Ian Gibbins, Screen grab from video Because We Can (HD video, 04:26, 2023). Award winning video screened in 10 countries. The video create an alternative vision of the Adelaide Botanic garden in the context of colonial exploitation and the need for water.
Ian Gibbins
“I have been associated with ANAT in different ways for many years, including grant assessment panels; SYNAPSE residency laboratory host; collaborator on ANAT sponsored art-science projects; contributor to ANAT SPECTRA conferences.”
“My creative practice explores the limits of poetry and conventional video technology (no AI!) to challenge the way we perceive a world increasingly under threat from climate change.”
“This work is deeply informed by my scientific background in neuroscience, functional anatomy and environmental science.”
Screen grab from The Taken Path – an open-ended experiment in observation and embodied experience (HD video, 44:46, 2025) by Ian Gibbins and Catherine Truman, screened at ANAT SPECTRA Reciprocity 2025. Based on The Taken Path: a durational project by Catherine Truman and Ian Gibbins, a 6-channel video, 4-channel audio installation at Carrick Hill as part of the 2025 Adelaide Festival. Work in progress for the project was exhibited at the Newmarch Gallery in 2023 as part of ANAT’s A Partnership for Uncertain Times.
Emeritus Professor Ian Gibbins is a poet, video artist and electronic musician living on unceded Kaurna land in South Australia. His poetry has been widely published in Australia and overseas, including four books. His award-winning poetry videos, video art and soundscapes have been exhibited at festivals, installations, galleries and public art displays around the world. Until he retired in 2014, Ian was an internationally recognised neuroscientist and Professor of Anatomy at Flinders University, South Australia.