​Karin Schaupp and Professor Vanessa Tomlinson (QCRC)
Artistic Directors and Performers

Recognised internationally as a classical concert guitarist, festival guest, musical collaborator and project creator, Karin Schaupp is head of classical guitar at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. Schaupp is the recipient of two ARIA awards and has performed widely in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia. She has created a number of successful inter-disciplinary projects including ​Lotte’s Gift, Don Juan and​ Love Stories.​  

Professor Vanessa Tomlinson is internationally recognised as a percussionist, composer, improviser and director of Creative Arts Research Institute at Griffith University. She is the recipient of 6 APRA/AMC music awards, and 2 Green Room Awards. She has created many large-scale immersive sound works including Vibrations in a Landscape (with Erik Griswold) and The Oxbow (at The Piano Mill).  

Both Karin and Vanessa have extensive experience managing large scale projects. This is their first installation collaboration, and it draws on compatible expertise in the team. 

​Jim Redgate
Luthier/Instrument design consultant

Jim Redgate is a world renown luthier to elite concert guitarists including Pepe Romero, Ana Vidovic, Ralph Towner, Slava Grigoryan and Karin Schaupp. His designs are at once cutting edge, sonically superior and crafted to the highest artistic standards.

Bruce Wolfe
Architect
Award-winning architect Bruce Wolfe (World Architecture Award ​The Piano Mill​) is renowned for his inspirational work on some of the most prominent, innovative projects in Queensland, including the internationally awarded Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital. Guided by his astute design sensibility, appetite for idea exploration and commitment to collaboration, Bruce facilitates shared vision through design. He places people and sustainability at the centre of all his work, and is inspired by his ability to make a difference to the way people live, now, and in the future.  

Dr Hassan Karampour (SEBE)
Structural Engineer

Dr Karampour is a senior lecturer in school of Engineering and Built Environment and a chartered structural engineer. His research expertise is in the area of applied computational mechanics and finite element analysis and he provides commercial consulting to the local and national engineering companies in form of computer modelling, design certifications, product developments and physical tests.  

The Creative Team also acknowledges research support from Dr Jocelyn Wolfe, Research Fellow, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre.