THE TAKEOVER PROJECT
2026 PROGRAM
A W A R D E D P R O J E C T S
BLACK BOX THEATRE 1-30 JUNE
Artist: DOME INTERACTIVE
Project title: IMAGE OF THE TOWER
A new Year brings a new fantasy.
Independent filmmakers Dome Interactive will begin to develop a new feature film which follows a group of ill-fated travellers bound together by an object of strange and terrible Power.
During their Takeover, this self-driven cinematic machine will be set in motion with story, image and process unfolding in real time.
During the Takeover Dome Interactive will open its occult film practices to the public. The residency will explore hands-on visual effects and analog filmmaking techniques, including the fabrication of props and set pieces alongside experiments in rear projection and in-camera composition.
Audiences and participants can expect to be pulled kicking and screaming into the mechanics of visual effects and storytelling through workshops and collective making. The community will be invited to step inside their world and experience the thrill, labour and imagination at the heart of independent filmmaking.
GALLERY TAKEOVER 14 MARCH-11 APRIL
Artist: JEREMY PLINT
Project Title: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END, is an installation-based project exploring memory, grief, and queer belonging through repurposed textiles. The work will draw on childhood architectures of refuge to examine vulnerability, loss, and the subjectivity of remembrance. An accompanying art therapy public program will extend the project’s inquiry into collective care and embodied reflection.
RAMP TAKEOVER 14 MARCH-11 APRIL
Artist: ANDIE DITTMAN
Project title: FEEDING THE FAMILY
Emerging documentarian Andie Dittman returns home to the Sunshine Coast to explore food and gardening practices that sustain the region. Inspired by her travels the artist will turn her lens towards stories of nurture and nourishment,capturing the people, places and plates that feed the local community. Throughout her residency Andie will travel the backyards of local residents, photographing what they grow, cook and share.
LITTLE AMBO GALLERY 14 MARCH-11 APRIL
Artist: LAURA GRIFFITHS-YAMAMOTO
Project Title: THIS IS WHERE: FORMS THE REMEMBER
Working with textiles, performance, and process, the project will explore skeuomorphism - the way design details from the past continue to appear in everyday objects long after their original function has changed. Drawing inspiration from the Old Ambo’s architectural details, materials, and history, alongside familiar undergarment design, the artist will hand-make and rework white cotton garments using stitched seams, bindings, and surface details that echo both the former ambulance station and domestic life.
This initiative is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund- a partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland
