Build your Make/shift.
There's no right way to do Make/shift.
Come to one event or ten. Pick the topic you already care about, or the one you'd normally scroll straight past. Follow a friend, follow your curiosity, or just choose the event with the title that raised an eyebrow. Whether you're curious about AI, worried about the cost of living, keen to meet interesting people, or just looking for an excuse to get out of the house and think about something different, there's a session here for you.
Every event stands on its own, but they all connect in surprising ways, with plenty of chances to get involved, meet interesting people, and try something you probably haven't before.
Start anywhere. You might be surprised where you end up.
Comfort in a Heating Climate
As things keep heating up, let’s take a look at what shared comfort could look like in our streets, neighbourhoods, and communities.
Screening: Water is Love
Water is Love shines a new light on the role water plays in shaping our climate, landscapes, and communities.
Once Upon an Unprecedented Time
Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling featuring tales from other times, places, and cultures where a world was ending, and let’s see if we can tease out some lessons for our own times.
Talking Shift: Can ordinary people save democracy?
Make/shift takes on democracy: when politics as usual comes apart, what becomes possible? Can we breathe life back into democracy rather than sliding into something uglier?
Talking Shift: How much AI do we really want?
Make/shift takes on AI: how much of this machine do we really want, what’s it good for, and what prices are we willing to pay?
Enabling WA’s Potential
Help us reimagine the future of WA with two initiatives shifting how we talk about, care for, and keep improving this little corner of the world.
Tiny Revolutions
The strange and subversive pvi collective will help you transform the overwhelming scale and anxiety of the climate crisis into bite-sized actions that pack a societal punch.
Something in the Water
A hands-on, feet-wet workshop exploring the role water plays in healthy communities, thriving ecosystems, and a liveable climate.
Making Sense in a Time of Unravelling
A series of small, prompted conversations to help us slow down and make sense of an unravelling world together.
Cut. Paste. Dream. Repeat.
A hands-on collage workshop offering a chance to reclaim our collective imagination about what better futures could look like, and how we might fill our days inside them.
The Jobs Office
Part speculative career builder, part provocation, The Jobs Office invites you to explore the day-to-day work of being a good ancestor and building better futures.
Business as Unusual
A participatory simulation where you'll get to practice what a better future of work could look and feel like.
What’s Art For?
Join us for a grounded look at what art is for, the roles it plays in a healthy democracy and society, and why it’s more important than ever right now.
Who wants to be a villager?
A low-stakes, high-vibes pub quiz illustrating all the ways people already show up and contribute to their community.
Living Close, Living Well: 2050
A fishbowl discussion set in a 2050 where Walyalup has welcomed and housed 10,000 new residents while remaining vibrant and liveable - come and hear how we pulled it off.
Screening: The World's Longest City
The World's Longest City highlights how decades of urban sprawl have shaped the city we live in. After the film we’ll discuss what we’ve seen, and how we might retrofit and build for the next generation.
Talking Shift: Is the answer to tough times taking back the economy?
Make/shift takes on inequality: times are tough for a lot of us, and while good supports and redistribution are crucial, we want to shift the focus towards building an economy that's fair from the start.
The Make/shift Summit
A one-day gathering on future-making strategy and practice featuring keynotes, hands-on workshops, immersive futures experiences, and more.
The Make/shift Afterparty
Open to all, this is a chance to celebrate the close of Make/shift Festival. Come raise a glass to a festival well spent, and to the futures we're making next.