Lubi Thomas 1990 -‐ 92 Fine Art Hons, Newport College of Art, Newport, Gwent, UK 2003 -‐ 06 Fine Art BA -‐ distinction, QUT, Brisbane, QLD. 2010 -‐ Masters Creative Industries Candidate, QUT, Brisbane, Qld. CURRENT PROJECTS 2014 The Cube Cube Project Development, Partnerships, Public & Education engagement Program Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – Public Programs: Jacina Leong Ars Electronica -‐ Futurelab Academy 2014 Organisational team Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Lecturer IVD: Dr Jared Donovan Futurelab Senior Director: Prof. Horst Hortner Futurelab Visiting team: Veronika Pauser QUT special project -‐ The Academy is an opportunity for honors level students to work in trans-‐disciplinary teams, on an applied research based project, aimed at creating real world outcomes. Move-‐On: European Media Artists in Residence Exchange QUT host international Jury session, symposium X-‐communicate and Residents Launch Feb 2014 Residency Starts mid 2014 2014 resident: Monica Riki – Spain 2015 residents: Mathias Jud & Christoph Wachter -‐ Switzerland Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Jacina Leong & Rachael Parsons The Cube Production Residency Program -‐ Digital Writing Residency Jason Nelson -‐ Canonical Launch Feb 2014 Residency commenced June 2014 Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Jacina Leong & Rachael Parsons This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body’ Ars Electronica International Residency Network Commenced Aug 2014 Resident: Zach Liberman Futurelab Senior Director -‐ Horst Hortner Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Public Programs Curator: Jacina Leong Creative Industries Precinct Programming Development, Partnership, Exhibitions, Screening Program & Public, Education engagement Program Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – CIP: Rachael Parsons Public Programs Officer: Steve Bourne Curatorial Intern Team: Laura Brinin, Georgina Munton, Katie Probin, Molly Young, Rosie Keeble, Emma Boardman Parer Place Project Location: Parer Place Urban Art Screen, Parer Place, Brisbane Parer Place Project is an on-‐going nightly curated screening program that engages in local national and international spheres via our partners UTV and their wider global screening partners in New York, Australasia and Europe. The 2014 program curatorship was undertaken as part of Masters program Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons and Candice Halpapp (Masters Candidate) COMPLETED PROJECTS 2013 The Cube Program & Partnership Development Digital Projects, Screening Program & Public Programming Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – The Cube: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Team – Public Programs: Jacina Leong Curatorial Team – Screening Program: Elise Wilkinson Intern Team: Steven Lippis, Laura Brinin & Revi Ars Electronica -‐ Futurelab Academy 2013 Organisational team Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Lecturer IVD: Dr Jared Donovan Futurelab Senior Director: Prof. Horst Hortner The Cube Production Residency Program -‐ Digital Writing Residency Christy Dena -‐ Robot University Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Jacina Leong & Rachael Parsons ‘This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body’ Creative Industries Precinct Exhibition, Screening Program, Education & Public Programming Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – Exhibitions: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Team – Public Programs: Courtney Coombs Intern Team: Emma-‐Jane Boardman, Vidhi Lalit Shah, Candice Halpapp, Steven Lippis, Frances Van Eden, Mark Klein, Laura Brinin, Ashlee Sang IDAProjects: Sans Faute Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Creative Director: Stephan Danzig Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons Self-‐discipline and Speculation The Third Beijing Film Academy International New Media Arts Triennial Exhibition Beijing Film Academy QUT Curator – curated QUT Students, alumni and Staff section of the exhibition Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons The Games of Art Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons Intern Team: Sarah Phelan & Steven Lippis Datascape Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons Intern Team: Sheri-‐Leigh Burrows & Ashlee Sang Parer Place Project Location: Parer Place Urban Art Screen, Parer Place, Brisbane Parer Place Project is an on-‐going nightly curated screening program that engages in local, national and international spheres via our primary partner UTV and their wider global screening partners in New York, Australasia and Europe. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – Exhibitions: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Intern Team: Candice Halpapp & Mark Klein The Planets -‐ Willoughby Symphony Produced by UTV & presented by Willoughby City Council Curator: Lubi Thomas 2012 Messages for our Future – Tohoku Japan Curate and commission interactive artwork by Jason Nelson Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Partnership with Yokohama art project ARI at the block -‐ inbetweenspaces Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curated by inbetweenspaces Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas CIP Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons, Olivia Porgand Intern Team: Sarah Phelan Parallel Universes: 1970 -‐ 1985 Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons, Olivia Porgand Curatorial Advisory: Prof Mark Pennings (QUT), Matthew Perkins (Monash Uni) Intern Team: Sarah Harper, Emma McVittie Intern Public Program Team: Katherine Clayton Making the green one red (Virtual Macbeth) -‐ Kerreen Ely-‐Harper and Andrew Burrell Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons Intern Team (Exhibition & Public Program): Caitlin Wood, Ashlee Sang & Leonore van der Kolk Parer Place Project Location: Parer Place Urban Art Screen, Parer Place, Brisbane The 2012 program focus was global animation -‐ showing animation works from China, Japan and Australia. Screening partners UTV and wider global screening partners in New York, Australasia and Europe. Senior Curator -‐ digital media: Lubi Thomas CIP Curatorial: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Team: Sarah Harper (Senior Intern & PHD candidate) Intern Team: Katherine Clayton and Zoe Hua Creative Industries Precinct Exhibition, Screening Program, Education & Public Programming Senior Curator – digital media: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team – Exhibitions: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Team – Public Programs: Olivia Porgand Public Program Intern Team: Mondo Motion: Ashlee Sang Game On: Sarah Phelan and Sheri-‐Leigh Burrows Fashion Talks: Hannah Olsen and Amelia Bowe GIRRL: Caitlin Wood and Leonore van der Kolk 2011-‐12 QUT Billboard project Senior Curator: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team (2012): Rachael Parsons 2011 Making the green one red (Virtual Macbeth) development lab by Kerreen Ely-‐Harper and Andrew Burrell Location: The Loft, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial Team: Rachael Parsons Curatorial Advisor: Lubi Thomas This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. IDAProjects -‐ The Joy of Loss Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial Team: Lubi Thomas Public Programs: Oliva Porgand Intern Team: Genine Larkin & Sarah Phelan ARI Program -‐ Grid North by Boxcopy Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial Team: Lubi Thomas Public Programs: Oliva Porgand Intern Team: Emily Lush Remoteness -‐ co-‐curated by Matthew Perkins & Dr. Elaine Miles Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Exhibition Design: Lubi Thomas Public Programs: Oliva Porgand Intern Team: Amy-‐Clare McCarthy & Kate Palella Shape of things to come -‐ Close In Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Maggie McDade & Brittney Ouston Intern Team: Nicole Loessner Curatorial Advisor: Lubi Thomas Big Eye: Aboriginal Animation touring program -‐ curated by CyberTribe Jenny Fraser & Lubi Thomas Touring 2009-‐2012 nationally: Pinnacles Gallery, Colourise Festival, On Edge Gallery, Federation Square Urban Screens, Dogwood Crossing at Miles, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Logan Gallery, University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Hervery Bay Regional Gallery. Touring Curatorial Team: Brittney Ouston & Elise Wilkinson (2010) Intern Team: Elise Wilkinson (2009) Curatorial Advisor: Lubi Thomas Machinima touring program Touring Curatorial Team: Elise Wilkinson Curatorial Advisor: Lubi Thomas Parer Place Project Location: Parer Place Urban Art Screen, Parer Place, Brisbane The 2011 program was an active partner in the Department of Foreign Affairs year of cultural exchange between Australia and China. Screening partners UTV and wider global screening partners in New York, Australasia and Europe. Curatorial Team: Leah Collins (semester one) & Sarah Harper (semester two) Intern Team: Sarah Harper (semester one) Curatorial Advisor: Lubi Thomas 2010 Semiotics At Play: the otherness and the togetherness Location: Tokyo Downtown Media Festival, Tokyo, Japan Curatorial Team: Lubi Thomas, Sally Denis, Olivia Porgand, Elise Wilkinson. Les Fresnoy -‐ Panorama Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial Team: Pascale Ponnier, Lubi Thomas, Brittney Ouston Intern Team: Michaela Sophie Chin Linear Progression Location: KGUV Screens network and QUT Billboard CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Brittney Ouston Machinima Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Michalea Hartland, Maggie McDade Intern Team: Olivia Porgrand, Elise Wilkinson, Kate Palella Face to Face d/Lux/MediaArts touring exhibition Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Exhibition Designer Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Sally Dennis KGUV Screens Network on-‐going curated screening program developed for the urban screen network of privately owned public screen spaces Intern Team: Sally Dennis Parer Place Project Location: Parer Place Urban Art Screen, Parer Place, Brisbane The Parer Place Project is an on-‐going nightly curated screening program, dedicated to providing a digital canvas for emerging, established and experimental artists. