Pool toys floating in a river. There are people in swimming caps in the water, too.
Pool toys floating in a river. There are people in swimming caps in the water, too.
Pool toys floating in a river. There are people in swimming caps in the water, too.

Let’s Organise Your Leisure: Float-Off Finale

Presented by Kathy Mackey

Let’s Organise Your Leisure: Float-Off Finale

Presented by Kathy Mackey

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Watch a floatilla of sculptural artworks glide through the foreshore waters of the Maroochydore River as the finale event of Let’s Organise Your Leisure, by Kathy Mackey.

Participants of Let’s Organise Your Leisure will enter the water with their project creations and swim with them in a vista of colour, abstract form, and laughter.

Let’s Organise Your Leisure is a site-specific workshop project, which will take place on Saturday 2nd September. If you are interested in taking part in the making of the artworks for the Float-Off Finale, make sure you book in.

CREATIVE TEAM:

  • Kathy Mackey

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

  • Where to meet: Cotton Tree Pier, adjacent to the Festival Hub
  • Duration: 60 minutes

Partners

Let's Organise Your Leisure is supported by Generate GC. Generate GC is a City of Gold Coast initiative produced by Situate Art in Festivals.

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and the City of Gold Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Image credit: Debra Harrison

Visual Content Rating
100: This work is completely visual.

Language No Barrier
There is no dialogue attached to this work.

Relaxed Performance
This work is in a public space. Please feel welcome to visit the work for as little or long as you like, to make noise, move around the space how you are most comfortable and to consume food and beverages. We recommend bringing ear defenders if you prefer a quieter environment.

Any other access requirements
We welcome all audiences to Horizon Festival and strive to make every event and performance as accessible as possible.

We are always open to discussing your individual requirements to assist wherever possible. If you’d like to speak to someone about your access requirements, please contact us during business hours at (07) 5475 7272 or horizon@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

Wheelchair Accessibility
This venue is accessible to people who use wheelchairs. We recommended viewing this performance from the pier adjacent to the Wonderland Spiegeltent Festival Garden.

Level Access
This performance will take place in a public open space, where there is level access.

Bathroom Access
This performance takes place in a public space, where public facilities are available. The closest bathrooms, including wheelchair accessible bathrooms, are located inside the Wonderland Spiegeltent Festival Garden.

Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
All Festival Garden bathrooms are gender-neutral.

Suitable for all ages.

This event is presented as part of Horizon Festival 2023, the Sunshine Coast’s leading multi-arts festival. Get lost in 10 days of must-see art, music, culture events and more, from the coast to the hinterland.

How to get there

Let’s Organise Your Leisure: Float-Off Finale

Maroochydore River / Cotton Tree Park / Kabi Kabi Country (Cotton Tree Pier, adjacent to Festival hub).

  • Float-off Finale:
    Sun 3 Sep / 11.30am
  • 60 mins
  • Maroochydore River / Cotton Tree Park / Kabi Kabi Country (Cotton Tree Pier, adjacent to Festival hub).
  • Free
  • Festival Hub / Free / Kids + Family / Visual Art

How to get there

Let’s Organise Your Leisure: Float-Off Finale

Maroochydore River / Cotton Tree Park / Kabi Kabi Country (Cotton Tree Pier, adjacent to Festival hub).

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