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GEO: Art of the Collection at Geoscience Australia (2018-2019)
Nature not equal to Culture
Geoscience Australia has a vast collection of rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils. In a collaboration with SOAD, around fifty artists were invited to spend a day amongst the spectacular displays and explore ways in which they might respond to the collection via their chosen medium. The outcomes of the project included an SOAD symposium and...
Life Support (2017-2019)
Nature not equal to Culture
This project was supported by funding from the School of Art and Design and the ANU Research School of Humanities and the Arts. Habitat loss is a critical threat to Australian biodiversity. In this collaborative project, US architect Joyce Hwang (University at Buffalo) worked with Mitchell Whitelaw and Darren Le Roux of ACT Parks and...
New Hollows Habitats (2019 – current)
Nature not equal to Culture
This project is supported by funding from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Small Grants Scheme ($8000) and through the ANU Vice Chancellor’s Visiting Artist Fellowship Scheme ($8000). Nesting hollow availability is a critical limiting factor on native bird populations including rosellas, cockatoos, parrots, pardalotes, kookaburras and...
Urban Timber Rescue Project (2019- current)
Nature not equal to Culture
To date, this project has been funded by the ANU Fenner School’s Environment and Society Synthesis Program ($15,000) and the ANU Research School of Humanities and Arts’ Cross-College Research Scheme ($15,000). Every year, thousands of ACT city trees are removed and chipped. In order to divert these natural resources from the waste stream and...
Vice-Chancellor's Creative Research Fellows (2020)
Nature not equal to Culture
The Vice-Chancellor Creative Research Fellowship is an innovative Scheme that aims to promote collaborative research between disciplines in the University and provide opportunities for developing future trans-disciplinary research. In 2020 the 2 visiting fellows, projects proposals demonstrate the range of questions by researchers in the Nature...
Vice-Chancellor's Creative Research Fellows: Selected past projects (2019)
Nature not equal to Culture
Dr Rebecca Mayo collaborating with Associate Professor Cristopher Brack, Fenner School of Environment and Society. Dr Mayo’s research examines how an ethics and practice of care, might establish new ways of experiencing urban ecologies. Reflecting on the ability of contemporary artists and scientists to gather huge amounts of data, her project...
