A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
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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MOD. is currently recruiting people to join our Casual Moderator team for our current exhibition FLEX. About the Role: Our Moderators are responsible for providing a positive and safe experience for our visitors by ensuring exhibits are operating as designed, providing additional information about the science and research behind the exhibits, reporting faults and incidents, […]
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MOD. is looking for people to join our Youth Board in 2023. It’s a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. Sound like you? We’re recruiting for new members now. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of age You may be […]
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By Dr Sarah Moulds During October and November 2022 I was part of the MOD Open Lab Residency program which gave me an opportunity to share my research on the way the community engages with their parliaments. Trust in democracy is pretty fragile in Australia, and many people feel disconnected from things like politics and […]
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Three artists whose practice is rooted in science, technology and disability came together for a week, to discover something about how ‘performances’ and interactive exhibitions invite participants into a shared experience of access intimacy. Michèle Saint-Yves, Bianka Kennedy and Eugenie Lee’s ambition is to deliver an experience that transforms participants ‘knowledge about disability’ to ‘embodied […]
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SALA Artist Talk
As part of the SALA Festival 2022, MOD. hosted an In Conversation with The Unbound Collective where we delved into what it means to be present in shadows of absence, silence, and invisibility. What are the ideas that we can collectively bind ourselves to and what are the ideas that can set us free? The Unbound Collective and […]
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Schools Design Challenge 2022 Each year, MOD. holds a Schools Design Challenge open to secondary school students across the state. We offer a provocation related to our current exhibition and ask students to come up with a creative response. This year, for our exhibition INVISIBILITY, we asked: What is invisible that shouldn’t be? We invited […]
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MOD. was again thrilled to host students from the STEM Aboriginal Learner Congress and provide Aboriginal learners with a range of interactive and challenging STEM-related learning experiences. The STEM Aboriginal Learner Congress is a Department for Education initiative aimed at inspiring the next generation of young Aboriginal scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. 160 government schools […]
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In partnership with Chamber Music Adelaide and MOD.
Written in response to MOD.’s INVISIBILITY exhibition, five South Australian composers will take you on a musical journey within MOD. where we time travel underground, explore the algorithms of human experience and slow down to notice the importance of the land around us. Between the Binary by Belinda Gehlert Binary: Being in a state […]
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Work experience placements give high school students an introduction to workplaces, ideally in their areas of interest. These opportunities allow students to research directions for their futures, and connect them with diverse domains, organisations, and people. This year, we were happy to welcome eight year 10 and 11 students to MOD., and share our expertise and […]
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