A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Written by Lucy Percival
For 3 days, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to discover the inner workings of MOD. – the Museum of Discovery – through undertaking work experience in an environment that blends the line between science, art and design into interactive exhibits and installation. Through my work placement, I had the opportunity to immerse […]
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Here are 7 reasons you should come and visit MOD. during the holidays:
1. It’s free and easy to get to We are completely free! But if location is what you’re after, we also have you covered. MOD. is conveniently located in the heart of the city and accessible from every corner of Adelaide. We are on North Terrace, adjacent to the Morphett Street Bridge. We are open […]
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Written by Jazmin Colombini
I had been given the opportunity to have a peek behind closed doors of MOD. at UniSA through a short-term Work Experience Program. I was captivated by what the course had to offer and the new opportunities that would come to surface. I feel that my knowledge in the art world and community has expanded […]
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We approached Radio Adelaide to partner with us to provide the soundtrack of HEDONISM. Over the course of the exhibition we will feature songs selected by Radio Adelaide hosts. Here we go! Caitlin Adams Presenter, Packed Lunch “These songs make me wanna dance when I hear them because a dance break is one of my favourite […]
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Written by Jonathon Keats and Alice Gorman
A few years ago, we started to think about the problems of communicating with sentient beings beyond our planet. Since the earliest days of the Space Age, scientists have tried to send messages to other beings using spacecraft and radio signals. They’ve used telescopes to look for possible signs of planetary engineering, and listened for […]
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A four-part podcast series by UniSA final year journalism students.
What happens when you bring together one of Australia’s newest and most innovative public museums, MOD. with a trio of final year journalism students? MOD.cast – a four-part podcast series that asks some of the big and controversial questions young people want to understand. The series explores reality in a virtual world, the blur between […]
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Tomorrow (Saturday 10 February) marks three months until we launch MOD.
For the last 12 and a bit months, we have thinking about a space that is largely unknown and mostly unseen. While we have had floor plans, dimensions, ceiling grids and approximate locations, we have been limited, since January last year, to a once-monthly visit inside at best. I reckon I’ve spent a total of […]
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2017 has been a huge year for MOD.
Our team has grown from one person (Kristin) to nine. We’ve produced an anthology and an art exhibition in collaboration with SA Museum and UniSA’s wonderful communication design students. We’ve run robot and design workshops with young people and have welcomed our first Youth Advisory Board. We’ve met so many new people — makers, artists, technologists, researchers, creators and young adults who have helped us along the […]
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“Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it — whole-heartedly — and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings”. (Quiller-Crouch, 1914) Just like any good writer, we’ve been killing our darlings as we’ve developed the narrative, and the content, for our first exhibition MOD.IFY. This has been a necessary part […]
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A special guest post from MOD.YAB member, Eleanor Brown
A few months ago I was asked to join the MOD. YAB. Which is the Youth Advisory Board for MOD. (You can check it out here!) Being a part of the YAB has already taught me a lot, including how much learning and school has changed. Eleanor Browne […]
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