When machines learn from us, create with us, and sometimes replace us, how do artists redefine collaboration, and what kind of cultural futures do we actually want to build? 

Collaborative Futures convenes artists, architects and creative sector thinkers to critically examine how this era of generative AI and networked technologies is reshaping creative labour, collective practice and cultural power.

Bringing together artists and creative practitioners, Dr Alysha Fewster, Dr Sarah Breen Lovett, Adam Manning, April Phillips, Shellie Smith, and Assoc. Prof. Mary Zournazi, the panel foregrounds practice-led research across artmaking, storytelling and interdisciplinary creative practice.

Supported by University Galleries as a partner, the conversation draws on the lived realities of making, researching and working collectively within digital systems, asking who we collaborate with and how communal and haptic approaches to making might offer alternative futures.  

Bar open from 5.30pm

Exhibition A soft space to stand open for viewing

ACCESSIBILITY:

The Lock-Up offers wheelchair access at the main entrance, accessible amenities, and designated accessible street parking.

Seating is available, however, if you require a seat and there isn’t one available, please let a staff member know.

A soft space to stand is powered by Lūpa, a media player for art galleries. More information can be found at lupaplayer.com

This program forms part of The Lock-Up’s 2026 curatorial season, A Call Across the Universe. Through sound, movement, image and encounter, artists and audiences are invited to tune in to new frequencies of understanding and exchange.