The Awhi Incubator Project

AwhiWorld have worked hard over the last five years to support Te Tai Tokerau's creative technology and cross-disciplinary arts scene. Both Dr Maggie Buxton and Kim Newall have dedicated a considerable amount of volunteer time and personal resources to raising the profile of this sector. Many individuals work in some form of creative practice, either…

High-calibre coaching and mentoring staff are joining the Awhi Incubator to provide advice on running the project, delivering workshops and work one-to-one with participants. Working alongside core incubator staff Dr Maggie Buxton and Kim Newall, are a range of national and international experts in VR | AR | Mixed Reality AI E-Textiles and Smart Materials…

AwhiWorld is excited to announce the organisational partners lined up to support the Awhi Incubator. The project aims to raise the profile of creative technology, digital art and cross-disciplinary practice in Te Tai Tokerau. With that in mind, we have worked hard to secure key local, national and international partners with mutual aims.   Local…

ARG Lab 24 Opening a Portal to Creative Innovation and Resilience From May 17th to May 25th, Te Tai Tokerau delivered the Alternative Reality Gardening Lab 24 (ARG Lab 24) - a showcase for our Awhi Incubator Project. It featured an exciting mix of new enterprises, innovative art forms, and technological advancements across various sectors.…

Alternative Reality Gardening You may not realise it, but you are inside a portal to an alternative reality.   A place where scientists, technologists, theorists, poets, crafters, dancers, artists and engineers all garden - in quite different ways.   About This is a large-scale creative theme within the Awhi Incubator Project. It includes the following…

Creative Innovation Clinics About the Pop-Up Clinics   AwhiWorld partnered with Creative Northland to deliver creative innovation clinics in Whangarei, Rawene, and Dargaville in March/April 2024.   These dynamic events ignited the imagination and empowered creatives to explore the endless possibilities of innovation.   Those who attended discovered the latest in 3D scanning, printing and…

BIOS - Creative Innovation Lab May/June 2023 AwhiWorld took over the Mair Gallery at Whangarei Art Museum and turned it into a leading-edge creative innovation lab from May 27th to June 18th.  The gallery transformed into a large-scale immersive, interactive installation with multiple content zones, including: science-art-tech installations, including international collaborations a future fibre zone…

Future Fibres Seminars and Workshops at BIOS Future fibres will be at the centre of research in AwhiWorld's upcoming BIOS lab in May/June this year. We are excited to partner with Professor Frances Joseph of Intra-Action Initiatives & AUT University's Huri Te Ao/The School of Future Environments to deliver a series of FREE Future Fibres…

Whangarei Night Lights Festival Mini VJ|PM Lab This year AwhiWorld used Whangarei Night Lights Festival as a live base for training Awhi Incubator Participants in VJ-ing and Projection Mapping. Fresh from a day-long seminar within BIOS, participants had two weeks to prepare content, with support and coaching from Kim Newall. They then performed their images…

AwhiWorld’s latest event involved playing with light, responsive inks and light-activated threads in an e-textile discovery workshop in Rawene. The workshop was a community partner Awhi Incubator project funded by Ministry of Culture and Heritage. We explored thermo, hydro and photochromic pigments and threads, Arduino sensors, fibre optics and other future fibres in our workshop…

Artists who need a little help to move into a digital or interactive space can now get the support they need via AwhiWorld’s new creative technology training course – Creative Tech for Creatives. It’s an introduction to creative technologies like: The workshop forms a public offering from AwhiWorld to spread the word about the Awhi…