A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
SALA Artist Talk
As part of the SALA Festival 2022, MOD. hosted an In Conversation with The Unbound Collective where we delved into what it means to be present in shadows of absence, silence, and invisibility. What are the ideas that we can collectively bind ourselves to and what are the ideas that can set us free? The Unbound Collective and […]
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Schools Design Challenge 2022 Each year, MOD. holds a Schools Design Challenge open to secondary school students across the state. We offer a provocation related to our current exhibition and ask students to come up with a creative response. This year, for our exhibition INVISIBILITY, we asked: What is invisible that shouldn’t be? We invited […]
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MOD. was thrilled to host students from the STEM Aboriginal Learner Congress. The STEM Aboriginal Learner Congress is a Department for Education initiative that aims to inspire young Aboriginal scientists. 160 government schools gathered at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Thursday 18 August and Friday 19 August. The MOD. workshops, called Electrons to photons: Making […]
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In partnership with Chamber Music Adelaide and MOD.
Written in response to MOD.’s INVISIBILITY exhibition, five South Australian composers will take you on a musical journey within MOD. where we time travel underground, explore the algorithms of human experience and slow down to notice the importance of the land around us. Between the Binary by Belinda Gehlert Binary: Being in a state […]
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Work experience placements give high school students an introduction to workplaces, ideally in their areas of interest. These opportunities allow students to research directions for their futures, and connect them with diverse domains, organisations, and people. This year, we were happy to welcome eight year 10 and 11 students to MOD., and share our expertise and […]
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The Open Lab is our newest space and provides researchers with an opportunity to engage the public in their research. Our most recent resident, Aprille Chua, is a PhD Candidate at UniSA Creative. She is investigating the use of environmental graphic design (EGD) and augmented reality (AR) to boost employee wellbeing. Can these technologies work? […]
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We kicked off our first Q series event of the year today, a quick-fire lunchtime talk with researchers. Each month we will get together and attempt to answer some of the (small) questions behind INVISIBILITY. Dr Sabrina Einecke from the University of Adelaide and Associate Professor Ady James from UniSA joined us to talk about light, […]
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We kicked off our first Q series event of the year today, a quick-fire lunchtime talk with researchers. Each month we will get together and attempt to answer some of the (small) questions behind INVISIBILITY. Stanley Feetham and Associate Professor Anne Souvertjis from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute of Marketing Science are behind the Surveillance Project exhibit. […]
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We’re looking for people to join a MOD. Youth Board. It’s a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. We’re recruiting for new members now if this sounds like you. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of age You may be […]
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Conscious Cities Festival 2021 in Adelaide/Tarntanya
The Adelaide/Tarntanya Conscious Cities Festival is underway with a week’s work of talks focused on the person-space continuum. Conscious Cities 2021 is led by Trish Hansen of Urban Mind Studio and Alex Bruhn and Michelle Howie and their colleagues from Global Shapers Adelaide Hub, a network of young professionals. To put the Festival into context […]
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