Event | Andrew Styan

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August 10, 2024

You Are Here paper at the ISEA conference

Presented my PhD research as a paper at the ISEA conference in Meanjin/Brisbane in July. The conference was like a family reunion of the Experimenta tour that I was part of from 2017 to 2021 with 8 or so of the artists and curators from that tour present.

The paper can be found here: You Are Here: A system thinking approach for navigating an uncertain future and outlines in theoretical terms the You Are Here project.

Also the first time that ‘Dr’ has appeared in front of my name. Yes, the PhD is finished, time to implement what I’ve developed … I believe it will make a difference.

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March 27, 2019

Catching Breaths at Testing Grounds

Excited to be invited to host Catch Your Breath at the one night Testing Grounds event in South Melbourne in March. Upwards of 600 people attend the regular one night markets with 20 or so artisan maker stalls and a dozen artists.

I don’t often get the chance to engage with visitors and talk about their response to seeing their breath captured and the ideas behind the work. At least 100 people caught their breath, contributing more than 200 breaths to the archive, which is now well over 16,000 breaths. With 3 cities remaining in the Experimenta tour, we may exceed 30,000 breaths.

Images copyright Keelan O’Herir.

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April 23, 2017

Graduation day and medals

Five years of study (including a one-year break) and last Friday night I was awarded a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art and the Faculty and University Medals for outstanding achievement.

A hectic but rewarding journey.

Graduation handshake