In Other Words

The Scientific Serendipity artist in residence program was initiated by ANAT in 1998, as part of a larger series of thematic programs called Deep Immersion. These programs aimed to provide a platform for research and development in the areas of theology; art and technology in the Asia Pacific region; and the interface between science and art. The Scientific Serendipity publication airs a range of issues surrounding the art and science nexus. (more…)

There is much that art and science have in common. (more…)

I began my working career in the unusual context of a special inter-disciplinary think tank charged with exploring possible telecommunication futures. (more…)

D. V. Rogers is a Sydney-based artist who has worked across the fields of photography, performance art and machine-based installation. (more…)

Oron and Ionat came to us with a unique idea, to translate what had been theoretical work into real living objects. (more…)

In 1996 Oron Catts initiated the Tissue Culture & Art Project, an ongoing artistic research and development project into the use of tissue culture and tissue engineering as a medium for artistic expression. (more…)

Justine Cooper’s advent as artist in residence at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) was itself an act of serendipity. (more…)

Justine Cooper has been working across the fields of art and science since 1995. (more…)

Adam Donovan is a 27 year-old Brisbane artist working in the area of acoustic and visual art. (more…)

Adam Donovan’s work combines the highly specialised field of scientific acoustics with the visual arts. (more…)

I’ve been thinking about artist and scientist collaborations recently. (more…)

As a national organisation promoting and supporting the interface between art, science and technology, a publication on theology seems like a surprising twist in ANAT’s usual programs. The Arcadia publication is in fact the result of a period of research facilitated by ANAT, which has aimed to delve into confluences between art, technology and theology. (more…)

Ancient Greek architects devised arcades to support aqueducts and sheltered walkways between buildings. The alcoves beneath each archway provided a proscenium for the entrance to performance arenas, market stalls and public orators. (more…)

Theosophy is a fusion of science, religion and philosophy, brought into prominence within the modern world by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in the late 1800’s.  (more…)

There is no creation ex nihilo. We always work from pre-existing material, both literal substances (wood, a language, the resonance of strings and reeds) and he existing cultural organisation of those materials within history, tradition, and contemporary networks of influence. (more…)

We are the Aboriginal women Yankunytjatjara, Antikarinya and Kokatha. We know the country.  The poison the Government is talking about will poison the land.  We say “NO radioactive dump in our ngura – in our country.” Its strictly poison we don’t want it. (more…)

This issue of Second Nature focuses on issues raised by the Super Human Symposium held in Melbourne, Victoria at the BMW Edge at Federation Square on 23 – 24 November 2009. The journal publishes most of the papers and projects presented at the symposium and extends the discussion with independent projects, reviews and articles. (more…)

A few years ago, I was of the view that collaborative art/science research and practice was moving away from a focus on the body and towards a larger canvas: life itself, the environment, the future. I was wrong. (more…)

Abstract: In The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch argue that our perception of a given colour is not only relative to its environment but to the continuous interaction between the human perceptual system and its environment. (more…)

Abstract: Medical visual representations, including computer-generated simulations, are placed pivotally at the juncture of science, medicine, visual representations and society. (more…)