Play is the ultimate superpower for both human and environmental flourishing. In the Tallebudgera canopy, play is our primary research tool. Aqua Limina: The Pulse of Water, Creek to Coast is a collaboration between HBB and CreativeS Inc exploring the living "playground" of our landscapes, dissolving the boundaries between artist, audience, and environment dissolve. Moving away from the "white cube" and into nature, artists engage the landscape as a primary collaborator. Here, "play" is reclaimed as a sophisticated research tool to discover the tactile and ephemeral. Instead of passive observation, audiences, are also invited into an embodied experience. Traveling between Robina Art Gallery, HBB, and The Hive Art Gallery, to see all the artwork, audience are invited to trace the flow of waterways, letting shifting canopy light enlighten their journey. This "rhizomatic" approach allows the audience to "see by means of water." At the heart of our collaboration is a commitment to Accelerating Creative Futures. CreativeS Inc contributes a community-led energy focused on social and environmental impact, while HBB offers grounded, nature-based space to play. Together, we present a playground for imagination. A space to imagine, re-energise, and deepen a playful responsibility toward the natural world. Discover how each artists has played below.

Paul Harris is a photographer based in South East Queensland with a 30 year career spanning Australia and overseas.

Desert-Rain Magpie is a Nyoongar woman from Western Australia living on Bullongin Country (Pimpama). Her multidisciplinary practice spans ceramics, jewellery, textiles and fashion .

Virtual Songlines Digital Twin embodies a posthumanist understanding of water's inherent agency, memory, and transformative power.

Beth develops what they describe as memorial landscapes, paintings that hold traces of shared experiences, personal histories, and emotional memory. ​

Juniper Sikora's installations invite sensory and participatory engagement, approaching materials not as neutral matter but as active participants in ecological and cultural narratives.

Renata Buziak combines her curiosity, love of nature and photography to create cameraless images including biochromes and cyanotypes. Her art fosters well-being and a deeper connection with nature.

A collaborative partnership between two complementary artists, Sandra Temple and Bronwen Shannon fostering innovation, professional growth, and the exploration of new artistic directions.

Kevin White is an artist, marionettiste, musician and sound engineer. Kevin maintains a rigorous experimental practice using recycled materials, including deconstructed pianos, horns and kitchen sinks, to explore the physical visualisation of sound.

I am currently exploring a concept around the thin blue line…the horizon.Gazing out at the horizon, surrounded by waves. A point, a destination at which we never arrive.

Lisa Gay is an emerging watercolour artist whose practice is defined by the fluid capture of light on water. A lifelong Gold Coast local, her work is deeply informed by her relationship with the ocean.

Inspired by the tardigrade, the microscopic Kleiner Wasserbär known for its legendary resilience, Little Water Bear creates ambient soundscapes designed for grounding and renewal. 

Lisa Behan lives and works as a creative collaborator in Australia. Her work strives to enrich society with the solace of natural patterns and rhythms.

Twisted Murf is a wire artist whose work is inspired by a deep love of nature and animals. Each of his artworks are paired with a whimsical name, inviting curiosity and a sense of creativity and play. 

Rachel Clarkin is an Art Therapist and Community Arts and Health advocate. Combining art and psychotherapy, Creating artworks for Aqua Limina allowed Rachel to bridge the gap between being a facilitator of healing and a practitioner of it.