Joyce Hinterding, Floric Antenna 1 (Orange Lichen study) detail, 2018 Eraphite on glass, wood, custom cables, mixer headphones 85 × 85 cm
About ANAT
For the past 34 years from its home base in Adelaide, South Australia, the Australian Network for Art & Technology has been at the forefront of the global uptake of artists working with the science and technology sectors.
WHAT WE DO
ANAT expedites experimentation and innovation across art, science and technology by identifying opportunities and delivering projects that enable artists to contribute meaningfully to Australia’s reputation for creativity, diversity and innovation.
ANAT is the early adopter of the Australian arts sector. We introduce artists to new experiences, with partners drawn from areas with limited exposure to the transformative power of the arts. We do the trial and error R&D so that others don’t need to. We channel experimental artists and those working with emerging forms into the broader arts sector.
ANAT understands that experimentation is the bedrock of innovation and that harnessing diverse perspectives and knowledge is central to Australia’s research future.
Collaboration is in ANAT’s DNA. We forge relationships across industry, academia, the community and government to create unique opportunities for artists. We deliver residencies, symposia, workshops and other professional pathways, supported by robust national and international networks.
Board
The ANAT Board is responsible for ensuring that ANAT’s strategic vision and mission are actively connected to ANAT’s operations. The Board is supported in this by three subcommittees focused on Risk, Development and Human Resources. The Board is made up of duly elected members of ANAT. Additional members may also be co-opted within the guidelines of the ANAT constitution.
MICHAEL NELSON
He/Him
Michael works with international information provider LexisNexis. For a decade prior to that, he was senior manager at Sheahan Lock Partners, a multidisciplinary insolvency practice, focusing on forensic investigation and complex litigation. Before that, he spent 15 years working as a marketing and communications specialist in the performing arts arena, including time with the Adelaide Festival Centre, the Adelaide Festival of Arts and Australian Dance Theatre, and the Federal Department of Communications, IT and the Arts.
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER FLUKE
He/Him
Chris is the Director of the Advanced Visualisation Laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology, having worked in Swinburne’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing for nearly 20 years. Chris is an interdisciplinary researcher who has actively collaborated with sports scientists and molecular biochemists, while also publishing works on fundamental astrophysics, computing technologies, and solutions to big data visualisation challenges in astronomy. Chris has an established history of arts/science partnerships, including hosting artists through the ANAT Synapse Residencies program. He was awarded a Victoria Fellowship in 2000 and was a co-recipient of the 2015 David Allen Prize for ‘exceptional achievement in astronomy communication’.
BRAD DARKSON
He/Him
Brad Darkson is a South Australian visual artist currently working across various media including sound, sculpture, multimedia installation, and painting. Brad's practice is regularly focused on site specific works, and his current research interests include technology, surveillance, identity, ritualised human behaviour, and the neo-capitalist hellhole we're all forced to exist within. Conceptually Brad's work is often informed by strong ties to both his Narungga First Nations and Anglo Australian heritage.
MELISSA DELANEY
She/Her
Melissa's work dwells in the intersections of arts and cultural development, education and government, recreation, wellness, creative industries, technology and science, in work she sees as social sculpture.
A vital focus of the work and practice is interdisciplinary partnerships and collaboration.
With high levels of cultural fluency, when leading organisations Melissa continues building an international network, mostly interested in participatory forms - this includes residencies, programs and events, strategy, and facilitating spaces for others to connect and be creative, active and social.
With post graduate qualifications in visual art and arts management, currently Melissa is completing a Master in Creative Industries through the University of Newcastle in NSW, Australia. This recent study is centred around creating systems of care, resources and networks, and practice shaped by a philosophical grounding in the slow movement and the intimate. Melissa is also certified in mindfulness meditation teaching, is a trained raw food chef and holds a graduate degree in Wellness (Health Science) through RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), fields she brings into a holistic approach to work and leadership.
Melissa was a Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Fellowship recipient as part of the Asialink Leaders Program, 2021 and is a current peer assessor for the Australia Council for the Arts (2021-2023).
MELITA GRANT
She/Her
Melita is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney. She works with social justice and sustainability partners from the Asia-Pacific region, and specialises in integrated water resources management in international development with a focus on inclusion. With an academic background in international relations and environmental management, Melita has expertise in a range of sustainable development issues, and has worked for over 20 years’ in government, university, and civil society sectors. Melita is exploring artistic connections with water management programs in the Pacific as part of her PhD in support of decolonising methodologies.
MICHELE SAINT-YVES
She/Her
Living with disability on Kaurna Country, Michèle Saint-Yves primarily writes for performance—stage, screen, and poetry. Her embedded access ground-breaking play CLOCK FOR NO TIME won the SA RUBY AWARD 2022 for ‘Outstanding Work: Collaboration.’ She has four degrees, with the latest in 2020 as a medico-neuroscientist, winning UniSA Cancer Research Institute’s Cancer Biology Prize.
