In 2024 we’re introducing the inaugural Locale ANAT program, with the first hot desk / creative in residence, beginning in June with a sponsored position for SA based artist Constantine (Kosta) Stefanou.

Constantine Stefanou is a Greek-Australian, Adelaide based multidisciplinary sound artist, musician, arts organiser, and emerging scientist. Stefanou is director of the local arts initiative MUD Improvisation and Extended domains which exists to aid in cultural and ecological restoration through empowering individuals, groups and communities to engage in experimental modes of creative practice and research. MUD also produces live performance events, reading groups/arts labs, and arts residencies.

Kosta says “MUD is a place for finished and unfinished works, where publishing can be privileged as a process as much as a finality.” This focus on process and experimentation is a guiding key principle for ANAT.

Kosta is also an emerging scientist in ecology and spatial sciences currently engaging in honours research at Flinders University. His work in the sciences and arts centres on sustainable development through researching creative-arts methodologies in ecological restoration, making ready for the increasing weirdness in eco-social-techno systems.

The pilot program aims to provide emerging and early career artists working with interest in art, science and technology with the scaffolding to mentor and support them in a practical way in their practice. Through in kind support Locale ANAT provides a space to inspire their process and build a creative community.