User:Jeffasiedu/sandbox

Water-wheel], instigated by Suzon Fuks (a recognised inter-media artist), is deemed to be an “interactive and collaborative platform”, capable of being used as a medium for sharing media and ideas, performances and presentations.

About
Waterwheel is a cyberformance platform known to explore and celebrate this invariable yet volatile global resource and fundamental element of life. It sees to delve deep to the nature of this element that has become an environmental issue, political dilemma and a universal theme and symbol of life. The main idea of Waterwheel is to encourage individuals to explore and uncover the unknown, share and collaborate, contribute and participate.

How it works
Waterwheel is a free Thematic digital performance platform that sends out an invitation to everyone, “performers and artists, scientists and environmentalists, students and academics”, anyone who is capable of accessing their facilities to, in their own words, “test the water”. They want individuals to join in this revolutionary movements and be involvement in something spectacular. Its purpose is to provide an arena where people can contribute and share ideas.

There have been syposiums held to discuss the matters Waterwheel stand for .These symposiums are to promote exchange between all those who are, for various reasons, concerned with water issues, land management and hydraulic infrastructure, for a better sharing of knowledge and governance thanks to Waterwheel, an online platform dedicated to Water.

What Waterwheel provides is a platform and forum for users to experiment and create, explore and exchange as well as express their individual notions. Waterwheel draws together different people, practices, places, media and modes of expression. It is indeed a platform without wall. One with no boundaries or restrictions. It aims to run its own natural course.

It allows you to upload audio, photography, graphics and illustrations, simulations, slideshows, performance, presentation, networked performance/presentation, webcasts, voice, music, sound, writing, text, spreadsheets, data and many more.

Supporters

 * The Australian Government through the Australia council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body
 * Youth Arts Queensland
 * Arts Queensland
 * Brisbane City Council
 * Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts
 * ausdance-qldAusdance Queensland
 * The Edge | Digital Culture Centre
 * iMAL Centre for Digital Cultures & Technologies, Belgium
 * Creative Sparks, a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.