THE CURATORIAL APPROACH
Curators Myles Cooper and Dave Goode selected four artists working across digital and physical practice: Giant Swan, Stefany Layton, Sarah Main, and Mia Forrest.
Mia, Giant Swan and Stefany Layton provided moving image works for the Digital Totems and Sarah displayed her hybrid artworks of acrylic on canvas with an augmented reality layer on top. (viewed through your phone)
Layton, based in Colombia, works with collage, geometry and abstract seascapes. Her Dream series brought a meditative quality to the foyer that worked with the architecture rather than against it.
Mia Forrest's large-format botanical prints (100 x 60cm, framed) sat alongside her corresponding video loops on the Digital Totems. Banksia, Red Flowering Gum, Flannel Flower. Australian native flora rendered with scientific precision, the physical prints on the walls and the moving images on screen running in parallel.
Sarah Main's original paintings occupied the primary sight lines. Acrylic on linen, hand signed, AR-enabled through Artivive. Point your phone at the painting and it moves, breathes, plays original music composed by the artist. Main is a multidisciplinary practitioner whose work spans painting, electronic music, and augmented reality. A former Pacha Ibiza resident DJ who brings rhythmic composition and bold colour to canvas.
VR sculptor Giant Swan exhibited 'Bird' in a physical print and moving image forms.
Cooper and Goode built the programme so the physical and digital works informed each other. The Digital Totems were not a sideshow to the paintings and prints. They carried equal curatorial weight.
THE EXECUTION
Future Art managed the full programme. Artist selection, artwork acquisition and licensing, content formatting for the Samsung Digital Totems, framing and hanging of physical works, screen integration, AR configuration through Artivive, and on-site installation supervision.
Physical works were installed with hanging solutions designed for the building's specific wall conditions. Digital content ran on a managed rotation. Everything was coordinated with CBRE's building management team on compliance, access, and scheduling.
During the run, Future Art produced an Artist Highlight feature for the George Place tenant experience app, reaching over 4,000 building users. A 30-second video profile of Sarah Main, installation photography, and a direct link to a limited edition print release published by Future Art: The Deliverance. Edition of 25 A2 archival pigment prints on 310gsm museum-grade cotton rag, hand embossed, NFC authenticated, AR-enabled with original music.
THE OUTCOME
Holly Greene, Associate Director of Experience at CBRE (Property Management, ISPT), confirmed sustained positive feedback from tenants throughout the run.
The programme's success led directly to its extension. Future Visions moved to 477 Pitt Street in Sydney, where it continues with works by Stefany Layton and Mia Forrest on Digital Totems alongside a new physical programme.
PROJECT DETAILS
Location: George Place, 363 George Street, Sydney
Client: CBRE Property Management for ISPT
Exhibition: Future Visions
Duration: October 2025 to March 2026
Artists: Giant Swan, Stefany Layton, Mia Forrest, Sarah Main
Scope:Curatorial direction, artist selection, artwork acquisition and licensing, digital content programming (Samsung Digital Totems), physical artwork installation, AR integration (Artivive), tenant experience app content, limited edition print publishing
Hardware Partner: Samsung
Curated by: Myles Cooper and Dave Goode, Future Art