works in site and sound
Caddie Brain is a Northern Territory-based curator, creative producer and journalist known for her bold, immersive work in site and sound. After many years working for the ABC and in museum and libraries, her diverse social practice centres community, place and social history. While audio was her first love, her work now spans exhibitions, apps, crushed cars and street signs - the story always chooses the medium. While she now works independently, her practice is deeply collaborative, shaped by and indebted to the many co-creators and communities with whom she works.
collaborators, clients and co-conspiritors
​​Indigemoji, Creative Australia, Parks Australia Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia, The Tate, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, The Unconformity, Community Arts Network, Northern Territory Library (now LANT), Children in Care and Youth Detention Advice Service (CICAYDAS), StoryProjects, MusicNT, Tjala Arts, Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival, Purple House, Wikimedia Australia and others.
accolades
indigemoji collective
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2022 Creative Media Award, Mozilla Foundation
2021 Processing Foundation Fellowship
2020 Honoree, Public Service & Activism, Webby Award
2020 Honorary Mention, Digital Communities, Prix Ars Electronica
2020 Best Digital Product, First Nations Media Awards
journalism
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2023 Public Interest Journalism Fund, Walkey Foundation and Meta
2020 Winner, First Nations Media Awards, Best Documentary with Mrs Kaika Burton
2019 Finalist, Third Coast International Audio Festival with Mrs Kaika Burton
2013 Crawford Fund Fellowship to Peru to make The Future Belongs to the Potato (radio documentary)
2012 Winner, Rural Reporter of the Year, ABC Local Radio Awards
2012 Winner, Australian Star Prize for Agricultural Broadcast Journalism, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists
2012 Winner, Northern Territory Media Awards
2008 Myer Australia Korean Foundation (AFK) Fellowship, to work at the Korea Herald in South Korea
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other
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2022-23 Digital Strategist in Residence, Creative Australia
2022 Artists in Schools, Centralian Senior College
2018 Winner, Interpretation Australia National Award, Darwin Audio Tour
2015 Winner, Chief Minister’s Award for Excellence in the Public Sector, Cyclone Tracy: 40 Years On exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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education​​
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Oral History Training, Oral History Victoria, 2023
Master of Applied Cybernetics, 3A Institute, Australian National University, 2020 - 2021
Diploma of Business (Governance) - Institute of Community Directors, 2016 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications), English Literature and Music - University of Sydney, 2004 - 2007
Bachelor of Music (Performance) in Cello - Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1 year, 2003
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governance
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Vice President - Wikimedia Australia, 2021
Committee Member - Wikimedia Australia, 2016 - 2020
Public Officer / Secretary - Music NT, 2016 - 2019
Conspirator - Lanfranchi’s Memorial Discotheque, a Sydney artist-run space, 2006 - 2007
