Partners

Partnerships are critical to the development of CoLab and involve arts organizations, creative practitioners, technology developers, educational institutions, commercial enterprises, industry bodies and local communities


	Film Auckland CoLab’s partnership with Film Auckland is one example of how we have successfully facilitated collaboration with like-minded industry bodies to forge mutually beneficial relationships. Read Case Study
	THE EDGE “Working with CoLab was a really obvious choice for us. They’re leading the way in this area in NZ,” says Bronwyn, “We have never worked in this area before, we didn’t know where to start in terms of approaching artists, whereas CoLab has those relationships already, which has helped get this underway quickly.” Read Case Study
	Mohawk Media Mohawk Media is a digital media consultancy and training company directed by Helen Baxter, and based in Wellington, New Zealand. The company consults on the use of social media tools and provides streaming services for live events to link communities and individuals thorough the effective use of web-based and emerging communication technologies. Read Case Study
	The Big Idea In a first for New Zealand, the CoLab/The Big Idea Online Digital Residency is part of the CoLab development strategy to support innovation, the creation of new digital art work, and collaboration. Read Case Study
	Exhibbit 3D Virtual Art Gallery CoLab commissioned Exhibbit to create a bespoke gallery space that was suitable of the exhibition of student work and a training space for the curation of exhibitions. The software enables students to have unlimited access to both the bespoke AUT University space as well as a range of four standard galleries. Read Case Study
	Auckland Council: Our Place The Our Place project came about when the council’s Arts and Culture manager and the Community Arts Coordinator for Youth saw the need for greater youth engagement in Arts – an opportunity to encourage creativity among youth, as well as provide a voice to young people and develop technical skills – and their proposal received the support of the Tamaki and Waiheke local boards. Read Case Study
	Jetblack The Jetblack project www.Jetblack.co.nz is the brainchild of Richard Nowland, who has been leading this project now for a number of years. The goal is to construct a vehicle that is capable of breaking the world land-speed record – which stands at 763mph (1,246km/h). Read Case Study
	Air New Zealand With the support of Creative New Zealand, CoLab sought expressions of interest from artists and filmmakers to create two new works for screen that directly interrogate the in-flight experience. The ‘New Work for Screen’ commissions are to be made available in Air New Zealand’s in-flight entertainment programme for a period of three months - a rare opportunity to engage with passengers’ in-flight experience. Read Case Study
	Pacific Visualisation Project The Pacific Visualisation project is concerned with the enhancement and effectiveness of information design for Pasifika people, both in New Zealand and throughout the Pacific region. Read Case Study