Founded in 2005, CuriousWorks aims to be “an institution that sustainably empower[s] and promote[s] the diverse perspectives of marginalised communities around Australia.” They do so by “empower[ing] local cultural leaders to use digital media to represent their own people in their own ways, for the long-term.”
Between 2005 and 2008 they developed and coordinated The Migrant Project, a collaboration between 40 Sydney-based artists that included performances and the creation of serveral multimedia projects.
CuriousWorks’ second project, All Around You, is, according to their website, “a system for using digital media in a simple, positive, lasting manner in marginalised communities. Currently the system is being developed through 3 year partnerships in two regions: Western Sydney (urban) and the Pilbara, Western Australia (remote).” A resource kit and training program is being developed and will be available to other interested groups and communities in 2010.