SymbioticA Residencies: Call for Applications_

Date 11st March 2010
Tags Symbiotica, residencies, biology, art science

SymbioticA is a unique laboratory that facilitates artistic research residencies enabling artists and researchers to engage in wet biology practices within a biological science department.

SymbioticA calls for residencies twice yearly with applications closing on the 21 March and 21 September 2010. 

Its physical location within the The University of Western Australia's School of Anatomy & Human Biology exposes artists and researchers to the culture and practice of science providing a hothouse for developing new skills and knowledge for its residents. Residents practice lab work and are given training in scientific and technical knowledge related to the area of research the resident wishes to pursue.

SymbioticA also offers residents a wealth of resource equipment, knowledge and expertise. Residents have worked in collaboration with academics and technicians in the biological and social sciences, arts & humanities, engineering and agriculture departments.

While not claiming exclusivity or superiority of any one approach to artistic engagement with the life sciences, SymbioticA favours researchers that can utilise the unique resources it has access to. Having access to scientific laboratories and tools, SymbioticA is in a exceptional position to offer these resources for artistic research. The uniqueness of the hands-on approach to biologically based art is in that it produces actual manifestations of contestable ideas. In a society so saturated with, and desensitized to visual representations shown in all kinds of media, this kind of art actually deals with the direct, and sometimes visceral, presentation of processes and outcomes of life manipulation.

For more information, including details of the application process and previous residencies, go to: http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au

Websites

http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/residencies/guidelines_for_applications

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