About

Still from Choreographic Camouflage Directed and Designed by Liam Young, Choreography by Jacob Jonas, Performed by Jacob Jonas The Company.
Stelarc, Propel: Body on Robot Arm, Demonstrable, Autronics / Lawrence Wilson Gallery, 2019 Photographer Steven Alyian.
93% Human, Helen Pynor, 2022, video, 10.20 min. This project was supported by ANAT, SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute), and Queensland Museum for the Curiocity Festival. Image courtesy of the artist.
Philip Samartzis, High Altitude Research Station at Jungfraujoch, 2019, Digital Image. Photo Philip Samartzis.

ANAT SPECTRA 2022 is an artistic and discursive platform inspired by the intersection of art, science and technology on the theme of Multiplicity.

ANAT SPECTRA was originally instigated by artist, Mary Rosengren and CSIRO host partner, Cris Kennedy, following their ANAT Synapse residency in 2011. SPECTRA 2012 was held at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in Canberra, and brought together some of Australia’s leading artists and scientists discussing the use of images and data in the studio and the laboratory.

SPECTRA 2018 was held at the University of South Australia’s Cancer Research Institute and MOD., featuring 102 artists, scientists and presenters. Comprising a three-day symposium presenting collaborative research, an exhibition showcasing research outcomes, and a public program of screenings, talks, performances and special events. Dr Jill Scott, Professor Emerita for Art and Science Research in the Institute Cultural Studies in the Arts, ZhdK, in Zürich and founder of its Artists-in-Labs program gave the opening keynote.

ANAT SPECTRA 2022 Program Curator

Award-winning contemporary artist, curator, producer, writer and thinker David Pledger is the inaugural Program Curator for ANAT SPECTRA 2022. Working at the nexus of the performing, visual and media arts in Australia, Asia and Europe, David is notable for engaging publics in productive and provocative ways.

ANAT CEO Melissa DeLaney says “ANAT is at the forefront of experimental practice, and to be working as an organisation with David is a chance for this ethos to enter into the ways in which we design our culture and programs. David has a highly collaborative practice, centred very much around ideas and possible futures. We are positive about this influence on the model of presentation of this year’s ANAT SPECTRA and what this experience will bring to our artists and network.”

David Pledger is founding Artistic Director of not yet it’s difficult (NYID), one of Australia’s seminal interdisciplinary arts companies. Working nationally and internationally across performing, visual and media arts, David is an artist, curator, writer, dramaturg and producer often performing these roles simultaneously and retrospectively in highly collaborative, constructed artistic and research fields. He creates artworks and public events of scale with multiple intentions including the valorisation of artistic practice and the mobilization of granular, progressive social change.

ANAT SPECTRA 2022 Program Curator, David Pledger. Photograph Kyung Na.

SANS FORGETICA

The multiplicity typeface is Sans Forgetica, a font designed using the principles of cognitive psychology by a multidisciplinary team of designers and behavioural scientists from RMIT University. Sans Forgetica is more difficult to read than most typefaces – and that’s by design. The ‘desirable difficulty’ you experience when reading information formatted in Sans Forgetica prompts your brain to engage in deeper processing.’

ANAT

Collaboration is in ANAT’s DNA. We forge relationships across industry, academia, the community and government to create unique opportunities for artists. We deliver residencies, symposia, workshops and other professional pathways, supported by robust national and international networks. For over 30 years from its home base in Adelaide, South Australia, the Australian Network for Art & Technology has been at the forefront of the international community of artists working with the science and technology sectors.

ANAT expedites experimentation across art, science and technology by identifying opportunities and delivering projects that enable artists to contribute meaningfully to Australia’s reputation for creativity, diversity and innovation.

ANAT is the early adopter of the Australian arts sector. We introduce artists to new experiences, with partners drawn from areas with limited exposure to the transformative power of the arts. We channel experimental artists and those working with emerging forms of research and practice into the broader arts sector and creative industries.