Kangaroo Point has become a focal point of Brisbane Festival 2025, featuring a large-scale installation by international art duo Craig & Karl as part of a citywide creative takeover celebrating colour, community, and connection.
A City Transformed Through Art
Artists Craig Redman and Karl Maier, known globally as Craig & Karl, have returned to their hometown for Brisbane Festival 2025 with their most extensive project to date. The pair have created 75 artworks across 20 key sites, including striking inflatables and geometric designs that now brighten the Kangaroo Point Bridge and other major landmarks.
The installation, which runs until 27 September 2025, forms part of the festival’s Public Art Trail presented in partnership with Griffith University Art Museum, BCC, and Tourism and Events Queensland.
Kangaroo Point Bridge Installation
At Kangaroo Point, the walking bridge has been transformed into a series of large inflatable arches, described as one of the duo’s most ambitious projects in nearly three decades. The colourful display symbolically connects Brisbane’s city centre to the Kangaroo Point headland, celebrating the city’s riverfront identity and creative culture.
This major public intervention is part of ANZ’s Walk This Way and reflects Craig & Karl’s hallmark aesthetic of bold colours, symmetry, and playfulness.
Rear Vision and Double Vision Exhibitions
The Kangaroo Point display is complemented by Craig & Karl: Rear Vision, an Outdoor Gallery exhibition running from 14 June to 20 October 2025 across Brisbane’s streets, laneways, and car parks. The exhibition, co-curated by Carrie McCarthy and Angela Goddard, showcases works exploring community, identity, and imagination.
At Griffith University Art Museum, Craig & Karl: Double Vision runs from 28 August 2025 to 7 January 2026, mapping three decades of the duo’s creativity and marking the 50th anniversary of Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design, where both artists began their collaboration.
Public Art Trail and Guided Tours
Beyond Kangaroo Point, the Public Art Trail extends to locations such as Brisbane Airport, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane Quarter, Fish Lane Arts Precinct, and South Bank Cultural Forecourt. The artworks collectively create a visual journey celebrating Brisbane’s evolving creative landscape.
Although sold out, guided tours held between 5 and 27 September 2025 offered participants a closer look at these installations, tracing the artists’ journey from their early Brisbane days to their global career. Each tour ran for 90 minutes, following accessible paths through key city highlights.
Creative Homecoming
Now based in London and New York, Craig & Karl’s return to Brisbane is regarded as a creative homecoming. Their playful pop art style—rooted in the city’s subcultures of the 1980s—continues to evolve through international collaborations with brands like Nike, Apple, and Vogue.
Through Rear Vision, Double Vision, and the Public Art Trail, the duo’s installations invite locals and visitors alike to rediscover familiar cityscapes through a new lens of colour and imagination.
Published 25-Sep-2025
