ANAT Synapse Residencies
ANAT recently called for applications from artists and scientists for the 2023 ANAT Synapse Residency program.
We’ll be announcing the successful resident in March.
2023 residency period: Between April and December 2023.
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 involves Australian science organisations hosting artists in residence, leading to profound artistic and professional development for the participants, while also building a sustainable support base for interdisciplinary creative collaboration in Australia.
ANAT Synapse brings artists and scientists together in research partnerships that generate new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial to both fields. A distinguishing feature of the residencies is their creative research focus, with applicants dissuaded from anticipating specific outcomes at the outset.
Residencies take place over 16 weeks full-time, the equivalent part-time, or, in discrete blocks over a longer duration during 2022
ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, the South Australian Government through Arts SA and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of Federal and State Governments.

Anna Madeleine Raupach, Standard Stars, 2020, laser-etched mirrors, LED lights.
2022 -2023 ANAT Synapse Residency
DR ANNA MADELEINE RAUPACH (ACT) + DR BRAD TUCKER, MT STROMLO OBSERVATORY, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Hosted by the ANU Research School of Astrophysics and Astronomy (RSAA) at Mount Stromlo Observatory, this project will combine creative practice with methods of observational astronomy to investigate the growing impacts and potential mitigation strategies of human-caused space pollution.
Anna Madeleine Raupach is a multidisciplinary artist based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land, Canberra, who explores expressive interpretations of scientific concepts. Her current practice focuses on alternative forms of temporality related to climate change.
READ Anna’s creative research journal HERE
ANAT’s prestigious flagship program has supported creative research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists since it was established in 2004.
ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, the South Australian Government through Arts SA and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of Federal and State Governments.
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