Temporary art space to enliven Brisbane’s South Bank

Brisbane’s South Bank is set to be transformed with its aging Arbour View Café precinct to reopen at the end of January as a pop-up arts space, Flowstate.

Architecturally designed with three experience areas - a grassy relaxation zone, an immersive digital installation and an open-air performance pavilion - Flowstate will be the first significant redevelopment in the South Bank Parklands since the award-winning River Quay in 2011.

South Bank Corporation Chair Dr Catherin Bull sees that Flowstate will provide a tangible demonstration of creative urban recycling in the heart of the precinct.

Dr Bull explained “around the world, leading public precincts are constantly evolving and it is the Corporation’s role to oversee, adapt and transform South Bank so it remains relevant, desirable and exciting both publicly and commercially.”

Dr Bull said the new interim use continues South Bank’s 25-year legacy as a ‘people’s place’ and will stimulate conversation about city form.

Daniel Stukel Beasly and Tobhiyah Stone Feller, Directors of architects Stukel Stone comment that “Flowstate blurs the distinctions between landscape and architecture, theatre and public space. We have provided multiple possibilities in the design for how the site can be used and are very interested to see how performers, artists and audiences will respond and activate the site in unique and unexpected ways.”

Flowstate will open to the public late January 2018, with the program of free events to launch Monday 29th January.

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Image: Daniel Stukel Beasly and Tobhiyah Stone Feller join South Bank Corporation Chair Dr Catherin Bull during the construction of Flowstate. Courtesy of Tony Gwynn Jones.

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