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A Curious Arcade

Interactive Installation - 2020

About

An interactive exhibit for audiences aged 8+

Be intrigued and delighted by peculiar storytelling machines in this century old arcade exhibit.

 

These elaborate machines are the creations of virtuosic Australian inventor Celeste Mackellan, an obscure figure who disappeared in 1929 along with the mechanical curiosities she built. 

 

Fascinated by Mackellan’s mysterious disappearance, an international consortium of collectors and creatives from Imaginary Theatre are slowly working to locate, extract and lovingly restore her machines to their former glory.

 

At A Curious Arcade, you can now experience these mechanical wonders as they tell timeless stories, a century old, that both surprise and delight.

Dates

Brisbane Festival 2020

September 16-26

Brisbane Powerhouse

111 Lamington St

New Farm, Q 4051

Creative Team

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Thom Browning

Director

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Sarah

Winter

Designer

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Finegan 

Kruckemeyer

Writer

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Matt Hsu's

Obscure

Orchestra

Composer

Smiling Man

Matthew 

Strachan

System Engineer

Created by Celeste Mackellan, Thom Browning, Sarah Winter and Finegan Kruckemeyer

Original machines by Celeste Mackellan

 

Writer: Finegan Kruckemeyer

Designer: Sarah Winter

Director & Technical Designer: Thom Browning

Composer: Matt Hsu

System Engineer: Matthew Strachan

Associate Designer: Aimée Pouzet

Graphic Designer: Sean Dowling

Production Manager: Naomi Gordon

Associate Producer: Brodie Shelley

Producer:  Imaginary Theatre

 

The Creative Sparks Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council to support local arts and culture in Brisbane.

 

A Curious Arcade is is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

Photography by Morgan Roberts.

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