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- Future Factor Exhibition and Forums 16 & 18 April - Brisbane In the future, what will our furniture look and feel like? What about our everyday utensils? How will these utensils impact how we go about daily life? Future Factor highlights ideas for the future. An exhibition and series of forums, Future Factor investigates the impact of new technologies on craft and design. It explores invention and aesthetics, materials and objects of the future, new processes and technologies. Featuring ten contemporary artists, designers and craftspeople, this project was developed by Queensland College of Art Senior Lecturer, Susan Ostling. The exhibition opens at the Craft Queensland Gallery, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, on 12 April running until 18 May. Two forums will be held in Brisbane to stimulate discussion on speculative and creative ideas and projects for the future. FORUM 1 Designing the Future 5pm-7:30pm, 16 April Venue: source twentytwo, 22 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley Speakers: :: Howard Raggatt is an architect and Director of Ashton Raggatt McDougall. He has received RAIA Awards including two Victorian Architecture Medals. ARM was awarded the Blue Print International Architecture Award for the best new public building for the National Museum of Australia. :: Gilbert Riedelbauch is Lecturer in the Computer Art Studio of the Canberra School of Art at the Australian National University. He is currently working with the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies in Canberra on a commission for the design of their medallion. :: Leon van Schaik is Dean of the Faculty of the Constructed Environment at RMIT. He has published several monographs and was Commissioner for the Australian Pavilion in the 2000 Venice Architecture. Tickets at the door: $25/$12 conc. Book for both forums and receive a discount of $40/$20 conc. Includes refreshments from 5pm. Further information Craft Queensland, phone 07 3215 0800 FORUM 2 Australian identity, young people and the future 5pm-7:30pm, 18 April Venue: Roof Top Terrace Brisbane Powerhouse, Lamington Street, New Farm Speakers :: Sohail Inayatullah is one of the world's leading futurists. As a political scientist, he has worked with UNESCO, the European Commission, and the US Justice Institute. His research examines alternative cultural futures, specifically focussing on non-western perspectives. :: Louise Douglas is the Manager of young Peoples Programs for the Museum of Australia. A trained historian, she has worked in cultural heritage management at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the National Museum of Australia. She was responsible for the development of the current permanent exhibitions and programs including kSpace, the virtual reality exhibit for young people. :: Susan Ostling is the Curator of Future Factor and a Senior Lecturer Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. She has exhibited her ceramic work widely in Australia and in Germany, Singapore and South Korea. Susan's research interests lie in examining the role domestic objects play in the everyday: their cultural currency and their relationship to acts and experiences. Tickets at the door: $25/$12 conc. Includes refreshments from 5pm. Further information Craft Queensland, phone 07 3215 0800