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The early years of Australian digital media arts h

The early years of Australian digital media arts heritage are at risk. Australian artists were significant contributors to the development of media arts internationally, yet only a relatively small portion of their work has to date made it into institutional collections. Material is scattered, held in the archives of organisations with no conservation resources, or in artists’ own archives. Many artists have lost the ability to access their own artworks; few have the skills and equipment to self-archive comprehensively.

ANAT is proud to be part of the Archiving Australian Media Arts project, a three year research project funded by the Australian Research Council involving collaboration between university and cultural researchers at Swinburne, RMIT and Griffith universities, ACMI, the Art Gallery of NSW, the State Library of South Australia, Experimenta Media Arts, dLux Media Arts, ANAT, UNESCO PERSIST, and Rhizome.

The featured image is by one of the world’s earliest artists to work with laser, sound and image production, Joseph Stanislaus (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski. The State Library of South Australia holds a rich collection of material from the Polish-Australian's archive, including roughly 800 3½ inch floppy disks created between 1988 and 1994. After three months of meticulous work the State Library of South Australia were able to extract and convert all the images saved on these disks nearly 30 years ago.

READ more about the Archiving Australian Media Arts project and the recovery of these artworks USING THE LINK IN OUR BIO

Image: Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski, 'SPHRETREE'. Image courtesy the State Library of South Australia.

Image Description: A digital image depicting a vivid background of electric coloured stripes, through a central circular negative space is what appears to be the silhouette of a figure, patterned with swirling organic colour.

@statelibrarysa #ArchivingAustralianMediaArts #australianresearchcouncil @swinburne @rmituniversity @griffithuniversity @acmionline @artgalleryofnsw @experimenta_ @dluxmediaarts #unescopersist @rhizomedotorg

‘Bricolage' continues to take over the world, on

‘Bricolage' continues to take over the world, one award at a time! A massive CONGRATULATIONS to Sebastian Diecke and ANAT alumni Guy Ben-Ary & Nathan Thompson, whose work 'Bricolage' has been selected for the 2022 New Technological Art Award (NTAA). One of 20 nominees, selected from 836 candidates representing 72 nations, 'Bricolage' has also won awards at the Japan Media Art Festival and Ars Electronica!

'Bricolage' is a ‘surrogate performer’, dealing with very contemporary biotechnological research on pluripotent stem cells. Guy, Nathan and Sebastian reprogrammed white blood cells into heart muscle cells, pulsating and visible to the human eye.

During their creative research for ANAT Ideate, Nathan and Guy continued developing their concept of a ‘In-Vitro Intelligence driven Surrogate Performer’ – a bioengineered entity that has direct biological links to its donor and embodies the abilities to perform.

Guy, Nathan and Sebastian will compete for the jury & public award of 5000 EUR
New Technological Art Award 2022 ,
5 February - 13 March, at Zebrastraat Ghent, Belgium.

The ANAT alumni is a network of hundreds of artists, scientists and technologists. A lifelong community of remarkable, diverse and engaged professionals.

Image: Cellular performance, Bricolage’s Automatons. Bricolage by Nathan Thompson, Guy Ben-Ary and Sebastian Diecke

@ntaa_new_technogical_art_award #ANATideate2020 @nathan_john_thompson @guybenary @arselectronica #arselectronica @symbiotica.lab #Bricolage #cellF @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #BioArt #BioRoboticArt #InVitroIntelligence #SurrogatePerformer #CellularPerformance #MicroPerformativity #Organoids #NeuroEthics

ANAT looks forward to the safe gathering of our co

ANAT looks forward to the safe gathering of our communities and sector in public and cultural spaces over the coming months.

#takeYourSeats #nationalArts #creativeIndustries #network #creativePractice @auscouncilarts

“My tumour baby cells are looking good! So far

“My tumour baby cells are looking good! So far there are no signs of infection which is excellent, excellent news".
Excerpt from 2021 ANAT Synapse resident Dr Svenja J Kratz's blog.

