Artists and scientists approach creativity, exploration and research in
different ways and from different perspectives; when working together they open
up new ways of seeing, experiencing and interpreting the world around
us.
For over a decade, the Australian Network for Art &
Technology (ANAT) has supported artists and scientists to work on collaborative
research projects, leading to the creation of new knowledge, ideas and processes
beneficial to both fields - in short, advancing the role the arts play in
Australia's innovation system.
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INNOVATIVE? WE HAVE BEEN FOR
YEARS...
Artists and
scientists approach creativity, exploration and research in different ways and
from different perspectives; when working together they open up new ways of
seeing, experiencing and interpreting the world around us.
For over a
decade, the Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) has supported
artists and scientists to work on collaborative research projects, leading to
the creation of new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial to both fields -
in short, advancing the role the arts play in Australia's innovation system.
ANAT's most recent art science projects, delivered in partnership with
the Australia Council for the Arts, include: the Synapse Database, a
research tool containing detailed information on partnerships between artists
and scientists worldwide; the Synapse Elist, a moderated series of
discussions taking place throughout 2008 bringing together international experts
on topics as diverse as bioart, robotics, outer space, cognition, mapping and
climate change; and the Synapse Residencies, which support intensive
partnerships between media artists and scientists in research settings in
Australia and beyond.
ANAT is pleased to announce the successful
residencies for 2008/09:
Dr Rachel Burgess (NSW) + Dr Vicki
Clifton (School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health, University of
Adelaide, SA)
Burgess and Clifton are building on their previous work
investigating microchimerism, a process in which the cells from a mother and her
child exist in each other's vascular systems and organs for the duration of
their lives. In some situations there is an excessive transfer of cells between
mother and child, causing disease and, in some cases, death. The project will
examine the physical interaction between maternal and placental (fetal) cells in
situ and, as well as the expected scientific outcomes, will lead to the
production of an artistic work spring-boarding from the literal into a
metaphorical investigation of the maternal bond.
Nicky Forster
& Willoh Weiland (VIC) + Dr Chris Fluke (Centre for Astrophysics &
Supercomputing, Swinburne University, VIC)
Swinburne's Centre for
Astrophysics & Supercomputing (CAS) continues its strong commitment to
inter-disciplinary research, having previously hosted ANAT residencies in 2004
and 2007. In this project, Forster and Weiland resume their successful
partnership investigating issues in contemporary astronomy by drawing upon the
research obsessions and cosmological programs resulting from the Centre's
involvement in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a new-generation radio
telescope. For the duration of the residency (which, aptly, continues into 2009
- the International Year of Astronomy), the duo will podcast a soap opera in
fortnightly instalments organised around the key project areas of the SKA,
invigorating existing models of scientific outreach in the
process.
Dr Peter Morse (TAS) + Dr Martin Riddle (Australian
Antarctic Division, TAS) + Paul Bourke (Western Australian Supercomputer
Project,
University of Western Australia, WA)
Morse draws on his
substantial experience in digital media production to create work engaging with
the Antarctic region. His more recent works have utilised 3D, stereoscopic and
360° immersive technologies, leading to a continuing interest in the
visualisation of complex datasets. Working with data provided by the AAD and
using the computer resources and expertise at WASP, Morse and his collaborators
will create volumetric visualisations for the full-dome (planetarium) format
representing both empirical and aesthetic features of the data and eliciting an
understanding of complex connections between parameters that would not have been
revealed or communicated in any other way.
Lynette Wallworth (NSW)
+ Dr Anya Salih (Confocal Bio-imaging Facility, University of Western Sydney,
NSW)
Wallworth and Salih worked together in 2001 and again in 2007 on
Hold: Vessels 1 & 2. Their current project draws on Salih's
ground-breaking research into the photoprotective function of GFP (green
fluorescent protein) in corals and Wallworth brings this together with a study
into a luminescent bacteria (Photorhabdus luminescens) thought to be responsible
for the increased efficacy of wound-healing in humans in extreme temperatures.
The combination of these disparate research fields is made possible by the
CBIF's capacity to analyse changes in living cells over time, with the resulting
datasets forming the basis of an interactive installation utilising Wallworth's
experiments with luminescent glass carried out in 2006.
For further
information, please contact Vicki Sowry, art science Program Manager, +618 8231
9037 or vicki@anat.org.au
Web:
www.synapse.net.au and
www.anat.org.au
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