This panel discussion will explore how transdisciplinary collaborations across art, science, and engineering take shape, focusing on hybrid practices that bridge creative imagination and research in science and technology.

Drawing on their own experience, three pairs of collaborators from diverse fields will discuss how they navigate cross-disciplinary research environments and build projects that combine artistic expression with scientific methodology and tools. Project presentations will feature: Dr Robert Ellis Walton and Prof Airlie Chapman, Briony Barr and Prof Andrew Melatos, Dr Chris Henschke and Dr. Michael Batten.

The panelists will also discuss both the unique benefits and challenges of cross-disciplinary teamwork, from addressing unconventional research problems to developing genuinely innovative forms of experimental research and creative expression.

Hosted by Dr Veronica Sinyanskaya.

Details:

Date: Wednesday 4 November, 5pm to 6:30pm

Venue: Brown Theatre (106), Level 1, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Building (193), Parkville, The University of Melbourne

Format: In-person

Cost: Free

This event is part of a Culture of Experimentation series, held over a few separate dates.

The series explores the fascinating history, challenges, and methodologies of interdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and engineering, and reveals how encounters between these realms have become a blueprint for new forms of knowledge synthesis and a driving force behind contemporary creative culture.

Follow the link below for information on the other sessions:

Culture of Experimentation: Converging Art, Science & Engineering

Image: Briony Barr, Detail from Experiment #3. Electrical tape on floorboards. National Art School, Sydney, 2012

Image courtesy of the artist.