1. 13 to 20 June 2015
The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
IGNEOUS, in association with the
QUT Creative Industries Precinct Digital Associates Program,
presents
FLUIDATA is an immersive explorable installation with durational performances by Igneous,
a Brisbane-based intermedia & performance company. The work explores questions around the state
of Queensland creeks, the ways in which digital media can help connect audiences with the natural
environment and anecdotes about local waterways.
Igneous are the co-founders of Waterwheel, a globally successful online platform dedicated to the
awareness, celebration, care and accessibility of water everywhere. Having instigated and partaken
in international collaborations between artists, scientists and activists for more than three years,
the team have now decided to go local.
For the development of FLUIDATA, Igneous artists James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks drove 7000 km,
crossed 663 waterways, and slowly, quietly walked down two dozen creeks throughout Queensland.
Commenting on their journey, the artists say:
“We recorded impressive characters recounting extremes of drought and flood—and some
expressed concerns over mining, CSG fracking and the degradation of aquifers. We conducted five
workshops in different towns, utilising a range of performance and digital media processes, and
nearby waterways. We used performance techniques to draw awareness to our connection with
our environment – evoking a sense of wonder and also wondering in what exists, even in our own
backyards.”
From the digital media collected, the artists have created stunning imagery within a multi-layered
soundscape, teaming up with Inkahoots, the designer-programmers behind Waterwheel, and
Matthew Davis, an emerging young interactive programmer.
Fuks and Cunningham continue:
“Visitors to the installation will be able to interact with the media creating a unique experience for
themselves and for those around them. They will be invited to reflect on notions of deep time,
presence, and metaphors relating to the straight line and the meander.”
Visitors can individually explore the collection of media on computers set up in an anteroom, and in
another, they can take in a myriad of visual and sonic textures of freshwater, whilst lying down.
Live performances will be streamed online linking the Igneous artists, in Brisbane, and Bonemap, through
New Moves Network at the Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns, to online audiences around the world.
page 1 of 3

2. The exhibition will officially open on 13 June at 6.00pm, with performances by James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks.
Live durational performances will take place on 19 and 20 June from 6.00–9.00pm at the Block, QUT Creative Industries
Precinct. The performance will also be screened at Parer Place in Brisbane and CoCa in Cairns, and live streamed on the
interactive, collaborative platform http://water-wheel.net.
page 2 of 3
Exhibition
FLUIDATA
13 to 20 June 2015
Monday–Saturday
3.00–9.00pm
The Block
QUT Creative
Industries Precinct
Kelvin Grove
FREE ADMISSION
This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, and a Creative Sparks Grant from
Brisbane City Council. Creative Sparks is a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts
Queensland. Other partners include Healthy Waterways, Brisbane Catchments Network, Museum and Gallery Services Queensland,
Western Downs Regional Council through Dogwood Crossing Miles, Gympie Regional Gallery, Livingstone Shire Council, Cloncurry
Shire Council, Bonemap, New Moves Network, KickArts Contemporary Arts and Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns.
CONTACT: RAW PUBLICITY
rawpublicity@bigpond.com
M: 0409 069 700 Rosemary Walker
Photos and interviews available on request
More info: http://igneous.org.au
image: Suzon Fuks

3. THE FLUIDATA TEAM is driven by Igneous co-directors Suzon Fuks (project leader, media artist - former Australia
Council Fellow and Waterwheel initiator & co-founder) and James Cunningham (project leader - internationally presented
multi-format performer), with collaborators Matthew Davis (Max/MSP programmer, sound designer), and Inkahoots (design
- interface designers of Waterwheel, named one of the world’s 100 best designers of visual communication).
JAMES CUNNINGHAM is a performance, movement and video artist. He graduated in Dance Performance from the Centre for
the Performing Arts, Adelaide, in 88. He identifies as having disability, resulting from a motorbike accident in 1992.
He performed and toured with DV8 Physical Theatre for the Sydney Olympic Cultural Festival. He received a career development
grant from Arts Queensland in 2010 to attend Live.Media+Performance.Lab in New York, and with Suzon Fuks: a Copeland
Fellowship in USA (12); an Australian Choreographic Centre Fellowship (06); and an Asialink Residency in South India (99).
SUZON FUKS is an inter-media artist exploring the integration and interaction of the body and moving image through
performance, screen, installation and online work. During her Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship (09-12), she initiated
Waterwheel, a collaborative online venue about water, nominated in 2013 for international Ars Electronica Award for Digital
Communities. http://water-wheel.net. Multi-award-winner, she was born in Brussels, where she trained in dance, theatre and
music at Lilian Lambert Academy (69-76) and completed her Masters in Visual Arts. http://suzonfuks.net
IGNEOUS, established in 1997, has been directed by James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks since its inception. Igneous’ work has
received national and international recognition across a broad spectrum including networked performance, dance, screendance,
new media, disability, puppetry, live art and visual theatre. Since 2000, their strong interests lie in audience participation, mixed
reality involving online and on site audiences, and water. They conduct forums, workshops and master classes, and in residence at
Brisbane Powerhouse in 02-03, led the Movement Video Labs for professional artists. HIGHLIGHTS include the installation
performance ‘Mirage’ short-listed for an Australian Dance Award and presented to more than 1,000 audience at Nuit Blanche,
organised by Abilities Arts Festival in Toronto; the video-dance ‘Fragmentation’ nominated numerous times in Australia and over-
seas, and performing at the festivals BIAM in Paris and Theater der Welt in Stuttgart. http://igneous.org.au
MATTHEW DAVIS is a young experimental musician and Max MSP programmer. He writes and performs music under the guise
of Nervous Plaything at such venues as the Zoo, Tonic Bar, and Espresso. He composed the score of ‘No One’s Own’ (directed by
Bradley Davis) which was selected for the official Cannes Film Festival 2015. For Brisbane Fringe Festival, he was creative direc-
tor and event coordinator of the exhibition ‘Converted Realms’. Matthew also plays acoustic sets at smallers venues as Brew. He
makes films and other digital installation works, which are mostly used to accompany his live performances such as a live gestural
controlled motion synthesizer.
INKAHOOTS’ history is a close relationship with the community, cultural, and arts sectors as visual advocates & activists. They
created the visual identity, user-interface design and programing for Waterwheel. Based in Melbourne & Brisbane, Inkahoots is Jason
Grant, Ben Mangan, Mathew Johnson, Jordan McGuire, and Joan Sherriff. They collaborate locally and internationally on projects of all
sizes across a range of media including interactive design and web- and mobile-based application programming. Education is a key
part of their practice: they regularly present at design events and teach design and typography at several universities in Melbourne
and Brisbane, and recently also lectured at universities in London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Helsinki and Ljubljana. http://inkahoots.com.au
page 3 of 3
CONTACT: RAW PUBLICITY
rawpublicity@bigpond.com
M: 0409 069 700 Rosemary Walker
Photos and interviews available on request
More info: http://igneous.org.au