Assemblage is Flinders University’s research centre for

artistic enquiry and art creation.

Research Translation

Bestiaries of the More-Than-Humane

The first to kick of our 2024 Fringe activities was Bestiaries of the More-Than-Humane, held on the 29th February. The small workshop, guided by Jonathon Keats (Arizona) and Associate Professor Alice Gorman, attracted a range of stakeholders and community members.

In the session, Jonathon and Alice gave a lesson in bestiaries; a popular text in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages (about 500–1500), largely focused on each animal’s meaning.

Night of Readings

During the Fringe, Assemblage hosted a night of curated creative readings from the Centre’s members and friends.

The format of the event showcased the depth and breadth of research being undertaken at Assemblage – from PhD students to researchers at the cutting-edge of their fields. Guests were treated to singing to Talking Heads, finding laughter in aged care, questioning the meaning of life through life, exploring the definition of motherhood and defining policies that can fortify the Arts sector for decades to come.

Hyperaurea

Hyperaurea: Equinox charts a course through Antarctica, the last frontier on Earth, as experienced by Sean Williams.

On Wednesday 13th March, Hyperaurea's ambient music (Williams) and hypnotic visuals (Katie Cavanagh and Shane Bevin) combined in two unique presentations: an intimate, fully-immersive ambisonic experience, and a four hour open-air iteration.

Watch now: Hyperaurea @ FUMA

Assemblage Seed Grants – Now Open

This year the scheme is targeted to supporting publications, grant applications and creative developments occurring in 2024.

Grants will be awarded to Assemblage members and their collaborators, with transdisciplinarity (team configuration and content) seen as a strength. Applications close COB Tuesday 30 April.

Click here to download the guidelines and application form.

Ambisonic Artist in Residence

During his Assemblage residency, Jesse is working on Mandala - an ambisonic soundscape composition, drawing metaphorically on the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of the mandala as a three-dimensional projection of a particular deity's palatial residence.

Mandala will celebrate the soundscapes of South Australian national parks and is concerned with cultivating respect and reverence for their resident non-human inhabitants.

“The Assemblage residency is a wonderful opportunity to produce new work, simultaneously exploring new technologies (like the Void and the Ambisonic Studios), cultivating necessary new skill sets to effectively use them and engaging with fresh perspectives and ideas” Dr Jesse Budel said.

Find out more about our Artist in Residence program

Featured Works

Works by academics

Postgraduate works

The Void

Assemblage’s motion capture and digital story platform is The Void – a powerful collaboration space for digitising performance, screen production and experimentation.

The Void is a flexible and adaptable digital facility that integrates performance and digital art to produce creative works that can be projected on a screen or played as video games – all in real-time, high visual fidelity and centred on the vision of the artist.

Sally Coleman in the VOID with Unreal Engine

Digital Artist in Residence

Find out more about our Artists in Residence

Find out more about Rosina's project Herding Caterpillars

Each year Assemblage runs an Artist in Residence programme which is the result of a competitive application process. The two – three month residency is designed to benefit the chosen artist as well as our students and researchers. Their work is allied to the major research themes of Assemblage.

In 2022 we hosted our Digital and Environmental Artist in Residence, Rosina Possingham. This residency was focused on amplifying research and activity in our motion capture and virtual production studio The Void.

2022 Artist in Residence Rosina Possingham

_{Project partners: Flinders University's The Void, Butterfly Conservation SA, Brewed Engagement Extended Reality (BEER) Labs}

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Associate Professor Tully Barnett

Director - Assemblage Centre

Professor Chris Hay

Deputy Director - Assemblage Centre

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Acknowledgement of Country

Flinders University was established on the lands of the Kaurna nation, with the first University campus, Bedford Park, located on the ancestral body of Ngannu near Warriparinga. Warriparinga is a significant site in the complex and multilayered Dreaming of the Kaurna ancestor, Tjilbruke. For the Kaurna nation, Tjilbruke was a keeper of the fire and a peacemaker/lawmaker. Tjilbruke is part of the living culture and traditions of the Kaurna people. His spirit lives in the Land and Waters, in the Kaurna people and in the glossy ibis (known as Tjilbruke for the Kaurna). Through Tjilbruke, the Kaurna people continue their creative relationship with their Country, its spirituality and its stories.

Flinders University acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians, both past and present, of the various locations the University operates on, and recognises their continued relationship and responsibility to these Lands and Waters.

Flinders University Reconciliation Action Plan