Svenja is immortalising fibroid cells isolated from a large fibroid tumour, taken from her uterus in 2020, as part of her project 'Posthuman Genetic Legacies'

Svenja spoke with ABC Radio Hobart's Joel Rheinberger about her residency and the project ambitions. To give voice to the experience of women with reproduction problems, by considering the concept of offspring as cells rather than babies.

HEAR their conversation here:
https://ab.co/3abKrQm

READ Svenja's blog USING THE LINK IN OUR BIO

ANAT’s prestigious flagship program has supported creative research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists, since it was established in 2004. ANAT Synapse is made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Image: Svenja J Kratz, Tumour Baby cells – thawed 10/9/21 – viewed 13/9/21

@svenjakratz #RegenerativeMedicine #qut #ANATalumni #ANATsynapse2021 #BioTechnological #copyrightagency #copyrightagencyculturalfund #bioart #sciart @qutrealworld #TasmanianSchoolOfMedicine #utas

RSV Nuyina recently sailed past the Crozet Islands

RSV Nuyina recently sailed past the Crozet Islands on the way to Hobart. In less than two weeks Hobart will welcome Australia's new Antarctic icebreaker to its home port!

Great news for recently announced 2022 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow and beloved bird photographer Leila Jeffreys. Her time in Antarctica will help her complete and illustrate a hardcover book and major exhibition entitled SEABIRD with UK publisher Thames and Hudson which is a project she started in 2015 and will be completed by 2024. ⁣

This photograph is an Australian Gannet which will be included in Leila’s book and exhibition. Leila photographed him at the 'Twinnies Seabird rescue centre’ @twinnies_seabirdrescue. She hopes to tell incredible stories about him and his Oceanic friends and to tell you about this beautiful planet we live on. 📷 @phaseonephoto

Due to COVID-19 impacts on the Australian Antarctic Program, artists Janet Laurence and Dr Philip Samartzis will travel to the icy continent during the 2021/22 season.

The Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship has been running since 1984 and is supported by the Australian Antarctic Division with additional support provided by ANAT since 2017.

Expressions of interest for the 2023 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, for the 2023/24 season, will open March 2022.

@ausantarctic @leilajeffreys @ANATalumni #SouthernOcean @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #ArtScience #ArtistResidencies #research #antarctic #antarctica #antarctique #southpole #loveantarctica #shipsandseas #oceans #polarlife #nature #ice #planetearth #antarcticadventure #discoverthecold #expeditioners #antarcticphotography #outdoors #adventure #wildernessculture #wildplaces #wildlifephotography @thamesandhudson

When we departed, COVID-19 was just a whisper... o

When we departed, COVID-19 was just a whisper... on the Last Dance of the Aurora Australis.
ANAT alumnus Dr John McCormick is a technology-based artist with a major interest in movement. ANAT alumnus Dr Adam Nash is a practice-based researcher and digital artist, composer, programmer, performer, teacher and writer. Together they are known as Wild System. For the past four years the duo have been creating artworks incorporating robotics, virtual environments, performing entities and luscious soundscapes.

As Australian Antarctic Arts Fellows, Wild System joined the Aurora Australis on its final voyage. They boarded the icebreaker with uncertainty and the emergence of a new virus. They returned six weeks later to a global pandemic. Relentless lockdowns in their home town Melbourne, have delayed not only the work, but also presentations of the 3D immersive environment Aurora Australis Ultimo Choro, which was due to be exhibited at ACMI in August this year.

The good news is, multiple exciting outcomes are developing from John and Adam's time on the ice. Firstly their original concept of a 3D immersive environment, Aurora Australis Ultimo Choro, a VR experience depicting the intricate choreography of the ship and its expeditioners. Also a 360 image virtual tour of the ship has been developed.

The ANAT alumni is a network of hundreds of artists, scientists and technologists. A lifelong community of remarkable, diverse and engaged professionals.

The Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship has been running since 1984 and is supported by the Australian Antarctic Division with additional support provided by ANAT since 2017.

Images: 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellows, Dr John McCormick and Dr Adam Nash, aka Wild System aboard the icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis. Still from the 'Last Australian Voyage of the RSV Aurora Australis to the Antarctic Continent' a 3D immersive environment.

