Art
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Sciences & Technology
The spambots are coming for your job, Aldous Huxley
Robotic ‘Spam’ tins recreating dystopian fiction ask us to consider the role of AI, art and animals in society – and how they intersect
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Arts & Culture
Art can be anywhere
Project Anywhere, a ten-year-long global exhibition program, explores the where and when of art outside the traditional exhibition circuits
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Arts & Culture
Shaping the future market for digital art
Buying art in cryptocurrency has seen record-breaking prices followed by a crash in recent years, but there are ways to remove the volatility to benefit both artists and buyers
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Arts & Culture
The arts can help us recover from disasters - creatively
‘Creative recovery’ arts projects improve mental health and wellbeing, but better planning and resourcing is needed to support artists and communities
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Arts & Culture
Gendered labour in the Australian arts
Researchers are using cultural data to highlight the obscured history of Australian women artists, revealing gender disparities and opportunities for positive change
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Arts & Culture
Building intercultural engagement through music
A new framework aims to celebrate and generate opportunities for cultural exchange and the expression of new cultural identities through shared music
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Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
From art restorer to DNA explorer
Torn between fine art and science, Associate Professor Elizabeth Hinde tried both, before finding her dream role in studying the nuclear architecture of living cells
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Arts & Culture
How the VCA’s history can help shape Melbourne’s future
As the VCA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, what lessons can Melbourne’s post-lockdown artists draw from the institution’s rich history?
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Arts & Culture
What if Monet were shorter?
Altering the height of an artist’s eye level changes their perspective – but might this also alter the appeal of their paintings?
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Arts & Culture
Miniature Qur’ans and travelling manuscripts
Didar: Stories of Middle Eastern Manuscripts is a new exhibition from the Grimwade Centre bringing together themes of making and cultural knowledge