A free 80-piece exhibition trail with augmented reality display will be held during the Adelaide Fringe to showcase the results of four workshops that combine science, art and industry on paper and canvas.
Funded by Inspiring SA and organised by Flinders University with local industry partner Micro-X, the ‘SmART Science‘ project encouraged a collective of 60 students, members of the public and Flinders University staff to try their hand at making nature-inspired art from microscopic and X-ray images.
The microscopic and X-ray images used in the artworks was supplied by Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis and Micro-X, an SA X-Ray company. Works on display also include digital creations from a digital workshop held for Flinders staff and students.
The art trail will be on show near the Flinders University building at the Tonsley Innovation District Main Assembly Building from 5pm-8pm on Thursday 23 February. Display areas featuring the artworks include digital screens in the Flinders Tonsley building foyer, the nearby Tonsley Pod and Central Garden.
The ‘Science at the Fringe’ program also features a Heaps Good Productions show, entitled ‘A Curious Thing: The Story of Mary Anning,’ which explores a pioneering female palaeontologist’s struggles to join the scientific world in the early 1800s. The show will run at Ayers House, North Tce, Adelaide, in the Ballroom and Library, from 22 February to 11 March, and Flinders Associate Professor Alice Gorman will take part in a panel discussion at the show’s opening night. Go to the Adelaide Fringe website for more information.
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Inspiring South Australia works to create personal connections to STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) through experiences to learn more about research, innovations, industries and the opportunities available for education, employment and enjoyment.
SmART Science was supported by Micro-X STEM Outreach Communications Officer Susanne Sahlos, nature artist Erica Li and Flinders University staff and student including Dr Ula Alexander, cybersecurity student Evan Sahlos (digital software and augmented reality), Liwen Seto, James Herbet, Liam Howard-Fabretto, Jodie Hoff, Zoe Gardner, Jason Thomann, Birte Moser and Kenneth Pope, who also programmed the multiscreen display.