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1st Jan 2025 - 30th Apr 2026

Outer Space - 2025 Façade Exhibition Program

This program will transform the Judith Wright Arts Centre exterior, of which houses Outer Space’s Main Gallery, into a vibrant public space showcasing large-scale works that engage with the broader community. It will illuminate a rich variety of digital and 2D art forms—from illustration and painting to collage, animation, photography, film, 3D modelling, and beyond! Prepare for an immersive celebration of creativity that pushes boundaries and lights up our city.

  • Free
24th Jan 2026 - 29th Mar 2026

John Stezaker: Kisses and Trains

English artist John Stezaker is renowned for his surreal collages and flicker films, which transform found images into dynamic, time-based works. In Kiss (2019–20), film stills of couples kissing are reanimated into jittery, erotic sequences, while Train (2012–21) brings steam trains to life with rhythmic, smoke-filled motion. These works nod to early cinema classics like The Kiss (1896) and The Arrival of a Train (1895).

  • Free
24th Jan 2026 - 16th Apr 2026

Archigram and Superstudio

In the 1960s, the collectives Archigram (London) and Superstudio (Florence) reimagined architecture through bold, speculative designs inspired by pop art and the space age. Archigram embraced technology and media culture, envisioning high-tech megastructures like walking cities and plug-in cities. Superstudio, in contrast, critiqued this optimism with satirical concepts like the Continuous Monument, a ‘negative utopia’ challenging contemporary urban planning. This tile features a 1967 TV program on Archigram’s philosophy and two of Superstudio’s manifesto films: Supersurface (1972) and Ceremony (1973).

  • Free
24th Jan 2026 - 29th Mar 2026

Platform 2026

The IMA’s annual Platform exhibition celebrates bold new voices in Queensland’s art scene, funding three emerging artists each year to create ambitious works. This year features Dean Ansell, whose installations and performances reinterpret Melanesian mythologies and rituals; Spencer Harvie, who explores the surreal and darkly humorous aspects of online subcultures; and Seren Wagstaff, whose works delve into working-class cultures and their queer innuendoes. Discover daring new art emerging in Queensland.

  • Free
22nd Mar 2026 -

Geoffrey Jones: Snow, Rail, and Locomotion

Discover Geoffrey Jones’s iconic trains-film trilogy, created for British Transport Films by one of Britain’s leading experimental filmmakers. Renowned for his masterful editing, the trilogy includes Snow (1963), capturing the railways during the 1963 Big Freeze; Rail (1967), contrasting the end of steam engines with the rise of modern trains; and Locomotion (1975), celebrating 150 years of British railways with archival footage and a Steeleye Span soundtrack. Introduced by IMA Director Robert Leonard. Spaces are limited, register now.

  • Free
22nd Mar 2026 -

Tujiko Noriko and Unregistered Master Builder

Tujiko Noriko has been redefining avant pop since the early 2000s, blending lyrical interplay, stuttered rhythms, and chaotic noise. Returning to Brisbane for the first time in over a decade, she headlines Mono. Joining her is Brisbane-based artist Unregistered Master Builder (Joseph Burgess), merging textiles, sound, and kinetic art. Curated by Room40, Mono has brought experimental sound to Brisbane/Meanjin since 2006.

  • $35
25th Mar 2026 -

Essay Club No. 1

Part reading group, part salon, part networking drinks — Essay Club invites university students, arts workers, artists, and critical thinkers to explore texts shaping contemporary art practice. Each session features local hosts unpacking global ideas and their local relevance. To kick off, join Madeline Brewer as she discusses Claire Bishop’s The Social Turn and Maria Lind’s The Collaborative Turn, exploring artists’ interest in collaboration and community. Brewer will also share insights from her curatorial experience and outline Essay Club’s plans for 2026. Spaces are limited, register now.

  • Free
27th Mar 2026 -

DEMO 4/4: Presented by IMA and Outerspace

DEMO unveils the Judith Wright Arts Centre after-hours with performances, exhibitions, and workshops. Don’t miss the finale. Featuring local musicians Eli Wan, Scraps, and Lace Angel; performances from DJ Greaves, Brisbane Conduction Orchestra, Dean Ansell and Oscar Keating, and Lake Kelly; workshops with Studio Maverik, Bulley Bulley, and Spencer Harvie; temporary tattoos by David Spooner; and short films by Yoko Ono, Paul Sharits, Peter Tscherkassky, and Ken Jacobs.

  • Free
28th Mar 2026 -

Doctor Harvie’s Show and Tell

Join professor Dr Spencer Harvie as he presents moving images and texts that shaped his Platform 2026 project. Projected onto the big screen, he will queue artist shorts and found web clips that influenced his practice. Between screenings, he will offer commentary and readings drawn from theory and fiction, his doctoral research and personal diaries. This performative show-and-tell will trace the influence of niche online cultures on his life and zany aesthetic sensibility. Spaces limited. Registration recommended.

  • Free
Last updated:
15 September 2025