Swimmable! ARTS LAB

17 - 20 September 2014

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It's important to allow exploration of the wide range of perspectives and subject matter that is available to artists in respect of the river's story.

from the Swimmable! partner workshop 2013

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Pavillon at Wilkinson's Point, designed by Room 11 Architectsdesigned by Room 11 Architects

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GASP! at Wilkinson's point. 

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Swimmable!’ is the catch-cry for artists to play a leading role, inspiring environmental restoration of the Derwent at Elwick Bay

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Elwick Bay, site of GASP! within the Derwent Estuary. 

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Elwick Bay (February 1958). Photo courtesy of Margaret Corrigan.

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Swimmable! Workshop, 2013

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Science can sketch the nature of the problem. Technology can facilitate the solutions. Economics can point out the costs and benefits. Art engages the soul. Art looks like the perfect addition to our instruments of change.

Professor Tim Jackson, University of Surrey

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Susan Philipsz, The Waters Twine, 2013. 8 channel sound Installation. Image: Rob Harrison.

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I would like to see a sensory, interactive art that celebrates the economic and environmental balance that we need to strike in this area.

Barbara McGregor, Nyrstar (during the Swimmable! Workshop 2013)

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THIS PAGE PROFILES THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS INVITED TO THE SWIMMABLE! LAB

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THIS PAGE PROFILES LOCAL RESEARCH, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE LAB

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IMAS

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) pursues multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work to advance understanding of temperate marine, Southern Ocean, and Antarctic environments. The vision of IMAS is to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence for marine and Antarctic research and education. By translating nature in to knowledge, IMAS develops environmental understanding and facilitates sustainable development for the benefit of Australia and the world.

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Sense-T

Sense-T is creating the world's first economy-wide intelligent sensor network that integrates different data sources to build a digital view of Tasmania. Sense-T will give business, governments and communities the tools to make better decisions - to help us do more with less.

Sense-T will be a shared resource for clever people to develop new approaches to economic, environmental and social sustainability. These can be tested in Tasmania and scaled elsewhere in the world.

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Derwent Estuary Program

The Derwent Estuary Program (DEP) is a regional partnership between local governments, the Tasmanian state government, commercial and industrial enterprises, and community-based groups to restore and promote the estuary. The DEP was established in 1999 and has been nationally recognised for excellence in coordinating initiatives to reduce water pollution, conserve habitats and species, monitor river health and promote greater use and enjoyment of the foreshore. 

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Nigel Helyer

Nigel Helyer is a sculptor and sound artist with an international reputation for his large-scale sonic installations, environmental sculpture works and new media projects. His practice is actively inter-disciplinary linking creative practice with scientific research and development. These interests form part of a larger project that seeks to integrate cultural and technical systems, especially those concerned with sound and acoustic ecology, within an environmental and biological context. 

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Tega Brain

Tega Brain is an artist and engineer whose work rethinks the infrastructures, interfaces and institutions that structure our relationship with larger environment systems. She creates site-specific installations, dysfunctional devices, experimental infrastructures, speculative services and information visualisations (sometimes using underpants).