Swimmable! ARTS LAB

from the Swimmable! partner workshop 2013

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

GASP! at Wilkinson's point. 

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

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

Swimmable! Workshop, 2013

Professor Tim Jackson, University of Surrey

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

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

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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).