Date: Tuesday, 14 June 2022 Time: 3 – 5pm
Location: The Great Hall, University of Technology, Sydney
Host: Australian Writer and Presenter, Craig Reucassel (The Chaser, The War on Waste)
Panelists: Frances Rings, Associate Artistic Director, Bangarra Dance Theatre; Katherine Boydell, Professor of Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute; Keenan Mundine, Co-founder and Ambassador for Deadly Connections; Michi Marosszeky, Co-Founder and Director of Woven Threads.
Buy Tickets: From $25 via https://www.woventhreads.co/vivid2022
Celebrating its 12th year, Vivid Sydney is back from 27 May – 18 June 2022, fusing art, innovation and technology in collaboration with some of the most boundary-pushing artists, thinkers and musicians of our time.
As part of Vivid Sydney’s Ideas program, Woven Threads, known for its animated series’ on mental health and refugees, has been selected to host its panel “A Fresh Perspective: Tackling Issues with Creativity” which will showcase how unique content can be delivered to transform and amplify social and political conversations. Research from the Black Dog Institute showed that 80% of those who watched Woven Threads agreed that it was a helpful way to challenge public misconception, stigma and discrimination and that 70% agreed that they now recognise that they or someone they know might need help.
Highly acclaimed for his hosting role in raising awareness around climate change (Fight for Planet A and Big Weather), Craig Reucassel will lead the highly interactive panel to discuss how creativity can be used as a powerful voice to achieve maximum awareness on topics such as indigenous culture, mental health, community and justice services, and refugees.
“Following a difficult two years, Vivid Ideas will be a great opportunity to put all topics on the table for discussion. We have missed connection and interactivity, so this panel in particular, will provide the audience with a voice to challenge how we can drive real change in society today,” said Mr. Reucassel.
“A Fresh Perspective: Tackling Issues with Creativity” was inspired by the successful release of the award winning documentary series, Woven Threads: Stories from Afar, with its second series Woven Threads: Stories from Within now available on SBS On Demand.
The series explores personal narrated stories on complex issues through powerful animation, breaking down debates, disputes and fears and replacing them with human empathy. Stories from Afar grapples with the plight of refugees while Stories from Within was produced in conjunction with The Black Dog Institute to give Australians a window to share their mental health journeys – including an episode featuring Osher Gunsberg’s story – watch here.
Recently, Woven Threads also collaborated with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander 24/7 crisis support line 13YARN funded by the Australian Government and supported by Lifeline.
Through powerful animation, Woven Threads shared the story of Andrew Bacon – a proud Yamaji man who grew up in a troubled household – to encourage other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to seek help through 13YARN.
For further information and to purchase a ticket to the event, visit https://www.woventhreads.co/vivid2022
About Woven Threads Productions Woven Threads is dedicated to telling stories about our shared humanity. Our stories focus on people and their courage, resilience, gratitude, compassion and hope. We believe empathy is the key to understanding; and understanding is the key to accelerating change. We are pioneering a new form of communication, a form of storytelling that blurs the divide between entertainment/art and education.
Our mission is to create a Social Good Platform that sparks conversation and inspires long-term social and political change.