@ausantarctic @wild.system #ANATalumni #antarctica #SouthernOcean @auscouncilarts #AusCouncilArts #ArtScience #ArtistResidencies #research #RandD #AuroraAustraliaUltimoChoro @rmituniversity @swinburne #360video #lidar #ambisonics #3dscanning #IceBreaker @acmionline

Can art contribute to 3d bioprinting technology? H

Can art contribute to 3d bioprinting technology? Hear the answer during the Third Australian Bioprinting Workshop presented by the Gentile Lab and Australian Bioprinting.

We're thrilled 2021 ANAT Synapse residents Dr. Svenja J. Kratz, Dr. Paul Brown and Linda Dement will feature in the program. Together with ANAT alumnus Dr. Erica Seccombe and internationally recognised experts in the field of 3D bioprinting Dr Carmine Gentile and Prof. Dietmar W Hutmacher, they'll discuss arts and science collaborations.

With an educational focus, the goal of this year's program is to promote early career researchers and students, by sharing their work around bioink development, stem cells, biomaterials, and other topics relevant to 3D bioprinting technologies.

Register for TOMORROWS FREE DIGITAL WORKSHOP
4 & 5 October, 2021

The Australian Bioprinting Workshop for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine was created for a community of bioengineers, scientists and clinicians to work in synergy with industry, government, and regulatory agencies to tackle key challenges in the bioprinting field and facilitate its clinical translation. The 2019 face-to-face event was held at the University of Technology Sydney and presented virtually in 2020.

Image: Bioprinted mini-hearts, from 2021 ANAT Synapse residents Linda Dement and Paul Brown's work with Dr Carmine Gentile. The view to the left is from under the microscope and to the right, a 3D rendering from analyses made using IMARIS software. The red reflects the mini-blood vessels created in these mini-hearts – the blue stains the nuclei of each cell.

#pluripotentstemcells #3Dbioprinting #LindaDement #PaulBrown #ANATalumni #ANATsynapse2021 #copyrightagency #copyrightagencyculturalfund @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts @utsengage #MiniHearts @svenjakratz #RegenerativeMedicine #qut #BioTechnological #bioart #sciart @qutrealworld #TasmanianSchoolOfMedicine #utas @ejseccombe #ANATalumni @anuartdesign

Our FINGERS ARE CROSSED for ANAT alumnus, artist N

Our FINGERS ARE CROSSED for ANAT alumnus, artist Niki Sperou and the team at Flinders University's Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (CMBD) – who are finalists in the category ‘2021 Excellence in Science and Industry Collaboration’, SA Science Excellence + Innovation Awards!

During her 2020 ANAT Synapse residency Niki, research officer Peng Su and Professor Wei Zhang worked together at Flinders University’s CMBD to research experimental biomaterials and the utilisation of marine seaweed bio-polymers in the development of biodegradable bioplastics.

The ANAT alumni is a network of hundreds of artists, scientists and technologists. A lifelong community of remarkable, diverse and engaged professionals.

ANAT Synapse is made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

CMBD is now embarking on the next stage of their ten-year mission, leading a new $270 million Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre that expects to generate $8.6 billion for the Australian economy, creating more than 26,000 jobs and developing new products that protect our health and environment.

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

@niki_sperou #copyrightagency @pengsu84 #anatallumni @flindersuniversity #copyrightagencyculturalfund @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #anatsynapse#biodegradable
#bioplastics #anthropocene #ThePlasticsProblem #bioart #sciart #flindersuniversity

Should we call this a #cellfie? Patient-derived st

Should we call this a #cellfie? Patient-derived stem cells in the making despite the ongoing #NSWlockdown Made using the blood of an (obviously Australian) patient courtesy Dr. Carmine Gentile.

More research like this will be part of the Third Australian Bioprinting Workshop on October 4 - 5

We're thrilled 2021 ANAT Synapse residents Dr. Svenja J. Kratz, Dr. Paul Brown and Linda Dement will feature in the program. Together with ANAT alumnus Dr. Erica Seccombe and internationally recognised experts in the field of 3D bioprinting Dr. Carmine Gentile and Prof. Dietmar W Hutmacher, they'll discuss art and science collaborations.