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Curatorial Team: Rose Feely Intern Team: Leah Collins International Media Arts Festival 2010 The Third Beijing Film Academy International New Media Arts Triennial Exhibition Beijing Film Academy QUT Curator: Lubi Thomas 2009 LAND Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Artists: Ulf langheinrich + FACT Liverpool UK. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Rose Feely Mellifera Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. co-‐curator with the artists: Trish Adams and Andrew Burrell. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Michalea Hartland IDAProjects: Transverse Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct + Queensland Academy Creative Industries, Kelvin Grove. Touring during 2009-‐2011 nationally and internationally. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas -‐ co-‐curated with IDAP director Stephen Danzig Intern Team: Brooke Ferguson Big Eye: Aboriginal Animations Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial Team: Jenny Fraser, Lubi Thomas Exhibition Design: Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Rennae Hopkins 2008 Artist V Hollywood Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. 2009 nationally and international tour. Curatorial Team: Joanna Callaghan, Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Courtney Coombs IDAprojects (08) – VT2 Locations to date: Songzhuang Art Museum Beijing China, The Block QUT Brisbane , Tokyo International Film Festival Japan, Beijing Film Academy Beijing, Frieze Art Festival London, Pinnacles Gallery Qld. http://www.idaprojects.org Curatorial Team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Jacina Leong IDAprojects (07) The Vernacular Terrain National touring show: Pinnacles Gallery Thuringowa, Monash University Faculty of Art & Design gallery, Federation Square Urban Screens, Melbourne, Ipswich Art Gallery Ipswich, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Hervey Bay http://www.idaprojects.org Intern Team: Jacina Leong The SHAPE of things to come Body +. Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, and the World Wide Web http://shapeofthingstocome.ci.qut.edu.au CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Courtney Coombs 2007 Scope Location: Kelvin Grove Urban Village CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Kate Woodcroft IDAprojects (07) – The Vernacular Terrain Touring show Beijing Film Academy, Beijing & Songzhuang Art Museum Beijing China, Monash university, Melbourne http://www.idaprojects.org Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Benjamin Milton Hampe IDAprojects – The Vernacular Terrain Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct & QUT Art Museum, Brisbane http://www.idaprojects.org Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Kate Woodcroft IDAprojects – The Vernacular Terrain preview show Location: Zaim Art Centre, Yokohama, Japan http://www.idaprojects.org Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas Intern Team: Benjamin Milton Hampe The SHAPE of things to come Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, and the World Wide Web http://shapeofthingstocome.ci.qut.edu.au 2006 Re-‐Active Curatorial Team: Lubi Thomas, Simone Jones Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. QUT students (past and present) video works. Location: QUT Art Museum, George Street, Brisbane, Qld. Jemima Wyman: survey of video works from the past 10 Years Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. CIP Curator: Lubi Thomas International Digital Art Awards Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas The Harries National Digital Arts Award Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas Fluidity Location: = Parer Place, Creative Industries Precinct. IDA Beijing 2006 and the Harries International Digital Arts Award Location: Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China. Curatorial team: Director Steve Danzig and Lubi Thomas 2005 jOurney Location: The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Crn Musk Ave & Kelvin Grove Rd, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld. Curatorial Team: Lubi Thomas, Simone Jones PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS 