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Office: L7, 144 North Terrace
Adelaide, SA 5000
PO Box 8029, Station Arcade
Adelaide, SA 5000
Postal: PO Box 8029
Station Arcade
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 61 (0) 8 8231 9037
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Black lives matter. Indigenous lives matter.

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ANAT SPECTRA 2021 :: Australia’s pre-eminent showcase of the best research and creative work being produced through interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and scientists will take place 5 - 10 October 2021, at the University of Melbourne’s Southbank Campus and surrounds. ...............:...................................
The CALL FOR PAPERS will be announced in March 2021. ....................................................
We so look forward to joining you in springtime Melbourne, 2021.

Image: Yandell Walton, work in development using LIDAR scanning technology to capture the Australian Landscape. 2020. Image courtesy the artist.
#spectra-2021 @unimelb @vca_mcm @thewilincentre #margaretlawrencegallery @experimenta_ @buxton_contemporary @melbournemuseum #melbourneplanetarium @museumsvictoria @yandellw

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ART & SCIENCE mix in the meeting of minds at Flinders University’s Centre for Marine Bioproducts, where a unique collaboration is making new types of biodegradable plastic.
Artist Niki Sperou won a 2020 ANAT Synapse Residency to pursue her “Green Plastic, Blue Ocean” project with scientist Peng Su. Together they are exploring how seaweed could be used to replace plastic in new products for industry and medicine.
“Peng knows the science and I know how I want it to feel and look,” Ms Sperou said.
“Also, once you understand the science, you can then work together and say, ‘What if we add a bit more of this, or a bit more of that?’ so lines become blurred between who is the scientist and who is the artist.” Biotecthologist Mr Su said the project was going well, with multiple applications. “Niki sees things differently, that is the most important thing,” he said. “I’ve been working in the lab for years so I have tunnel vision, whereas she gets excited and expressive and sees in a more human (less scientific) way.”
Based in Adelaide, ANAT has awarded two residencies this year with $30,000 from the Copyright Agency, one in SA and another in the ACT.
Since it was established in 2004, the Synapse Residency program has supported more than 100 artists and scientists.
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Thanks Clare Peddie for this article in The Advertiser.
Image: Flinders University’s Peng Su with artist Niki Sperou. Photograph Keryn Stevens

@niki_sperou
#anatallumni @flindersuniversity
#anatsynapse

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ANAT ALUMNUS :: DR CHRIS HENSCHKE. During lockdown, Chris has been working in his home-based laundry lab, furthering ideas arising from his, 2018-19 ANAT Synapse CSIRO residency around luminescent phenomena. .............................................
Chris is an artist who works with digital and analogue media, sound and light, nanochemistry and high-energy physics. Chris’ interactions with physicists have resulted in artworks expressing and questioning the limits of, and relationships between, the subatomic and macroscopic universe, and the tensions and connections between art and science.

ANAT has supported Chris in several projects over the last 12 years. Firstly, in 2008 we partnered with Arts Victoria’s ‘Arts Innovation Residency’ program to deliver residencies in science and research settings. A decade later Chris undertook a second residency with ANAT…

Read about the trajectory of Chris’s art+science practice and how Dark Mofo came calling.
https://www.anat.org.au/anat-update/anat-alumnus-chris-henchke/
@chris.henschke #synthesism #csiro #anatsynapse #nextexperiment #metalorganicframeworks #anatalumni @dark_mofo @cern @csirogram @monamuseum #anatallumni

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CALL OUT :: ANAT SAHMRI 2020
We're thrilled to announce our new art + science residency in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), with additional research support from Health, Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Melbourne.

The ANAT SAHMRI residency is an opportunity for an artist to engage with issues around the ownership and governance of DNA material. In particular, the residency will facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge generation focused on the myriad ethical, philosophical, legislative and other frameworks that inform the status of DNA material once it leaves its originating body.

For more details and to apply visit
https://www.anat.org.au/program/anat-residencies/#SAHMRI

DEADLINE: 5PM (ACDT), 29 June
#ANATSAHMRI #art+science #sahmri @unimelb

Photograph Meghan Coles. Image courtesy SAHMRI.

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As more people wear face masks and gloves in a bid to protect themselves in recent weeks, environmentalists have warned against disposing of them incorrectly.
2020 ANAT SYNAPSE RESIDENT, artist Niki Sperou is questioning our relationship to plastic as well as where our waste goes. The artist says ‘out of sight out of mind’ is a re-occurring scenario within the plastics problem.
Niki's work 'Biodegradable Seaweed Polymer Crisis Mask' links two current states of crisis; the Covid19 situation and the plastics water pollution problem. Crisis Mask is inspired by images in social media of discarded face masks ending up in our waterways.

Read Niki's blog here:
http://sperou2020.blog.anat.org.au/ .

