A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Celebrating two years of exhibitions and programs with a future-focus.
MOD. turns 2 this week. We are still learning. And while in regular times we might celebrate this milestone with a gathering of community, this year we’re keeping it small and looking at the world through the eyes of a toddler. A year of uninhibited exploration “It is a year of uninhibited exploration,” said Anna Waismeyer, who […]
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Looking for inspiring and interactive things to do in Adelaide? Visit MOD.
People looking for inspiring and interactive things to do in Adelaide visit MOD. We’ve now had 110,000 visits since we opened last year. What do we know about our visitors? From the visitor surveys: 37% of our visitors are aged between 15-25. 56% are female 6% identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Almost 20% […]
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Did you know there are almost 7,500 people under the age of 25 who lives in the City of Adelaide? Or that there are more than 95,000 annual visits to the Art Gallery of South Australia and the South Australian Museum a year by young people? What do young people want from their city? In […]
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In the midst of the informational chaos of an Australian election, Brexit and the US primaries, how do we weigh the damage that social media has done to democracy? Is there a way in which the algorithms that optimise the technology towards misinformation and division might instead be directed to sustain peace? MOD. commissioned Superflux […]
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Today is the International Day of Peace, a day the United Nations devotes to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Peace is something we’ve been thinking about a lot at MOD. over the last few months as we prepare for an exhibition opening in November 2018 on the theme […]
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Late last year I was frustrated. I knew what we were trying to create and I could describe it if I talked around it. But I wanted to articulate our essence in a way that would resonate quickly with a broad audience. Finally we* worked it out. A place to be and be inspired. That’s […]
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