We acknowledge the Turrbal and Yuggera people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this work was made. We acknowledge all the people of the lands that make this work possible. We recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We pay our respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and commit to standing with our First Nations people.

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We are so glad you are here and we would love for you to join us on the Chatty Bench journey. What began as a sign on a simple bench to get people chatting, became a storytelling project and now a storytelling festival. Scroll down to read more.


CHATTY BENCH PROJECT (2020)

With the aim of combatting loneliness and social isolation, the Chatty Bench Project (CBP) is a community collaboration between KGUV PBC, Communify, Village Church & QUT Design Lab. The project brings together local stories of Kelvin Grove Urban Village residents with art, performance and locative media technology: enabling one to engage in a hybrid (physical and digital) urban design and placemaking project. The project is situated in the Kelvin Grove Urban Village and use its many landmarks and places as engagement locations.

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About CBP

CBP Geolocative Version

CBP Non-Geolocative Version

KGUV Market Exhibition


CHATTY BENCH FESTIVAL (2021)

The Chatty Bench Community Festival is a free, all-inclusive event held over four weekends that aims to bring together the various community members of Kelvin Grove in the shared act of storytelling and thus showcase and celebrate the socio-cultural diversity of the community. The central theme of the event is creating a sense of community, belonging and connection.

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What are the Chatty Benches?

CBF Schedule

Come Make the Festival: Be a Chatty Bencher, Volunteer, Propose some Art, and more.

Community Media Visual Projections: Facebook