Announcing Spectra 2018

Presented by the Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT), and taking place in Adelaide in October, Spectra 2018 brings together the Australian and NZ artists and scientists working at the vanguard of interdisciplinary research. Comprising a symposium, an exhibition and an engaging public program, Spectra sets the stage for a coming together of some of Australasia’s greatest minds and creative thinkers in the one place.

 

Collaboration between the arts and sciences contributes to the creation of knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial across both disciplines. 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. 

Spectra explores this increasing convergence of art and science and considers how each area impacts the other and how, together, they shed light on who we are and where we’re heading.

 

Symposium Program

10-12 October, 2018
at the University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute + MOD
North Terrace Adelaide

 

Download the program here

http://www.anat.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Spectra-2018-Symposium-Program-2.pdf

 

Closing Night Performance :: A Galaxy of Suns

 

8.15pm for 8.30pm :: 12 October :: Freemason’s Hall Foyer
Tickets $10 I Concession $5.
Spectra delegates will receive FREE ADMISSION (show symposium pass)

A unique collaboration across contemporary music, art, astronomy, and design, it utilises smart device technology to create a work of art capable of operating on a galactic scale. A specifically created smart phone app uses GPS to deliver micro-tonal sonic cues to the singers, allowing them to ‘sing’ the stars live, in real-time for their location.

Tracking the Earth’s motions through space, A Galaxy of Suns documents the audience’s precise position in relation to the stars, sonifying stellar data to create a sound and visual composition unique to their location in space and time. The app works with parameters such as location on the horizon, distance from Earth, star luminosity and chemical classification, and translates them into sonic and aesthetic variables including pitch, volume, duration, timbre, colour and light intensity. Whilst it creatively interprets science, A Galaxy of Suns is not an illustrative, literal or educational translation of data. Rather, it is a celebration of beauty and wonder at the ultimately inaccessible and intangible nature of stars.

A Galaxy of Suns is a project by visual artist Michaela Gleave, composer Amanda Cole, and app developer and digital artist Warren Armstrong, work with the advising astronomer is Dr Michael Fitzgerald. Produced from Spectra 2018 by Erin Milne.

This performance is being presented as part of the Spectra 2018 Art + Science Biennial at the Grand Lodge of Freemasons Adelaide, 12 October 2018. Spectra 2018 is presented by Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), University of South Australia and Experimenta. Supported by Arts South Australia.

 

At the conclusion of the performance, please join us for Spectra 2018 closing drinks.

 

 

 

 

The Art and Consequence of Collaboration

Exhibition curated by Experimenta
South Australian School of Art Gallery (SASA), University of South Australia
4–26 October 2018

FEATURING: ROBERT ANDREW, KEITH ARMSTRONG, LEAH BARCLAY, DAVID HAINES, LEAH HEISS, CHRIS HENSCHKE, JOYCE HINTERDING, BADEN PAILTHORPE, HELEN PYNOR, ERICA SECCOMBE AND MARTIN WALCH

The Art and Consequence of Collaboration is a group exhibition illustrating the extraordinary creative potential of art and science research collaborations. From a reimagined periodic table of elements, to the re-staging of an AFL game using GPS and performance data, to the visceral and earthy scent of gaseous rocks, each of the works selected provokes us into new ways of experiencing and interpreting the world around us.

 

Screenings 

From 7pm :: 10 October + From 8pm :: 11 October at the Mercury Cinema
National Film & Sound Archive - curated program + Grayson Cooke’s, Open Air

Talks Program

At the Heart of Glass: 4.15pm – 5.15pm, Friday 12 October 2018, Mercury Cinema

Join Jam Factory’s CEO, Brian Parkes and Creative Director, Glass, Karen Cunningham, in a fascinating conversation with Chief Scientist of the world-renowned US-based Corning Museum of Glass, Dr Jane Cook. Together they will shed light on the ways that science and technology can, and are, transforming contemporary glassworking practice.

 

Bodies in Space: 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Friday 12 October 2018, Mercury Cinema

Artist, Sarah Jane Pell (AUS), and filmmaker, Sue Austin (UK), both create work in environments that irrevocably alter how they understand, use and perceive their bodies. Join esteemed broadcaster, Natasha Mitchell (ABC RN), in discussion with the artists about the ways in which weightless environments have transformed not just their arts practices, but also their lives.

 

Art in the Extreme: 7.00pm – 8.00pm, Friday 12 October 2018, Lecture Gallery – MOD

Join Sachie Yasuda, Project Manager of the Australian Antarctic Division’s Artist Fellowship program, in conversation with two artists who have recently spent time on the ice, Philip Samartzis and Martin Walch. As well as talking about the work they did during their time in Antarctica, we’ll hear first-hand how such an extreme and immensely beautiful environment continues to inform their respective arts practices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit spectra.org.au

For more details and a selection of high resolution imagery contact

Jenn Brazier | ANAT Program Coordinator | jenn@anat.org.au