In 2011 Thom Buchanan collaborated with the Australian Dance Theatre and developed his unique “live Performance art” in a performance entitled 'Worldhood'. In 2013 he created a digital moving images backdrop where he collaborated with The State Theatre Company for 'The Kreutzer Sonata' featured in the 2013 Adelaide Festival. In March he created a monumental live drawing in Canberra for The Centenary of Canberra celebrations collaborating with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. This year he has been shortlisted for the Fleurieu Art Prize – the richest landscape art prize in the world.