Radical Hope Machine Workshops
Radical Hope Machine, led by artist Amanda Bennetts, fuses art, technology, and sci-fi in a speculative workshop series — culminating in a community exhibition, showcasing the innovative solutions, during Horizon 2025.
Workshops
Join Amanda and the Libraries team for a series of hands-on art workshops to build the Radical Hope Machine. Dive into creative collaging, interactive electronics, lo-fi prototyping, and digital storytelling. Be part of the making experience and the final exhibition in this year’s festival at Maroochydore Library Art Space.
Sessions:
- Creative Collaging | designing the Radical Hope Machine
- Interactive Electronics | powering the Radical Hope Machine
- Lo-Fi Prototyping | building the Radical Hope Machine
- Digital Storytelling | filming the Radical Hope Machine
What is the Radical Hope Machine
One fateful night, a streak of light cut across the sky, a celestial object crashing onto Chambers Island, right in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. Local scientists, artists, and curious minds gathered to investigate.
What they found was no ordinary debris. It was a machine, intact and otherworldly. The machine became known as the Radical Hope Machine. Theories flew as fast as the data: was it from a distant galaxy or perhaps a parallel world?
As the investigation continued, it became clear that this machine held the power to address some of humanity’s most wicked problems. Climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequality all seemed within its reach if only we could unlock its mysteries. What if we could decode it and build our hope machines?
How to get involved
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Radical Hope Machine is presented by Horizon in partnership with Sunshine Coast Libraries.