Experimenta Playground

Temporary Exhibition | Updated 1 decade ago

Escape into Experimenta Playground, an exhibition of media art that begs to be touched and invites your interaction. The digital media playground that has thrilled thousands of people in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide is coming to Perth as part of the 2008 AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things. The exhibition features some of the most innovative and playful artworks by Australian and international artists and includes interactive artworks, video installations and short films.

Presented by AWESOME Arts and the Western Australian Museum. Proudly supported by Wesfarmers Arts.

School groups are invited to book tours of the exhibition. Packages tailored to suit your school’s areas of interest are available during The 2008 AWESOME Festival from 16 - 23 November. Bookings are essential. Contact Lauren by emailing lauren@awesomearts.com or phone (08) 9485 0560. School and group bookings for self-guided visits are also available from 24 November 2008 – 27 January 2009. Contact the Education Bookings Officer at the Western Australian Museum by emailing education@museum.wa.gov.au or phone (08) 9427 2792.

The Experimenta Playground study guide is suitable for upper primary and secondary students as well as tertiary groups and can be downloaded for free from the Experimenta website. The guide has relevance to the arts, English as well as the interdisciplinary learning curriculum areas of thinking processes, communication, information and communications technology, design, creativity and technology.

http://www.experimenta.org/