2014 International Teaching Artists Conference – Thinking outside the box, whilst inside the Cube: public and education engagement programming. Conference presentation Xcommunicate Symposium Presentation – Thinking inside the Cube Contributing Author: Sans Faute Catalogue published by IDAProjects Ars Electronica Festival: What it takes to Change conference – Residency and open pathways. Conference presentation Ars Electronica Festival: What it takes to Change conference – Ars Electronica Academy & Trans-‐disciplinary projects. Conference presentation 2013 TEDXQUT Presentation: Cooking with STEAM Ars Electronica -‐ Pixelspaces Conference -‐ A Worldwide Residency Network. Presentation: The Cube ISEA -‐ Resistance is Futile. Presentation (panel): Curating and collecting the new 2012 TechNet 2012 Conference. TechNet Plenary Keynote Presentation: Art is a lanuage of Ideas Freeplay 2012 Conference. Presentation: Games and Art The Sixth 48 Hour Game Making Challenge -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi 2011 UniCA santa cruz. Digital media curatorship -‐ Lecture Game Connect Asia Pacific Conference, Melbourne -‐ Journeys with Friends panel session Freeplay 2011 Conference. Presenter (panel): Indies, academics and institutions Freeplay 2011 Conference. Presentation: That one piece of advice -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi Jams, jelly beans and the fruits of passion -‐ art book (26 Pages) -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi IGDA Perspective May 2011: Apres le deluge -‐ The Brisbane [Briz-‐lantis] story -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi The Fifth 48 Hour Game Making Challenge -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi 2010 Contributing Author: Creative Industries -‐ published by QUT Game Connect Asia Pacific Conference. Presentation: jams, jellybeans and the fruits of passion -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi The 48 hour game making challenge: Jams, Jellybeans and the fruits of passion – Turner, Jane (aka truna) & Thomas, Lubi 48 Hour Game Making Challenge -‐ In Progress [Four Episodes] -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna), Thomas, Lubi, & Owen, Cameron The vernacular terrain: Songzhang Art Museum, Beijing, China. Thomas, Lubi, Danzig, Stephen, Milton Hampe, Benjamin, & Li , Xian Ting 2009 48 hour game making challenge -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi Studio Game On -‐ Turner, Jane (Truna) & Thomas, Lubi 2008 Contributing Author: International Digital Art Projects ISBN: 978-‐0-‐646-‐48584-‐3 Introductory talk -‐ Curating in the 21st Century for Queensland Academy of Creative Industries Curating and Exhibition Design -‐ floor talk -‐ QUT brisbane Qld Subtext : Anything but Run of the Mill -‐ McKelvey, Bridgette, Thomas, Lubi, & Klaebe, Helen 2007 Curating and 'the Shape of things to come' -‐ Lecture -‐ QUT brisbane Qld Queensland Independent School Art and Design Award night -‐ guest speaker. talk title: Creativity of the future Interactivity off the screen -‐ Lecture -‐ QUT brisbane Qld In Interaction -‐ Thomas, Lubi & Danzig, Stephen 2006 Beijing Film Academy Beijing China -‐ Curatorship and collaborative arts practice. CONSULTANCY & PROFESSIONAL ROLES: 2014 !Metor Arts Curatorial Advisor !Metro Arts, Brisbane Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education and Portal Projects – QUT Advisory Group, 2013 -‐ Advisory Board Member 2013 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education and Portal Projects – QUT Advisory Group, 2013 -‐ Advisory Board Member NorthShore, 2013 – Public Engagement Strategy Curator -‐ Prof. H. Klaebe, L. Thomas , B. McKelvey, E. Wilkinson, 2013 !Metor Arts Curatorial Advisor !Metro Arts, Brisbane Australian Council for the Arts -‐ Peer advisor UTV & Willoughby Symphony -‐ The Planets. Curator 2012 !Metor Arts Curatorial Advisor !Metro Arts, Brisbane Translational Research Institute, Brisbane The Planets -‐ Willoughby Symphony, Produced by UTV & presented by Willoughby City Council 2011 State Library Queensland 87 Art Zone Gold Coast !Metor Arts Curatorial Advisor !Metro Arts, Brisbane Australian Council for the Arts -‐ Peer advisor 2010 Art Mapping, Brisbane City Council !Metor Arts Peer Review !Metro Arts, Brisbane Australian Council for the Arts -‐ Inter-‐Arts Peer advisor 2009 Burnett Lane: Curatorial Rationale & Scoping Report -‐ Thomas, Lubi, & Klaebe, Helen 2007 Transition in flow, Jon McCormack & Gold Coast Convention Centre AWARDS 2014 QUT Engagement Innovation Grant – Off the Shelf – Thomas, Lubi & Leong Jacina 2013 QUT Engagement Innovation Grant -‐ Cube Jam -‐ Thomas, Lubi & Turner, Jane (aka truna) 2008 Vice -‐ Chancellor's Performance Award 2006 Award for Outstanding Contribution by Professional Staff -‐ Certification of Commendation
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