Register for the FREE DIGITAL WORKSHOP here:
https://whova.com/web/biopr_202110/

With an educational focus, the goal of this year's program is to promote early career researchers and students, by sharing their work around bioink development, stem cells, biomaterials, and other topics relevant to 3D bioprinting technologies.

Can art help 3d bioprinting technology?
Tuesday 5 October, 1:40-2:40 PM

Third Australian Bioprinting Workshop presented by .gentilelab.com & ausbioprint.com

#pluripotentstemcells #3Dbioprinting #LindaDement #PaulBrown #ANATalumni #ANATsynapse2021 #copyrightagency #copyrightagencyculturalfund @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts @utsengage #MiniHearts @svenjakratz #RegenerativeMedicine #qut #BioTechnological #bioart #sciart @qutrealworld #TasmanianSchoolOfMedicine #utas @ejseccombe #ANATalumni @anuartdesign

CONGRATULATIONS ANAT alumnus Lyndon Davis on your

CONGRATULATIONS ANAT alumnus Lyndon Davis on your showcase of 'Beeyali' with the Gubbi Gubbi Dancers at Saturday's international research symposium ‘Field Trip’, presented by @horizonartfest

Visualising the calls of black and white cockatoos on Kabi Kabi Country, 'Beeyali' uses cymatics, the science of visualising acoustic energy or sound. Lyndon's new work created for 'New Light' features a series of experiments using new technologies and different environmental materials to reveal cymatics, including ochre and water. Beeyali is a Kabi Kabi word meaning ‘to call’.

Thank you to collaborators Leah Barclay & Tricia King.

Lyndon is an internationally acclaimed Aboriginal artist, educator and cultural performer. Lyndon was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast, and is a Traditional Custodian and representative of the local Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi people.

Proudly presented by Illuminate Adelaide and ANAT, as part of the Adelaide Festival Centre Moving Image program, 'New Light' showcased experimental and diverse moving image works by contemporary First Nations artists. 'New Light' featured Jasmine Miikika Craciun, Lyndon Davis and Ryan Andrew Lee.

Image courtesy Tricia King and Maite Sajovic.

#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe @kik_design_ #lyndondavis @ryan_andrew_lee #NewLight @illuminateadelaide @adelaidefescent #innovation #art #technology #light #MovingImage #FirstNationsAustralia @leahbarclay @triciakingphoto @horizonartfest @usc.australia
@arts_front #FieldTrip

CONGRATULATIONS ANAT ALUMNUS Robert Andrew, on you

CONGRATULATIONS ANAT ALUMNUS Robert Andrew, on your new work 'Temporal Landscapes', featured in 'Final Call'. From our friends at Horizon Festival... 'Final Call' presents new works developed by six leading Queensland artists, responding to climate change. The site specific works are situated in the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden as well as in a lush digital experience.

Robert's 'Temporal Landscapes' uses a mechanical system to draw in water and spray it back over the lagoon. Through this process unexpected patterns appear, and a scatter of sound can be heard as the machine sprays and water droplets connect with the surface.

Enjoy online here
https://www.horizonfestival.com.au/final-call

OR visit Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, Tanawha (Kabi Kabi Country) until 17 October 9AM-5PM

Robert is a descendant of the Yawuru people, whose Country is the lands and waters of the Broome area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He often combines programmable technologies and machinery with raw materials, minerals, and natural materials such as ochres, rocks, soil, and water.

'Final Call" features Judy Watson with Tor Maclean and Aunty Helena Gulash, Robert Andrew, Courtney Coombs, Caitlin Franzmann, Courtney Scheu and Itamar Freed.

Robert Andrew, 'Temporal Landscapes', 2021, mechanical components, water.
Video courtesy @timothybirch.studio

@robertandrew_111 #ANATalumni @horizonartfest #horizonfestival #TemporalLandscapes

artists aren’t allergic to sport. 🏉 In a nod

artists aren’t allergic to sport. 🏉 In a nod to Saturday's 2021 AFL Grand Final, we feature diehard Sydney Swan's fan & ANAT Alumnus Dr Baden Pailthorpe's practice.

