KIN Living Shrines
Event dates to be confirmed: April – April 2027
Overview
KIN: Living Shrines is an immersive cultural event that transforms public space into a series of living, breathing artworks. Audiences are invited to explore a collection of large-scale sculptural totems—each representing a different human story, emotion, or archetype—brought to life through performance, sound, and light.
As visitors move through the site, they encounter performers embodying these "living shrines" alongside layered audio and…
KIN: Living Shrines is an immersive cultural event that transforms public space into a series of living, breathing artworks. Audiences are invited to explore a collection of large-scale sculptural totems—each representing a different human story, emotion, or archetype—brought to life through performance, sound, and light.
As visitors move through the site, they encounter performers embodying these "living shrines" alongside layered audio and visual elements that create a deeply atmospheric, multi-sensory experience. Blending contemporary art, ritual, and storytelling, KIN invites audiences to reflect on connection, identity, and what it means to belong.
Designed as both a shared public experience and an intimate personal journey, KIN offers a unique cultural event that is accessible, visually striking, and emotionally resonant. It brings together artists, performers, and community in a way that is both innovative and inclusive.
KIN is intended to be a destination event, drawing audiences to experience a one-of-a-kind creative offering that showcases the cultural depth and imaginative potential of its host region.
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Accessibility
A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility
Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
Caption all entertainment (TVs, live shows, performances)
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Employ people with disability
Have a low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music)
Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
Have an appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog
Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)
Have Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire)
Have grab rails in the bathroom
Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
Have visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light)
Have wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height)
Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone
Provide assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Provide digital communication materials (hard copy information is also available on line)
Provide information in audio format (includes an audio described map of your venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays)
Provide information in large print
Provide seating in common areas including reception area
Train your staff in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss)
Train your staff in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss
Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges
Train your staff in disability awareness
Train your staff to respond to allergic reactions
Use easy read fonts in your signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial)
Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)