2970º : Invention, Imagination and Ideas For the Future.

By Niall Roeder

Exhibitions. Performances. Provocations. Conversations. 2970º is a three day gathering of forward thinking people dissecting “the space where arts, science, technology, architecture, politics and sport meet”. And what a space!

This thought-provoking meeting has extended an open invite to all “scientists, futurists, activists, artists, social change agents, cultural workers, academics and anyone with a curious mind”.

Internationally renowned speakers will take the mic at the Art Centre Gold Coast and discuss new invention, imagination and ideas for the future. The aim is to determine a new way of looking at the world. Perspective is

Guests include:

DR DANIEL GLASER: SCIENCE + ART

Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist and Director of Science Gallery London at King’s College London. Formerly at Wellcome Trust and Institute of Contemporary Arts, he was the first scientist to judge the Man Booker Prize.

STELARC: TECHNOLOGY + ART

Stelarc is an internationally renowned performance and installation artist, Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Alternate Anatomies Lab, School of Design and Art (SODA) at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

LIAM YOUNG: ARCHITECTURE + ART

Liam Young is an architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is founder of the think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today and co runs the ‘Unknown Fields Division’, a nomadic studio.

Explore the program and book now.
Book your accommodation at QT Gold Coast. Simply key in promo code INNOVATION1 for your special 2970º rate (expires June 30).

2970º runs from June 26 – 29