A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Ethos: the ethics of organic food
MOD. hosted its first Ethos Community of Practice for 2022 in April. This endeavour looks at the ethics of technology and research – in this case the ethics of organic food. It aims to foster a culture of ethical questioning amongst researchers and the public. This forum looked at the ethics of organic food as […]
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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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We kicked off our first Q series event of the year today, a quick-fire lunchtime talk with researchers. Each month we will get together and attempt to answer some of the (small) questions behind INVISIBILITY. Stanley Feetham and Associate Professor Anne Souvertjis from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute of Marketing Science are behind the Surveillance Project exhibit. […]
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Arts leaders from Adelaide and Korea discuss transforming art and technology.
Case studies from MOD. and other South Australian organisations were centre stage at ‘Art + Technology Interface: Translating, Transforming and Transitioning’ on 24-25 February. The University of South Australia and the Korean Association of Arts Management, drew together arts leaders from Adelaide and Korea. As well as us, leaders from South Australia included: Illuminate Adelaide Patch Theatre […]
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Did you know that birds aren’t real? Those feathery things you see flying about in the sky aren’t actually living creatures. They’re drones piloted by the US Government built to spy on us. I’m not serious, of course. It’s the biggest conspiracy theory to come out of Gen Z, spread to play on the misinformation […]
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We’re looking for people to join a MOD. Youth Board. It’s a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. We’re recruiting for new members now if this sounds like you. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of age You may be […]
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Undergound, featured in INVISIBILITY, is a collaboration between artists, researchers and designers. Here two of the artists share their statements about the contributions they made. Rhythm of Earth Composition by Surahn Sidhu Surahn has used field recordings of Kookaburra’s, Magpies and eerie winds captured whilst on expedition along the Eyre Peninsula. The composition is […]
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Words by Ali Gumillya Baker
The following words are taken from an interview with Ali conducted by MOD. in 2021, discussing her personal connection with Mirning Country as a Mirning woman. My name is Ali Gumillya Baker, and I’m an artist and an academic. I was born and raised on Kaurna Yarta. My family are from the west coast of South Australia, […]
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Words by Peter Walker
The collection of suspended sculptures is titled Up-welling. Alluding to a time when the Nullarbor Plain was once the ocean floor, these works are inspired by the “up-welling” phenomena that occurs along the Eucla Shelf of the Great Australian Bight. During the spring and summer months, dominant high-pressure systems create onshore winds that draw nutrient […]
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Ethos: The ethics of DIY DNA
MOD. hosted its final Ethos Community of Practice for 2021 in November. This endeavor looks at the ethics of technology and research – in this case the ethics of DIY DNA tests. It aims to foster a culture of ethical questioning amongst researchers and the public. This forum looked at the ethics of DIY DNA […]
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