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Online Application Form :: ANAT Synapse 2025

"*" indicates required fields

Applicants must read the Guidelines before completing the application form below. These can be found at anat.org.au/apply

APPLICANT DETAILS

ARTIST

Name*
Address*
Social media
Please add your social media handles, as applicable. Use the '+' icon to add more, as needed.

HOST ORGANISATION

Please choose how many Host Organisations you plan to undertake the residency with using the dropdown menu below.

Some applicants may find they wish to collaborate with more than one research organisation. You may list up to three on this form.

Please provide the name the organisation (and the department/school etc., if applicable).
Name of research partner*
Please include the name & contact details of the person at the host organisation. One contact person per host organisation will suffice.
Social media
Please add your social media handles, as applicable. Use the '+' icon to add more, as needed.
HOST ORGANISATION 2
Name of research partner*
Please include the name & contact details of the person at the host organisation. One contact person per host organisation will suffice.
Social media
Please add your social media handles, as applicable. Use the '+' icon to add more, as needed.
HOST ORGANISATION 3
Name of research partner*
Please include the name & contact details of the person at the host organisation. One contact person per host organisation will suffice.
Social media
Please add your social media handles, as applicable. Use the '+' icon to add more, as needed.

ANAT SYNAPSE RESIDENCY PROPOSAL

Please provide a title for your creative research residency.
If you are unsure of exact dates, please provide us with an estimate.
(up to 500 words) Please describe the research themes and concepts you'd like to explore for the residency. Include details about your intended collaboration with the host researcher.
Explain how the artist and the host partner may each expect to benefit from the residency (up to 250 words)
Please provide a description of your practice and previous collaboration/s with research partners (if any, up to 250 words)
Please provide a description of the host organisation, including any previous experience working with artists (if any, up to 250 words)

BUDGET

Please upload your ONE-PAGE budget here. A budget template is downloadable from the ANAT 'apply' web page here.

If you have uploaded the incorrect file by mistake, click the rubbish bin icon at the left of the file name, and continue to re-upload the correct file.
Max. file size: 5 MB.

SUPPORT MATERIAL *

a) Please provide NO MORE THAN TWO of the following, selecting those that best demonstrate your artistic practice:

  • Four images (uploaded below or URLs)
  • Up to four minutes of video (URL only)
  • Up to four minutes of audio (URL only)
  • One interactive work (URL only)
  • Four webpages (direct URLs only)

b) If your residency proposal includes mention or involvement of First Nations knowledge systems, artists or communities, please provide a letter of support from the First Nations peoples involved.

(Maximum allowed size per file is 5MB)
Drop files here or
Max. file size: 5 MB.

    BIOGRAPHIES / CV’S

    Please attach a biography or CV for the artist and the research partner from each host organisation. Maximum TWO PAGES per biography/CV.

    Max. file size: 5 MB.
    If you have more than one biography/CV to upload, an extra upload limit is allowable in this field (up to 5MB in total).
    Max. file size: 5 MB.

    Demographic Questionnaire

    ANAT values your interest in this program. It's important to us to understand more about you. Please feel free to contribute this confidential information.

    Select your answer from the dropdown menu.
    How do you identify?
    Age range:
    Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?
    Do you identify as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)?
    Do you identify as LGBTQIA+?
    Accessibility awareness: Are you a person living with a disability?
    Location
    Residential State or Territory:
    Region you are based:

    Artist's Confirmation*

    1. I have engaged with the Host Organisation and discussed the proposed residency project in full. The Host Organisation has confirmed they will host me as resident artist if my application is successful.

    2. I declare that I meet all the eligibility criteria listed in the application guidelines.

    3. I consent to being signed up to ANAT's monthly email digest (you may unsubscribe at any time and your details will be kept securely by ANAT in case of future artistic opportunities of a similar nature).

    PLEASE NOTE:

    Your application must be received by the time and date listed in the guidelines at anat.org.au/apply

    Once you press 'SUBMIT', you will receive an email notification that we have received your application. If you don't appear to have received it - please check your junk/spam folder before contacting us.

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    Email: [email protected]

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    ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the South Australian government through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, CreateSA.

    ANAT and our project partners acknowledge and pay respects to the First Nations of the land known as Australia.

    We recognise all Traditional Owners and their continued cultural, spiritual and technological practices.

    We also acknowledge and pay respects to all First Nations peoples beyond Australian shores. As the very first storytellers, First Nations peoples hold invaluable knowledge and perspectives that are vital in the research, interrogation and development of traditional and emerging technologies, across both our physical and digital realms.

    Together we are gathering across many unceded lands that have been forcibly colonised.

    ANAT works on Kaurna yarta.