Synapse - Art Science Collaborations

Artists and scientists approach creativity, exploration and research in different ways and from different perspectives; when working together they open up new ways of seeing, experiencing and interpreting the world around us.

For the past decade, ANAT has provided opportunities for artists and scientists to work together. Our most recent projects, delivered under the Synapse brand in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts, include residencies, the Synapse database and a moderated eList.

This database contains information on exhibitions, residencies, collaborative projects and publications. If you are an artist, scientist, science educator, writer or someone who works for an organisation engaged in art/science practice, please submit your details for inclusion.

Aligned to the Synapse database is a moderated eList that will go live in early February 2008 with a discussion led by Oron Catts from SymbioticA (winners of the 2007 Golden Nica for Hybrid Art, Prix Ars Electronica).
Covering areas as diverse as bioart, AI, robotics and spatiaility, each month-long discussion will be led by international experts and practitioners.
To subscribe, select Discussion List from the menu bar above and you will receive postings when the list goes live.

Sarah Jane Pell

Performance artist working in collaboration with underwater technology, space, human movement and biology laboratories to further media biotech and behaviours research through contemporary performance habitats in extreme environments: to crtique, transmute and extend human experience.

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In addition to the Synapse database and eList, ANAT's art research science program supports intensive partnerships between leading media artists and science institutions in Australia and beyond. To follow the progress of the most recent residencies, visit www.anat.org.au.