PROGRAMS_
Deep Immersion: Scientific Serendipity_
Date 18th May 1999
Tags ars, defence, genetics
In 1998, ANAT initiated Scientific Serendipity, a program which focused on the interaction between art and science, providing a framework for the development of projects and commissions which directly engage with science, scientific visualisation techniques and technologies. This project initiated a number of residencies/research projects for Australian artists hosted by Australian and international scientific organisations. The aim of the residencies was to investigate the discrete discourses surrounding sciences and media arts and encourage the generation of unexpected and 'alchemic' outcomes.
Four residencies were held over 1999 – 2001 with artists Oron Catts & Ionat Zurrr, Justine Cooper, Adam Donovan and David Rogers, and a publication edited by Kathy Cleland.
The core objectives of Scientific Serendipity:
- to encourage the creation of new forms of artistic expression within the arena of science and contemporary technologies
- to foster and facilitate placements and relationships with science institutions whereby artists can develop and test new creative ideas and technical processes, resulting in the development of a new work
- to enrich existing scientific organisations by facilitating their role as a context for the development of new creative content.
Websites
http://www.caos.org.au/members/galleries/ANAT/pages/page01.htm
http://diss.anat.org.au/
http://dicc.anat.org.au/
http://serendipity.anat.org.au/
