches involving local communities, collective learning, and shared storytelling related to ecological knowledge and climate experiences

Hybrid Digital and Tactile Methodologies: Combining digital tools (interactive media, digital archives, environmental sensing, augmented reality) with material practices (craft traditions, biomaterials, ecological processes)

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Encouraging collaboration between artists, designers, scientists, technologists, and community practitioners across diverse fields.

Ecological Knowledge Integration: Engaging Indigenous and local ecological knowledge as living cultural practices informing environmental awareness and climate action

The project will create new collaborative models for international artistic exchange whilst developing innovative community art prototypes that address climate challenges through both digital innovation and traditional tactile practices.