Custom collaborations for ambitious art, science & technology projects

The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) is a global leader in brokering opportunities for artists to work with science and technology partners. We do this because we believe artists are essential to how we imagine and shape our future. 

Building on the strengths of ANAT’s legacy whilst looking towards shared futures,  ANAT Bespoke is a flexible program for industry and research partners working with artists across art, science and technology. Acting as a cultural partner, connector and project steward, ANAT supports the development, visibility and impact of this dynamic interdisciplinary work.

Our goal is to open up new models of support beyond traditional funding structures, centring the voice of the artist whilst creating new knowledge and amplifying artistic research and projects with interdisciplinary partners.

Over the last decade, ANAT Bespoke has partnered with organisations across diverse sectors. From water utilities, health and medical research institutes and national science agencies, to universities and the wine industry. From Yandell Walton’s Re-cultivate with South East Water and FB IDEAS, where real tidal and reservoir data shape a virtual landscape, to Dr Helen Pynor’s SAHMRI residency exploring what happens when DNA goes rogue. These ambitious projects bring artists into dialogue with real world complex systems, technologies and fields of knowledge.

ANAT Bespoke sits within ANAT’s commitment to amplify unheard voices, nourish artistic experimentation, adapt through diverse partnerships and transcend boundaries in how stories are shared. 

ANAT welcomes expressions of interest

By partnering with ANAT Bespoke, artists, industry and organisations can reframe challenges often revealing new insights. Artists can translate complex ideas into accessible, compelling forms that strengthen communication, public engagement and trust. They bring critical, ethical and cultural perspectives into innovation processes early. These collaborations foster cross-disciplinary thinking, strengthen organisational culture, and offer new ways to navigate uncertainty and change.

ANAT Bespoke is open year-round (up to 1 September for projects taking place the following year).
We will consider expressions of interest for projects that begin from 2027 and beyond.

Before submitting an expression of interest, please read:

Program Guidelines

 

We have additionally provided succinct information for partners here:

Partner Pitch

 

To express your interest please complete:

Expression of Interest Form

ANAT Bespoke in practice

As part of the ANAT residencies program, artist researchers create online creative research journals, these serve as unique live documents of the residency and as a cultural artefact. Building on a strong legacy of ANAT Bespoke collaborations, these journals also reflect the depth and diversity of past partnerships across science, privileging durational attention and granular inquiry as a counterpoint to the pace of consumer culture.

ANAT BESPOKE :: AJUMMA [Ah-Joom-Mah] WELLBEING CLINIC (2026)

EUGENIE LEE, Interdisciplinary Artist
+ JIN YIM, Cultural Dramaturg & Creative Producer (Korea),
+ DR CAROLYN BERRYMAN, Adelaide University,
+ PROF MARK HUTCHINSON, Adelaide University,
+ DR JANE MISKOVIC-WHEATLEY,
+ DR JENNY BROMBERGER, Integrative Doctor

In partnership with Adelaide University, and Sparkly Brains Psychology, ANAT Bespoke :: AJUMMA [Ah-Joom-Mah] WELLBEING CLINIC is a participatory performance installation exploring the menopausal transition through women’s lived expertise, medical research, and the intersectional experiences of CripQueer diasporic women navigating menopause.
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Yandell Walton + South East Water + FB Ideas (2025)

Artist Yandell Walton collaborated with South East Water and FB IDEAS on Re-cultivate, a project that reimagined our relationship with water through artistic inquiry and creative innovation. The collaboration opened new ways of thinking about water systems, sustainability and the future of urban environments.
READ Yandell’s creative research journal 

Yandell Walton, ANAT Bespoke :: Re-cultivate, Unreal Engine experiment, 2025.

Dr Sarah Neville + Eva Sifis + Associate Professor Belinda Lange + Flinders University, Assemblage Centre For Creative Arts (2024)

Dr Sarah Neville, Eva Sifis and Associate Professor Belinda Lange collaborated with Flinders University’s Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts on Agiles. An artistic research project exploring virtual and augmented reality applications for mobility, balance and creativity, reconnecting the joy of dancing.
READ Sarah’s creative research journal 

Dr Peter Morse + Prof Christopher Fluke + Swinburne University Of Technology (2023)

Artist Dr Peter Morse collaborated with Professor Christopher Fluke through Swinburne University on Playable Earth, a project exploring new ways of visualising and interacting with satellite-originated Earth observation data through immersive and interactive environments. Using contemporary game development platforms, the project investigated how Earth observation data might be experienced in more intuitive, exploratory and engaging ways.
READ Peter’s creative research journal 

Helen Pynor, 93% Human, 2022, video, 10.20 min. This project was supported by ANAT and SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute). 93% Human was commissioned by World Science Festival Brisbane for Curiocity Brisbane 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.

Dr Helen Pynor + SAHMRI (2020–2021)

Artist-researcher Dr Helen Pynor undertook collaborative research with bioinformatician Dr Jimmy Breen, leader of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Bioinformatics Platform. Together they explored questions around the liminality of DNA once it leaves its originating body, bridging artistic inquiry with cutting-edge genomic science.
READ Helen’s creative research journal 

Elizabeth Willing + AWRI (2019)

Artist Elizabeth Willing collaborated with the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI’s) Flavour Chemistry and Sensory Research teams to explore the synaesthetic relationship between wine flavour and visual aesthetics. Through artistic experimentation, the project examined how sensory science and creative practice can intersect to reveal new ways of experiencing wine.
READ Elizabeth’s creative research journal 

The ANAT Alumni is a network of hundreds of artists, scientists and technologists. A lifelong community of remarkable, diverse and engaged professionals. Comprising Australian artistic and scientific researchers who understand the value of interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to knowledge production, who have participated in ANAT’s art, science and technology programs and residencies since the late-1990s.