Edition 8, 2017 – Sharing common ground: Art, science and technology

Editorial

Editorial: Sharing common ground: Art, science and technology

By Jenny Wilson — Collaborations across arts, science and technology are growing. It appears that the more that non-arts academics become involved with artists, the more they see how art can provide deeper insight into their own disciplines.

Contribution, DDCA, Edition 8

Happy First Birthday NiTRO!

By Jenny Wilson — The first edition of NiTRO went live on 30 June 2016 with a focus on the future for creative arts amidst the flurry of government research and higher education reports.

Art & Science, Contribution, Edition 8

The contribution of science to art

By Professor Robyn Sloggett AM — Art practice and scientific enquiry have the same fundamental epistemological requirements; a broad and deep knowledge of the context in which they operate, the ability to contest and extend existing ontologies, and through this to be able to verify propositions in order to expand knowledge.

Contribution, Digital, Edition 8, Science & Technology

The Digital Now

By Professor Frank Millward — Living the dream immersed in data...

Contribution, Copyright, Edition 8, Teaching and Learning

Does Australian copyright help academic creators?

By Professor Patricia Aufderheide — Australia has one of the most restrictive copyright regimes in the world. Australian creators have fewer ways to access unlicensed copyright material than almost anywhere else.

Art & Science, Contribution, Edition 8, UWA

Shining (broken) Mirrors is not Gadgeteering

By Professor Oron Catts — The life sciences are rapidly shifting into an engineering pursuit. This means that a new, problematic, challenging and performative palette of artistic possibilities opens up.

Contribution, Creative Writing, Digital, Edition 8

Make Anew

By Oliver Smith — Art and technology. Creativity and invention. Curiosity and innovation. The artist can confidently claim a preeminent position as a generator of new knowledge. Within the Academy the artist can play an important role in unlocking unforeseen research potential by imaginatively engaging with burgeoning technology.

Art & Science, Contribution, Edition 8, QUT, Tasmania

Art & Science: Towards a meaningful and mutual exchange

By Dr Svenja J. Kratz and Anita Gowers — Since the establishment of UWA’s dedicated art and science lab SymbioticA in 2000, there has been a growing interest in fostering connections across art and science. An increasing number of academic staff and HDR students are working across the nexus of art and science at major Australian Universities including UNSW, Curtin, QUT, Monash and UTAS.

Contribution, Creative Writing, Digital, Edition 8

Writing dreams in the digital space

By Dr Jessica Seymour — Being a writer was always a romantic idea for me. I was a terribly antisocial child, and I liked the idea of hiding away in my bedroom for days – even months – on end and bashing away at a keyboard until a masterpiece came out. I was born in 1990, so a keyboard was part of my fantasy.

Art & Technology, Contribution, Dance, Edition 8

Directions in Dance Technology Research

By Professor Kim VIncs — As I write, I’m in London, having spent the last day as a member of the User Board for EU Horizon 2020 project, WhoLoDance[i]. WhoLoDance is developing a motion capture data library of dance movement across the genres of ballet, contemporary dance, flamenco and Greek folk dance, and a suite of new technological tools for searching, matching, documenting, learning and sharing dance.

NiTRO + Creative Matters