“AFL is such a spatial thing – it really is a poetic thing – it’s a performance, kind of like gladiatorial theatre,” says Baden.

“I saw AFL as being a culture rich in aesthetics and emotional intensity because there is so much spectacle in it – anyone who has been to a footy game can sense the palpable energy and can feel why it is a quasi-religious experience for many.”

READ about the trajectory of Baden's practice
USING THE LINK IN OUR BIO

As an ANAT Synapse residency recipient in 2017, Baden worked with UTS Sport and Exercise Science Professor Aaron Coutts to explore a way to quantify the crowd’s influence on player performance. Using anonymous player and crowd data captured during the 2017 AFL round 23, Swans versus Carlton game, the artist immortalised the drama and flow of the match in its entirety.

Working with emerging and experimental technologies, Baden's research and artworks examine the relationship between aesthetics and power, interrogating the politics of technological and economic structures across sport, finance and the military-industrial complex.

ANAT’s prestigious flagship program has supported creative research collaborations between more than one hundred artists and scientists, since it was established in 2004. The ANAT Synapse program is made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Images: 1. Baden Pailthorpe, Clanger, (longitude, latitude, decibels), 2018, HD video, 4.1 channel surround sound. 06.30 mins. 2. Dr Baden Pailthorpe. Photograph Steven Siewart. 3. Baden Pailthorpe, Clanger, UTS Gallery. Photograph Campbell Henderson. 4. Baden Pailthorpe, Clanger (longitude, latitude, velocity), 44 channel video installation. 44 Raspberry Pi 3, 44 LED displays, custom Lupa software. Swans v Carlton, Round 26, 2017, (detail).

@badenpailthorpe @sullivanstrumpf @uts_art #aflartsmafia #ANATalumni #copyrightagency #copyrightagencyculturalfund @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #ArtScienceTechnology #experimental #research

Out of reach... but not sight... Earlier this year

Out of reach... but not sight... Earlier this year we posted about ANAT alumnus and sound artist, Associate Professor Philip Samartzis' new exhibition in the Swiss Alps.

Thank you @philip.samartzis for these epic images of your site specific sound walk!

'Eco Acoustics: Listening To A Changing Environment' is a five kilometer walk among glaciers near the Matterhorn while listening to various sounds of ice Philip recorded in Antarctica and the Swiss Alps. The Verbier 3-D Foundation invited Philip to develop a sound walk utilising the practice of Eco Acoustics to consider the importance of listening to WATER.

26 June - 10 October 2021
From the Savoleyres lift station a 3 hour guided walk with pauses in the direction of Ruinettes.

For more details:
https://3-dfoundation.com/event/vernissage-sound-walk/

Eco Accoustics: Listening to a Changing Environment was realized thanks to the support of the Commune de Bagnes, Musée de Bagnes, Téléverbier, Loterie Romande, Office de Tourisme de Verbier, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Antarctic Division, Bogong Centre for Sound Culture, Creative Victoria, High Altitude Research Station at Jungfraujoch, Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology at the Zurich University of the Arts, RMIT School of Art, Swiss National Science Foundation, Madeleine Paternot, Jean-Edouard van Praet & Tappan Heher, Chalet Ker Praet, Marilynne Geiger and Nicolas Combes.

@ausantarctic #anatallumni #antarctica #SouthernOcean @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #ArtScience #ArtistResidencies #research #RandD @rmituniversity @3dverbier @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts #bogongcentreforsoundculture

OPENS TOMORROW :: 2021 marks 10 years since the To

OPENS TOMORROW :: 2021 marks 10 years since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and 12 years since the Black Saturday bushfires. In this decade Australia and Japan have experienced an increase in extreme environmental events which have impacted our communities and cultures and opened up questions about the contributing factors of human actions and activities.

'Mutable Ecologies' curated by ANAT alumnus Philip Samartzis, Kristen Sharp and Andrew Tetzlaff, comprises leading creative practitioners from Australia and Japan, presenting their work and research through an online exhibition, performances and public discussions.