Read the article inspiring 'Crisis Mask' here:
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/discarded-face-masks-and-gloves-are-rising-threat-to-ocean-life/ ..................................
Niki and Professor Wei Zhang are working together at Flinders University’s Centre for Marine Bio-products Development to research experimental biomaterials and the utilisation of marine seaweed bio-polymers in the development of biodegradable bioplastics.
Image: Niki Sperou, 'Biodegradable Seaweed Polymer Crisis Mask', 2020. Image courtesy the artist.

@niki_sperou
#anatallumni
@flindersuniversity

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ANAT SAHMRI :: We're thrilled to announce a new art + science residency in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), with additional research support from Health, Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Melbourne.
The ANAT SAHMRI residency is an opportunity for an artist to engage with issues around the ownership and governance of DNA material. In particular, the residency will facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge generation focused on the myriad ethical, philosophical, legislative and other frameworks that inform the status of DNA material once it leaves its originating body.

Keep an eye out for the Call for Applications which will be going live shortly.
#ANATSAHMRI #art+science #sahmri @unimelb

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ANAT SPECTRA 2020 has been RESCHEDULED :: After careful consideration, we have made the decision to reschedule ANAT SPECTRA. In making our decision, we paid heed to the overwhelming feedback from ANAT SPECTRA 2018 attendees that coming together in person was THE BEST THING. So, instead of joining the rest of the world in virtual space, we have decided to reschedule to a time when we can come together in person once again.

ANAT SPECTRA 2021, showcasing the best research and creative work being produced through interdisciplinary collaborations between Australasian artists and scientists, will now be taking place 5 - 10 October 2021.

With the luxury of additional time (!) we’re looking forward to working with our partners to put together an even more superlatively unmissable event at the University of Melbourne’s Southbank Campus and surrounds.

Image: Alicia Sometimes, Particle Wave, Cloud Chamber. Image Andrew Watson.

#spectra-2021 @sometimesalicia @unimelb @vca_mcm @thewilincentre
#margaretlawrencegallery @experimenta_ @buxton_contemporary @melbournemuseum
#melbourneplanetarium @museumsvictoria

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NEW CEO ROLE :: For over 30 years from its home base in Adelaide, South Australia, ANAT has been at the forefront of bringing artists together with science and technology research partners.

We have built an international reputation for conceiving and realising opportunities for artists to pursue creative research and experimentation, because we believe artists are essential to how we imagine and shape the future. Now we are looking for a Chief Executive Officer to help shape our future.

Reporting to the Board, this new position will be responsible for overall strategic leadership and for the management of all aspects of the organisation including financial, operational and artistic functions of the organisation.

For more details visit
https://www.anat.org.au/opportunities/new-ceo-role/
Deadline: 5pm (CST) Friday 29 May 2020

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2020 ANAT SYNAPSE RESIDENT artist Niki Sperou and Professor Wei Zhang are working together at Flinders University’s Centre for Marine Bio-products Development to research experimental biomaterials and the utilisation of marine seaweed bio-polymers in the development of biodegradable bioplastics.
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ANAT Director Viki Sowry says 'there’s a real elegance in the concept' of the residency. 'Often these projects work best when the question is simple, not simplistic. Not trying to do too many things or be too clever. This idea of biomimicry, looking to nature for solutions is increasingly a space artists and researchers want to work in.'
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Read Niki's blog here: http://sperou2020.blog.anat.org.au/
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Image: Niki Sperou, seaweed bioplolymer skin, 2020. Image courtesy the artist.

@niki_sperou
#anatallumni
@flindersuniversity

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ANAT ALUMNUS :: JESS HERRINGTON is a digital artist. She is also a PhD neuroscience candidate studying visual perception at the Australian National University (ANU).
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In 2016 she completed an ANAT SYNAPSE RESIDENCY with Professor Ted Maddess, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU
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Jess sees her ANAT Synapse residency as the catalyst for her practice and the evolution of a unique skill set. She says Synapse was ‘the beginning of a journey where her practice became a unified combination of art and science’. When Prof Ted Maddess (Jess’s ANU host) was asked four years ago about his impression of the residency in retrospect and whether the project contributed to a better exchange between art and science, he responded ‘absolutely. I think it will continue to do so because I think it will shape Jess’s art and she in turn will interact with other artists and scientists’.
Jess is now in the middle of her PhD, living in Canberra with her partner and one-year old son, Theo. In the years since her ANAT Synapse residency, Jess has produced augmented reality and virtual reality experiences for mobile devices and headsets, with her apps being used for scientific, creative, and educational purposes. Her impressive list of collaborators includes the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and software giant Adobe…
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Read the feature at
https://www.anat.org.au/anat-update/anat-alumnus-jess-herrington/

