We’re creating the future of storytelling.
Established in 2024, the NIDA Future Centre is NIDA’s innovation lab. We connect industry and education with emerging tech and future thinking through conversations & connections, partnerships & projects, and awards.
Partnerships & Collaborations
Awards & Opportunities
Conversations & Connections
What’s new at the NIDA Future Centre?
The Jim Sharman Future Award
Are you ready to lead the arts into a new era? The triennial Jim Sharman Future Award offers AUD$50,000 in funding and tailored NIDA support to turn your radical idea or project into reality.
Imaginative Restoration
In 2024, the NIDA Future Centre collaborated with the School of Cybernetics at ANU and the National Film and Sound Archive to co-create a three-day workshop exploring Generative Al and its role in creative practice.
NIDA X
NIDA X is a program offering grants to alumni to develop live entertainment projects that push the boundaries of storytelling and technology. NIDA X is supported by the Girgensohn Foundation, NIDA X Patrons.
Our Areas of Interest
Tech + Humanity
What is technology? What does it mean to be human? Can we infuse technology with more humanity? How can technology help us be more human? How does the artist influence future relationships between people and autonomous systems?
Artist + Audience
How do we leverage emerging technologies to create new ways for artists and audiences to share stories and perspectives in a meaningful and engaging way.
Ancient + Future
How can emerging technologies preserve and share First Nations knowledge, cultural heritage and storytelling traditions? How can First Nations perspectives inform the design and development of emerging technologies to create more inclusive and culturally sensitive digital futures for all?
The NIDA Future Centre was seeded by a generous donation from the Jim Sharman Future Fund. Jim Sharman, a NIDA alum, is an Australian director of stage and screen whose work has had a profound cultural impact in Australia and internationally.
We want to hear from you. Get in touch if you have any enquiries.