‘Mutable Ecologies’ is a transnational project that considers how innovations in art are interrogating the effects of changing environmental conditions to offer new insights and awareness of ecological futures.

EVENTS
Opening Online Event
‘The Miracle Pine Tree, Rikuzentaka, Japan’
Philip Brophy (Sep 16. 6:00 PM AEST)

‘Afternoon Tea with Suzueri’
Suzueri (Sep 23. 4:00 PM AEST)

Featured image: 'BreadBoard Baking' is an edible electronic circuit and instrument project by Tokyo based sound artist Suzueri. For Mutable Ecologies Suzueri will prepare a delicious audio-visual recipe and live-tea party with electronic sweets.

Visit mutable-ecologies.com
September 16 - December 17

@philip.samartzis #anatalumni @auscouncilarts #auscouncilarts @breadboardbaking @rmituniversity #MutableEcologies

2021 ANAT Synapse resident Dr Svenja J Kratz’s '

2021 ANAT Synapse resident Dr Svenja J Kratz’s 'Posthuman Genetic Legacies' is examining the scientific potential and legal implications of securing alternative genetic offspring via biotechnological intervention.

EXCERPT from Svenja’s BLOG: “As a visual artist I have always been really interested in the body in relation to technology including biotechnologies. During my PhD I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work across art and science at QUT and become actively integrated in the then Tissue Repair and Regeneration Group – a research team that focused on wound healing with expertise in cell and tissue culture.

The first flask of cells that I received were Saos 2 cells – referencing their origin as sarcoma osteogenic – so a bone cancer cell line which was established in the 1970s from an 11-year old girl l, I named Alice.”

The featured image, ‘The Contamination of Alice #11’ forms part of an ongoing series of mixed media works inspired by Svenja’s engagement with Saos-2 cells – an immortal cell line. Collectively, the series comments on notions of creative and genetic contamination. Considering avenues of establishing alternative genetic offspring and an ongoing biological legacy via biotechnological intervention, for example, by creating an immortal cell line using tissue isolated from a benign tumor growth in the artist’s uterus.

READ Svenja's blog USING THE LINK IN OUR BIO

Image: Svenja J Kratz, ‘The Contamination of Alice #11’, 2019. Mixed media: Agar with DNA of the artist, MDF, Plywood, stainless steel, acrylic, video, LEDs, clay and 3D printed components

ANAT’s prestigious flagship program has supported creative research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists, since it was established in 2004. ANAT Synapse is made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

@svenjakratz #RegenerativeMedicine #qut #ANATalumni #ANATsynapse2021 #BioTechnological #copyrightagency #copyrightagencyculturalfund #bioart #sciart @qutrealworld #TasmanianSchoolOfMedicine #utas

DRUM ROLL :: We are thrilled to announce the iconi

DRUM ROLL :: We are thrilled to announce the iconic peer-reviewed academic journal Leonardo is publishing sets of extended abstracts of a selection of papers, presented at ANAT SPECTRA 2018. Organised by theme, the first set of abstracts features in the August journal and will continue for several subsequent issues. ANAT SPECTRA 2018, a showcase for research and creative work being produced through interdisciplinary collaborations between Australian and New Zealand artists and scientists, was presented by ANAT in collaboration with the University of South Australia.

USE the LINK IN OUR BIO to READ
Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 1: Keynote and Materiality Jill Scott, Anton Hasell, Daniel East, Jo Law, Agnieszka Golda, Sepidar Sayyar, Helen McGregor

The research teams associated with each project offer diverse motives for their activities. While some collaborators celebrate the potential of art-science collaboration to offer positive solutions for, or perspectives upon, the world, for others, a dystopian vision drives their interest, as they seek to reverse-engineer and problematize what are often seen as the exclusionary black-boxes of both the sciences and the arts. Some collaborators simply seek the opportunity to explore new forms of knowing and understanding through cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Guest Editors: SPECTRA 2018 Co Chairs Professor Simon Biggs and Vicki Sowry
Assistant Guest Editor: Dr Ash Tower

Image: Entomophatron menu. (© Marina McClure)

@leonardoisast #BioArt #GuerillaScience #spectra_adelaide2018