Brisbane Festival · ISEA
FLOW
FLOW is an audiovisual playground exploring shared human emotion through water. Projection-mapped generative animation, electronic modular sound and a custom sensory system invite audiences to participate, lose their sense of time and enter a collective flow state.
Presented at the International Symposium on Electronic Art and Brisbane Festival, the installation was activated by musician and dance duo KAIROS KIN.
Case study
Case study · October 2026 · Pages 17, 18
A responsive audiovisual environment where movement and gesture let people shape a shared world of light and sound.
The public opportunity
FLOW uses water as a metaphor for shared emotion. Its 2024 presentations at ISEA and Brisbane Festival connect a Brisbane creative practice with local audiences and an international arts and technology programme.
The experience
Generative animation, modular electronic sound and a sensory interface respond to movement. People explore rhythm, colour and atmosphere together, with performance extending the relationship between participants and the work.
What is documented
The Brisbane Festival programme credits Georgie Pinn and Tara Pattenden. ISEA lists those artists with Kairos Kin and Dorian Dowse. These organiser records confirm 2024 presentations and complement the supplied portfolio’s account of Arts Queensland support.
Source: Brisbane Festival 2024 programme; ISEA2024 FLOW listing; supplied portfolio pp. 7 and 11.
FLOW International Symposium of Electronic Art | Brisbane Festival Shared play through sound and movement
Public value and next application
Outcomes to pursue and measure in a future commission
Participation across generations
Movement and gesture provide an immediate invitation to experiment. A council activation could give families and mixed-age groups a shared creative activity, with seated and lower-movement options tested in the design.
Nature as a shared language
Water offers a familiar starting point for connecting body, emotion and environment. A future programme could add a local waterway theme and facilitated interpretation without treating artistic metaphor as scientific instruction.
A cultural reason to stay
An evolving responsive environment can encourage exploration alongside scheduled performance. Future evening programming could connect participation with nearby cultural venues and hospitality.
Agency through movement
A small gesture can influence a much larger visual and sonic environment. This gives participants a clear relationship between action and response, while other people can watch, listen and join the encounter.
Audience intelligence and business value
Audience intelligence: Understand participation patterns, interaction and viewing time, shared use and voluntary cultural interests and experience feedback. Business value: Shape cultural campaigns, content choices and morning or evening programmes; connect interested audiences with related events and attractions.
How to evaluate a future commission
Responsive play Log activation counts, session duration and preferred audiovisual elements. Experience and access Combine voluntary feedback with observations of shared use and participation barriers. Return engagement Measure voluntary email sign-ups and future event referrals with explicit consent.
A useful commissioning step
Define the desired social encounter before selecting equipment. Pilot the interface with diverse users, agree sound and light conditions, and scope artist, performer and technical responsibilities for the venue.
Evidence: Brisbane Festival 2024 programme; ISEA2024 FLOW listing; supplied portfolio pp. 7 and 11. Full source notes accompany this collection.
