Micro Talk :: ANAT Synapse and Bespoke Residencies 2023

Join us for a short, lunchtime conversation featuring the artists and researchers currently undertaking the 2023 ANAT Synapse Residency and ANAT Bespoke Residency programs. Our speakers are:

Alicia Sometimes (Vic) + Prof Tamara Davis (Qld)
The University of Queensland

Ross Manning (Qld) + Distinguished Prof Lidia Morawska (Qld) & Dr Anna Tweeddale (Qld)
Queensland University of Technology

Dr Peter Morse (Tas) + Prof Christopher Fluke (Vic)
Swinburne University

WHEN: 12 - 12.50 pm ACDT, 12 October 2023

WHERE: Join us online. A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.

Alicia Sometimes

Alicia Sometimes is an Australian poet, multi-media artist and broadcaster. She has performed her spoken word at many venues, festivals and events around the world. Her poems have been in Best Australian Science Writing, Best Australian Poems and more. She is the director/co-writer of the art/science planetarium shows, Elemental and Particle/Wave.

Read Alicia’s Synapse Residency creative research journal HERE

Prof Tamara Davis

Professor Tamara Davis is an astrophysicist and ARC Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland with over two decades of experience studying supernovae, black holes, and dark energy. She is currently leading the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) and will be the Deputy Director of the upcoming ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery.

Ross Manning

Ross Manning’s work facilitates interactions of light, physics, and sound. Repurposing technologies Manning creates dynamic sculptures and atmospheric installations. Stemming from Manning’s experimental music background, he employs a distinct audio-visual language that uses rhythm and repetition to connect sound, light, colour, and movement.

Read Ross’ Synapse Residency creative research journal HERE

Distinguished Prof Lidia Morawska

Lidia Morawska is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia; the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Air Quality and Health; a Co-Director in Australia for the Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC- AQSM); an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Environmental and Climate Research (ECI), at the Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; and a Vice Chancellor Fellow, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Dr Anna Tweeddale

Dr Anna Tweeddale, an investigator at HBI, is a registered architect and researcher with extensive experience in practice-led research and collaborating with artists across many disciplines (photography, dance/choreography, experimental music, illustration/printmaking, installation, and visual arts).

Dr Peter Morse

Computational Researcher and Experimental Media Artist Dr Peter Morse is a multi-disciplinary media artist, filmmaker, and scientific computer researcher known for his innovative and experimental approach to art/science interactions.

Read Peter's Bespoke Residency creative research journal HERE

Prof Christopher Fluke

Prof Christopher Fluke is the SmartSat Professorial Chair in space system real-time data fusion, integration and cognition, undertaking research and development activities to help grow Australia’s Space Industry.

Host: Melissa DeLaney

Melissa's work dwells in the intersections of education and government, recreation, wellness, creative industries, technology and science, and arts and cultural development in work she sees as social sculpture.

A vital focus of the work and practice is interdisciplinary partnerships and collaboration. Melissa continues building an international network, mostly interested in participatory forms - this includes residencies, programs and events, strategy, and facilitating spaces for others to connect and be creative, active and social.

ANAT Synapse Residency Program Overview

ANAT Synapse involves Australian research 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 researchers together in partnerships that generate new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial beyond both fields. A distinguishing feature of the residencies is their creative research focus, with applicants supported in collaborative experimentation.

The call for applications to the ANAT Synapse 2024 Residency program is now open. Visit our website for more information.

ANAT Bespoke Residency Program Overview

In addition to the prestigious Synapse program, ANAT delivers bespoke artist’s residencies, with science, technology and research partners from the academic and private sectors. As the name suggests, no two ANAT Bespoke Residencies are the same. Every iteration is customised to the project’s unique characteristics and is jointly supported by ANAT and the collaborator.

Accessibility

This Zoom event will include auto-generated live captioning. We encourage you to advise ANAT of any further accessibility requirements when registering for your ticket. ANAT will endeavour to do all we can to make the event accessible for you.

Micro Talk will be recorded and the live transcription saved. It will be posted on the ANAT website at a later date.

Ticket pricing

ANAT strives to provide affordable events. Many are free or occasionally have 'pay what you wish' options available. ANAT may charge a small fee for some events to ensure their long-term availability.

About ANAT

ANAT is a national network that creates opportunities for experimental artists to collaborate with science and technology partners. We do this because we believe artists are essential to how we imagine and shape our future.

ANAT works on Kaurna yarta. 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.

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

Images clockwise from top left: Ross Manning, Prof Christopher Fluke, Prof Tamara Davis, Distinguished Prof Lidia Morawska, Dr Anna Tweeddale, Dr Peter Morse, Alicia Sometimes.