Critical Conversations brings the future into the present, centring Indigenous voices, looking beyond access, transcending gender and placing artists at the centre of social change. Join us for a daily conversation series exploring the futures imagined by emerging thinkers and creatives.

Reimagine reality with Indigenous Futurism, a panel exploring perspectives of the future, informed by the past and present. Reframe discussions about access with Beyond Access, a look at the way we interact with the arts, inclusive practices and the world around us. Refocus on experiences and expressions of gender in Transcending Gender, a journey into performance and community beyond the confines of binaries. Recentre young people and the future in Young People as Agents of Change, a look into arts activism and the young creatives making use of both to inspire action and their justice-informed practices.

Curated in partnership with Emerging Writers’ Festival to provoke thought, imagination and action. Critical Conversations invites you to engage daily with the arts, the world, the present and the future.

Featured artists to be announced