PROGRAMS_
1999 Summer School in Science and Art _
Date 11st January 1999
Tags et, ars, residency, science, internet, animation, cognitive science, philosophy
"Attendance at the ANAT National Summer School has become something of a rite of passage for Australian artists working in this field".
Acclaimed digital artist, Jon McCormack.
14 artists from across Australia participated in the 1999 National Summer School in Science and Art, coordinated by ANAT at Metro Screen, Sydney, NSW, 11 - 29 January 1999. The Summer School remains unique in Australia, in that it is still the only intensive training program designed specifically for artists. This year ANAT are very proud to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this prestigious training program.
- Rodney Berry, Sydney, NSW
- Liz Hughes, Sydney, NSW
- Geni Weight, Adelaide, SA
- Melinda Rackham, Werri Beach, NSW
- Solange Kershaw, Sydney, NSW
- Jordan Wynnychuk, Melbourne, VIC
- Lea Collins, Canberra, ACT
- Gordon Monroe, Sydney, NSW
- Ionat Zurr, Perth WA
- Adam Donovan, Brisbane, QLD
- Stephen Poljansek, Hobart, TAS
- Jeremy Yuille, Brisbane, QLD
- Chris Fortescue, Sydney, NSW
- Rea, Sydney, NSW
The 10th National Summer School focused on the interaction between art and science. During 1998, ANAT undertook research and investigation into this area, through a focus, entitled scientific serendipity, which provided the framework for a number of our key programs, including the development of projects and commissions that directly engage with science, scientific visualisation techniques and technologies.
To culminate this, the 1999 National Summer School focused on diverse science and technology practices, and how science and art can collaborate. The school investigated the discrete discourses surrounding sciences and media arts and encouraged the generation of unexpected and alchemic outcomes. Participants gained access to skills in a number of diverse areas such as scientific visualisation techniques and software, computer programming and modelling languages, sound, visual and web-based computer media, evolutionary approaches to computer programming, cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
To culturally contextualise the school, a satellite event, entitled anamorphosis, combined a forum with an open day of the school, giving the public and media an opportunity to view the work-in-progress produced by the students. The event showcased the innovations of the artists participating in the school, as well as the work of several key artists engaged with science practice, including Stelarc, Paula Dawson, and nervous_objects.
