Neogeography, the Sunshsine Coast, the 3 C's and More.

Alternative Publishing is part of the NeoGeography project on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, in sunny Queensland, Australia (except this year it has rained a lot). The website and blog are maintained by Australian artist Judy Barrass but there are four other very fine artists involved in the project. They are sound artist Leah Barclay, author Steven Lang, cyberdramatist and all round inspirational  storyteller Sue Davis, and indigenous artist Lyndon Davis. Our aim is to have a lot of fun and we are aided and abetted by our project support person, Megan Marks and a lot of other very creative and inspiring people. More on this later.

Alternative Publishing  is about exploring all the ways people have available  to them to publish their ideas, sounds, poetry, words, writing and stories. We aim to support and encourage people on the Sunshine Coast to make their voices known but we also want to establish a worldwide community of people interested in exploring  ways people can  make themselves heard by publishing. Please join us. Follow us on Twitter or this blog for ongoing notices of our journey of discovery.

Here's the intro to the NeoGeo project from the Queensland Writers Centre site.


"NeoGeoGraphy is a project which brings together creative practice and new technologies to capture the community’s connection with where they live.It is a project of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and Queensland Writers Centre with funding support from Arts Queensland and the Australia Council. NeoGeoGraphy falls under the 3C's Project, or Three Communities, led by Queensland Writers Centre and in partnership with regional councils. Over three years, the Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton and Bundaberg will use digital media and writing to explore environmental themes and regional identity.On the Sunshine Coast, NeoGeoGraphy will ask creative thinkers to explore and document how the Sunshine Coast community defines itself through place, interaction and time. The project is open to all forms of creative practice and thinking, with an emphasis on innovation."

If we haven't put you to sleep already, with all these projects within projects, you might like to read about the background to NeoGeo, which is Jock McQueeny's 3 C's concept.