A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
What do climate change, evolution and upcoming referendum on The Voice to Parliament all have in common? Their opponents often use similar sorts of rhetorical tactics to create doubt and confusion. John Cook is a behavioural scientist who has studied the kinds of arguments used in climate denial over decades. His FLICC framework is […]
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Over the 2022-2023 Summer period, MOD. in collaboration with the The Australian Research Centre for Virtual and Interactive Environments at UniSA hosted a Vacation Student project with IT student Xuan Tien Pham. You can see the result of the project on display now with the interactive video animation he created visible as you enter the […]
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Do you like presenting research to the public? Or are you looking for an avenue to sharpen your communication skills? MOD. holds a number of events involving public engagement throughout the year, and we are hoping to grow our network of hosts and science communicators. We currently have opportunities for chairing panels and hosting events […]
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The opportunity – Open Artist Call for Interactive Data Sculpture for our 2023 Exhibition The MOD. exhibition for 2023, FLEX, will invite visitors to consider pushing limits. The exhibition will explore provocations like: Are you prepared for the future? Where are our limits? Are limits moveable? This exhibition will explore concepts associated with flexing boundaries. FLEX will invite visitors to […]
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When everything changed in 2020, the research conducted by Sensor Systems group at UniSA STEM changed too. Adaptability is really just the ability for a system to change in evolving conditions. When the pandemic struck, Javaan Chahl and his group were able to adapt a machine vision and AI process, initially designed around search and […]
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In our current exhibition HEDONISM we invite visitors to explore themes around consent and relationships through a game based interaction with an alien. When it comes to exploring our very human bodies when it comes to pleasure, we’ve taken a different approach. People are more embarrassed to talk about masturbation than porn Seeking pleasure is […]
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In a future of collapse, there is an implant relating to pets. This is the type of prompt you might get when playing The Thing From the Future, a game of speculative design created by Stuart Candy at the Situation Lab. It’s hard for us to think about the future in abstract ways. These prompts, […]
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