NUMINA: A gateway to Queensland

WORK IN DEVELOPMENT | STORY BRIDGE, BRISBANE RIVER

A work in development: a monumental river destination combining projected water mist, mythological characters, real human stories and audience transformation.

NUMINA concept visualisation. Work in development, not a built installation.

The Public Opportunity

NUMINA is a work in development envisioning an evolving night-time destination beneath the Story Bridge, facing Howard Smith Wharves. Visitors watch from shore, take a proposed purpose-operated boat through engineered mist, or create a transformed portrait at a riverwalk console.

The Experience

The Coral Oracle, Canopy Weaver and Glass City Spirit connect reef, rainforest and Brisbane's future with real Queenslanders' voices and performances. At consoles, visitors combine their faces with coral, jacaranda, sandstone or storm light.

Current Development Position

Created and directed by Georgie Pinn / Interactor. The latest deck proposes a focused 2027 test and a two-week 2028 presentation for the LA Games handover, followed by repeat editions and expansion. Funding, feasibility, engineering, marine operations, cultural agreements and approvals remain to be developed.

Source: NUMINA GATEWAY 26 v2, pp. 1-2, 5-7, 11, 13-16. Timelines and budgets are proposals.

NUMINA character concept. Work in development.

NUMINA river destination concept. Work in development.

The Canopy Weaver gathers forest, light and human traces; the Coral Oracle opens reef, coast and interdependence; the Glass City Spirit carries resilience, upheaval and renewal. These are original contemporary characters, introducing rather than replacing real people's stories.

Real People At The Heart

Selected and filmed story pieces retain their authors' voices. Queensland artists, children, performers and community members can contribute stories of place, future, arrival and belonging. Documentary portraits, live performance and community commissions renew the programme.

Discovery Beyond The City

Story Bridge could anchor a distinctive tourism destination. Regional stories can build interest in Queensland's reef and rainforest; a later Gateway Bridge chapter could welcome cruise arrivals and connect river transport, interactive walks and evening precincts.

A Destination That Keeps Evolving

A recurring cast links documentary portraits, live performance and community commissions. Seasonal, festival and First Nations-led chapters would be developed through organiser agreements and cultural authority, creating reasons to return and a programme that evolves beyond 2032.

Audience Intelligence And Business Value

Audience intelligence: Log console sessions, selected Queensland textures and interaction time. Optional feedback could add age ranges, destination and activity interests, viewing dwell and onward evening plans. Public portrait display and marketing follow-up require separate opt-ins.

Business value: Support the nighttime economy and tourism destination potential: shape evening programming, river journeys, hosted viewing and hospitality offers; encourage longer visits and regional discovery. Use visitor feedback and partner reporting to assess onward activity, spending and referrals.

How To Evaluate A Future Commission

Participation and consent: Count sessions and completed transformations; separately record public-display consent.
Story and destination response: Sample dwell and recall; ask which places, stories and activities visitors want to explore.
Operations and onward value: Test sightlines, mist, sound and vessel limits; distinguish referrals from confirmed bookings.

A Useful Commissioning Step

Fund the focused test before scaling. Agree creative scope, safe marine interaction, cultural authority, portrait consent, audience measures and the decision criteria for a full presentation.

Source: NUMINA GATEWAY 26 v2, pp. 3-13, 16. Tourism, nighttime-economy and audience-data outputs are proposed.