ABOUT
Bridging Cultures, Building Connections
CQˣ is a creative consulting collective helping organisations, institutions, and individuals thrive in a connected world. We specialise in Cultural Intelligence (CQ), cross-cultural strategy, creative communications, and arts-led engagement - bridging borders and building meaningful relationships across sectors.
What We Do
Event Consulting
We design and execute culturally significant events that create meaningful connections and lasting impact for diverse audiences.
Music/Arts Marketing
We create innovative and engaging experiences that amplify artists and cultural organisations, building authentic community engagement
Trade/Cultural Connectors
We facilitate strategic partnerships between businesses, artists, and institutions, bridging markets and fostering mutual growth.
OUR VISION
Illuminating creative potential through culturally resonant experiences and meaningful connections.
Featured Project
Gon Bae - 75 years Celebrating Korea-Australia Friendship
Join us for a special event celebrating the enduring friendship between Korea and Australia! This gathering will showcase the rich cultural exchanges and shared values that unite our two nations. Enjoy traditional performances, delicious bites, and engaging activities that highlight the unique heritage of both cultures. Come together to strengthen bonds and create lasting memories in a of camaraderie and celebration!
Featured Project
BrunnhAilde - Immersive Multimedia Performance
World First for Live Opera
Live International Ensemble
Three singers, five saxophones, piano and conductor perform the score on stage. Each performance is sung in the language of its audience — Japanese in Tokyo, Hebrew in Tel Aviv, English in London French in Paris — while the film remains visually continuous. The production travels as a framework that local productions can inhabit, merging cultures through shared music and AI-crafted imagery.
Gen-AI Animation
A new artistic intelligence joins the rehearsal room. Under the guidance of the creator/producer/music director, Dr. David Kram and art-animation director, Dr. Jack Parry, the generative system acts as a “stochastic bull” — wild, intuitive, and unpredictable — pushing against human intention until new imagery and rhythm emerge. Each frame is selected, graded, and composed like cinema, transforming the Rhinegold myth into a co-authored performance
Featured Project
Emusio: Music Edu-Tech App (start up)
Emusio is an exciting new music app set to revolutionise learning music through the combined use of Ai assisted practice tools and live music teachers.
Features:
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Global platform connecting learners with live online music teachers
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Available on Web, iOS & Android with seamless booking, payments + reminders
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AI practice tools support students between lessons with real-time pitch, timing & technique feedback
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
"I have had - and continue to have the pleasure of working closely with Karen Kim, Founder and Director of CQx. Karen and a dedicated, talented group of interns from Monash University developed - and actioned - a marketing framework in connection with my BrunnhAilde project, the world’s first AI animated integrated live opera show.Utilising materials gleaned from a concert given at Melbourne’s Recital Centre in June 2025, an audio recording recorded at Move Records and AI animations developed by my Swinburne University researcher partners Dr Jack Parry and James Berrett, CQx brought about a web site and a showreel. CQx continues to monitor this project and is also working with me on Kram’s Notes, an educational resource.I would epitomise the CQx brand as uniquely imaginative, with a strong sense of civic responsibility, thinking global and acting local in everybody’s best interests.Cheers DK"
Dr David Kram
AM, Big pond
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“CQx ha“CQx have been phenomenal partners for Immigration Museum, bringing communities together with an unmatched passion for creating engaging, educational and meaningful programs. We were honoured and grateful for the opportunity to work with their excellent team for the 건배 | Gon-Bae! Korean Cultural Gala, and are excited to see them make their mark on Melbourne’s arts and cultural landscape.”ve been phenomenal partners for Immigration Museum, bringing communities together with an unmatched passion for creating engaging, educational and meaningful programs. We were honoured and grateful for the opportunity to work with their excellent team for the 건배 | Gon-Bae! Korean Cultural Gala, and are excited to see them make their mark on Melbourne’s arts and cultural landscape.”
Devyani Vadke
Public Programs and Education
Immigration Museum, Museums Victoria
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