Video: Jess Herrington, 'Eye Drawing', 2019

@jess.herrington #ANATalumni #anatsynapseallumni #augmentedrealityfood #fresh #hot #delicious @portraitau @scienceanu @anu_medical_school

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APPOINTMENT to the ANAT BOARD :: We’ve been working with South Australian artist, Brad Darkson, since 2017, when he participated in 'New Light', the First Nations experimental film program ANAT produced for the Tarnanthi Festival. Since then, we’ve had the opportunity of presenting Brad’s work at ISEA 2019 in South Korea and, last year, commissioning him to create new work for Experimenta's forthcoming triennial, 'Experimenta: Life Forms'. We’re very excited about Brad’s input to ANAT’s future strategic direction and programming and congratulate him on his appointment!
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Brad Darkson, ‘Hold Me’, 2020, installation view Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. Photo: Sam Noonan, courtesy Samstag Museum of Art.

#braddarkson @tarnanthi @isea2019 @experimenta_ @samstagmuseum

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CALL FOR PAPERS :: ANAT SPECTRA is Australia’s pre-eminent showcase of the best research and creative work being produced through interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and scientists. ANAT SPECTRA 2020 will include a 3-day symposium, exhibitions, immersive screenings, performance and public talks.
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Wednesday 30 September – Sunday 4 October
The University of Melbourne, Southbank Campus
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visit https://www.anat.org.au/spectra/
link in our bio
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2020
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2020
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ANAT SPECTRA 2020 is presented by ANAT in partnership with the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, home of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium, with program support from the Wilin Centre and the Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the University of Melbourne. Cultural program partners include Experimenta, Buxton Contemporary, and the Melbourne Museum and Melbourne Planetarium (both Museums Victoria).
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Image: Alicia Sometimes, Particle Wave, Cloud Chamber. Image Andrew Watson.
#spectra-2020 @unimelb @vca_mcm @thewilincentre #margaretlawrencegallery @experimenta_ @buxton_contemporary @melbournemuseum #melbourneplanetarium @museumsvictoria @sometimesalicia

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INTERVIEW :: Radio Adelaide’s Festival City Producer, Dr Naomi Hunter talked to ANAT Director Vicki Sowry about the relationship between art & science and the 2020 ANAT Synapse residents.
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Naomi: "One of the questions that Niki Sperou (2020 ANAT Synapse resident) is researching is if clean up is impossible, can we design it with zero waste as our goal? And a really simplistic question but a great question to be looking at through art and science is how we can do better." .............
Vicki : "Well, I think there’s, you know…this idea of biomimicry, looking to nature for solutions is, we’ve only really just been scratching the surface there and I think without getting into any kind of spiritual realm but, nature works because it works and so let’s look at why it works. And so I think, increasingly, and artists particularly, I think are really looking to this space and wanting to work with the researchers working in the space." .................................................
Hear the whole conversation at
https://www.anat.org.au/anat-update/a-generation-of-new-knowledge-through-experimental-discovery/

Image: Niki Sperou, Green plastics - Blue Ocean project, 2020. Image courtesy the artist.

@theglasshunter @niki_sperou #anatallumni @flindersuniversity @deirdre_feeney @anuphysics @radioadelaide

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While we at ANAT don’t have a crystal ball, we have decided to continue our planning for ANAT SPECTRA 2020 *until it becomes evident that we need to do otherwise.
We feel strongly that at a time of such uncertainty and stress it’s important to have things to look forward to, to be out in the world again, with our community.
Registrations will open in early June… but of course we’ll keep you posted in the event that changes.
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CALL FOR PAPERS :: ANAT SPECTRA is Australia’s pre-eminent showcase of the best research and creative work being produced through interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and scientists. ANAT SPECTRA 2020 will include a 3-day symposium, exhibitions, immersive screenings, performance and public talks.
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Wednesday 30 September – Sunday 4 October
The University of Melbourne, Southbank Campus
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visit https://www.anat.org.au/spectra/
link in our bio
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2020
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2020
#spectra-2020 @unimelb @vca_mcm @thewilincentre #margaretlawrencegallery @experimenta_ @buxton_contemporary @melbournemuseum #melbourneplanetarium @museumsvictoria

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FINAL CALL :: Here's a rare opportunity to travel to #Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean as an expeditioner with the Australian Antarctic Program…This could be you! Find out more at
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/antarctic-arts-fellowship
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Applications for the 2020-21 Antarctic Arts Fellowship CLOSE tomorrow at 5PM
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Our #ArtsFellows, digital artists Dr John McCormick and Dr Adam Nash, just arrived home on Australia’s #icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis, at its homeport of Hobart for the final time with the Australian Antarctic Program.
The Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, is made possible by the Australian Antarctic Division in association with ANAT. 📷M.Passingham

@wild.system @ausantarctic #antarctica