Image: Chris Henschke, Accelerated Light, (still) UHD video loop, 2010 from Chris’ 2010 ANAT Synapse residency with the Australian Synchrotron (Melbourne, Australia)
ANAT Synapse in Conversation :: 20 Years of Art + Science Collaboration
29 June, Sunshine Coast Field Trip, University of the Sunshine Coast, ISEA2024 Everywhen
When art collides with science and technology, magic happens. Old ideas, knowledge, philosophies and paradigms are transformed; and new ones are born. This cross-disciplinary, creative collision is at the heart of everything ANAT does, most notably in our flagship residency program, ANAT Synapse.
In 2024, ANAT celebrates the 20th Anniversary of ANAT Synapse.
Since its genesis in 2004, ANAT Synapse has enabled research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists. We have facilitated crossovers between numerous artistic and scientific disciplines over the years – between sound design and ecology, new media and data science, poetry and astrophysics, and many, many others.
Images clockwise ANAT Alumni: Keith Armstrong with Rattus villosissimus (Native Long Haired Rat), Arabana Country, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, 2012 (Photo Courtesy of Australian Wildlife Conservancy). Dr Chris Henschke, 2010 ANAT Synapse and 2018 ANAT Synapse CSIRO residencies recipient, at the CERN CMS (2014). Dr Anna Tweeddale, research partner Ross Manning, ANAT Synapse Photograph by Michael Hoch. Dr Anna Madeleine Raupach, photograph Saul Stead AGSA. 2023.
ANAT CEO, Melissa DeLaney will lead an in-conversation style panel, discussing the journey and experience of these alumni with ANAT Synapse participants, Keith Armstrong, Chris Henschke, Anna Madeleine Raupach and Anna Tweeddale.
ANAT Synapse in Conversation :: 20 Years of Art + Science Collaboration, is a part of the Sunshine Coast Field Trip, ISEA2024 Everywhen, presented by ANAT and University of the Sunshine Coast
BOOK SUNSHINE COAST FIELD TRIP
Gubbi Gubbi Dance, Dawn Awakening on Kabi Kabi Country, Nic Morley, 2023
Field Trip to the Sunshine Coast
On Saturday, 29 June, the immersive Field Trip to the Sunshine Coast features a range of cultural and creative experiences on Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) Country. Delegates will board a bus in Brisbane and will travel to the Sunshine Coast Biosphere Reserve for a Welcome to Country and performance over the Pacific Ocean with Kabi Kabi Elder Lyndon Davis, and listen to Tallo Billa (Humpback Whales) on their southern migration.
This will be followed by a rainforest expedition and cultural tour with Gubbi Gubbi Dance before arriving at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) for a full afternoon of activities and experiences. The day includes guided tours, performances, installations, outdoor projections, augmented reality, and exhibitions featuring juried works for ISEA2024.
The UniSC Art Gallery ISEA2024 exhibition Strange Weather brings together artworks that broadly consider how our contemporary understanding of the environment and our place within it is mediated by technology. Here, strange weather is a metaphor for ecological, geopolitical, technological, and economic fragmentation.
The night will close with live outdoor audio-visual performances from juried and guest artists, including a collaborative response to the Strange Weather exhibition, before delegates will board the Field Trip bus and return to Brisbane.
$85 (All inclusive)
The ticket covers the bus, and all associated events and activities, including a Tallo Billa (Humpback Whale) augmented reality print by Kabi Kabi artist Lyndon Davis that will include the soundscapes and whale song from the Welcome to Country to remember the experience. The bus will depart from South Bank, near the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition centre.