PROFESSOR TED SNELL AM CitWA
He/Him
Ted is Chief Cultural Officer and Director of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at the University of Western Australia. Over the past four decades he has made a significant contribution to the national arts agenda. A former Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, he is currently Chair of the Fremantle Biennale Advisory Board and a member of the board of the UQ Art Museum. He has published several books and has curated numerous exhibitions, many of which document the visual culture of Western Australia. Ted is a commentator on the arts for ABC radio and television and writes regularly for The Conversation online journal.
ANA TIQUIA
For nearly 15 years Ana has worked as a strategist, cultural producer, curator and artist at the intersections of art, technology, design, and futures research. Ana is founder of cultural and strategic consultancy All Tomorrow’s Futures, and has worked in the UK and Australia with organisations including Somerset House, the Barbican, Melbourne Museum and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra to produce exhibitions, installations, and interactive projects using advanced technologies. As an artist, Ana explores how practices and infrastructures make worlds. Her work intervenes in everyday, workplace, and institutional practices to seed diverse futures of data and technology, work and labour, and energy, material, and multispecies relations.
Staff
The staff at ANAT deliver ANAT’s mission to engage with art, science and technology to enable and influence cultural, community and economic developments. Their experience, dedication and creativity, focused on a shared vision, ensure the success of ANAT’s ground-breaking programs.
MELISSA DELANEY (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer | melissa@anat.org.au
She/Her
Melissa's work dwells in the intersections of arts and cultural development, education and government, recreation, wellness, creative industries, technology and science, in work she sees as social sculpture.
A vital focus of the work and practice is interdisciplinary partnerships and collaboration.
With high levels of cultural fluency, when leading organisations Melissa continues building an international network, mostly interested in participatory forms - this includes residencies, programs and events, strategy, and facilitating spaces for others to connect and be creative, active and social.
With post graduate qualifications in visual art and arts management, currently Melissa is completing a Master in Creative Industries through the University of Newcastle in NSW, Australia. This recent study is centred around creating systems of care, resources and networks, and practice shaped by a philosophical grounding in the slow movement and the intimate. Melissa is also certified in mindfulness meditation teaching, is a trained raw food chef and holds a graduate degree in Wellness (Health Science) through RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), fields she brings into a holistic approach to work and leadership.
Melissa was a Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Fellowship recipient as part of the Asialink Leaders Program, 2021 and is a current peer assessor for the Australia Council for the Arts (2021-2023).
JENN BRAZIER
Program Manager | jenn@anat.org.au
She/Her
Jenn Brazier is a practicing photomedia artist with a Bachelor of Visual Art, majoring in Photography and Digital Imaging. She has worked in the arts industry for almost 20 years across a broad spectrum of the sector, including at Creative Industries, QUT, a commercial gallery and Public Art (Arts programming) at the City of Adelaide. Areas of interest in the support of artists and the cultural community include First Nations first as integral to planning & programming, experimental and cross-disciplinary practice, and, ways of working that celebrates, encompasses and values introversion.
Jenn originally began her career in the arts at ANAT back in 2004 as Membership & Administration Officer. In 2017 she returned to focus on programming that enables artists to push the boundaries of creative experimentation.
CAROLLYN KAVANAGH
Marketing and Communications Manager | carollyn@anat.org.au
She/Her
Guiding the development and delivery of ANAT’s audience engagement, marketing and storytelling, Carollyn Kavanagh is a communications strategist, designer and independent curator practicing on Kaurna Country. She completed a Bachelor of Design at the University of South Australia and a Masters in Curatorial and Museum Studies at Adelaide University. Carollyn was awarded the Emerging Curator positions at both Arts South Australia and the Adelaide City Council in 2014. Previously, Carollyn was a Senior Print Designer at Advertiser News Media and Communications and Design Officer with local peak body Guildhouse.
STEVEN PICKLES
Technical Officer | pix@anat.org.au
He/They
Steven Pickles, aka Pix, is a founding member of Hackerspace Adelaide. After getting a degree in Computer Science, he quickly fell in with the wrong crowd and spent a decade helping artists build interactive installations for the European new media art festival circuit. His work has given him a unique perspective on the relationship between technology and the arts, backed up by an enduring fascination with all things geeky.
AUSHAF WIDISTO
Arts Administrator | aushaf@anat.org.au
He/Him
Aushaf is an emerging writer, researcher, and arts administrator from Indonesia. He provides support across all ANAT departments, including business operations, marketing & communications, and programs.
Having received a Bachelor of Urban & Regional Planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung and a Master of Cultural & Creative Industries from Monash University, Aushaf’s goal is to leverage arts and culture to create better cities and communities.
Outside ANAT, Aushaf is also working as a Research & Communications Assistant at Creative Economy Pty Ltd, a strategic advisory firm specialising in sustainable economic development and strategic development of cultural and creative industries. Previously, he has worked with Asialink Arts in the development of Regional // Regional, an initiative designed to seed and support cross-cultural collaborations between Australia and the Indo-Pacific.
Aushaf’s writing has been featured in numerous publications across the web, both under his real name and pen name Adam Erlandsen.