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Svenja Kratz

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Svenja Johni Kratz

Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice
Art | School of Creative Arts and Media

Room 2.33C , Centre for the Arts

+61 3 6226 4347 (phone)

Svenja.Kratz@utas.edu.au

Dr Svenja Kratz is a lecturer in interdisciplinary creative practice at the School of Creative Arts and Media (CAM). Her research focuses on the critical and creative affordances of new and emerging technologies, particularly in the life sciences domain. Key areas of research are: feminist technoscience, posthumanisms and biological art.

Biography

Dr Kratz is a practice-based researcher with a strong track record of major non-traditional research outputs operating in the nexus of art, design, science and technology. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology and Contemporary Art from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and has expertise in cell and tissue culture and interdisciplinary arts practice. Her research encompasses both solo and collaborative projects. From 2008 – 2012, she worked in the area of cell and tissue culture at QUT’s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI).  During this time, she produced three major bodies of work that mapped her engagement with contemporary biotechnologies including primary culture of human and fetal calf cells, tissue and genetic engineering. Since 2013, she has worked with researchers and creative practitioners across music, design, architecture, electrical engineering, molecular biology and biomanufacturing and produced a range of works that explore the complexity of living systems and highlight the philosophical and ethical implications of engineered life.   Creative outcomes have been exhibited at a range of local, national and international venues including the Sydney Powerhouse Museum in 2013, Experimenta Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art touring Australia from 2015 – 2016, Contempoary Art Tasmania in 2016, The Science Gallery London in 2019 and Rosny Barn Gallery, Tasmania in 2020.

Career summary

Qualifications

PhD, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. Thesis: Art-Science in Practice: Exploring the critical and creative potentials of transdisciplinary art and science practice using a methodological and conceptual framework of creative becoming.

BCA (1st Class Hons), Griffith University, Australia, 2004.

Languages (other than English)

English

German

Memberships

Professional practice

Art Association of Australian and New Zealand [AAANZ]

National Association for the Visual Arts [NAVA]

Australian Network of Art and Technology [ANAT]

Contemporary Art Tasmania [CAT]

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery [TMAG]

Rhizome Digital Art Platform

Administrative expertise

Managing Large and Cross-faculty Projects

Teamwork and Collaboration

Verbal & Written Communication

L&T and Course Coordination

Human Ethics

Risk and WHS Assessment

Research Appointments

Artist in Residence: Posthuman Genetic Legacies, QUT Centre for Regenerative Medicine, UTAS School of Medicine, UTAS Centre for Law and Genetics, June 2021 – Feb 2022

Artist in Residence: BioSynthetic Systems, IHBI (Regenerative Medicine) and School of Design (Interactive Visual Design), QUT, Brisbane, June 2015 – June 2016

Artist in Residence: Schools of Architecture, Information Technology & Electrical Engineering [ITEE], Music, The Queensland Brain Institute [QBI] and the UQ Art Museum, University of Queensland, July – November 2015

Artist in Residence: Art & Genomics Centre (TAGC)/Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, July – December 2013

Artist in Residence: Symbiotica: Centre of Excellence in the Biological Arts, University of Western Australia, Perth February - May 2010

Research Invitations

LASER Leonardo Talk: Posthuman Genetic Legacies, Invited speaker, June 2021

Experimenta Social: #40 Working with Life, Invited speaker, April 2021

Matter and Muck: Bio-art, Ecocriticism, and the Material Turn, Invited speaker, Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2013

Bioscience: Other Nature, Presentation: Ethics in Contemporary Bioart and Science, Invited Speaker, The Edge, Digital Cultural Centre, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Invited speaker, IMB Lecture Theatre, Vienna, 2011

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Expertise

Dr Kratz uses practice-based, interdisciplinary research approaches to examine current biotechnological trajectories and the impact of technologies on concepts of ‘self’ and ‘other’. She works with project partners across art, design, science, law and engineering to highlight natureculture entanglements and identify the philosophical and ethical implications of new and emerging technologies. She contributes to the field of biological art by implementing a methodological framework of creative becoming and merging fine art and new media production strategies.  She uses her creative otuputs to highlight the value of the creative arts in critical future thinking and her research is regularly cited by researchers from the creative arts, cultural studies and philosophy domains as an example of critical bioarts practice.

Research Expertise: Cell and Tissue Culture and Contemporary Art, Posthumanisms, Art-Science, Biological Art, Feminist Art Practice

Collaboration

Dr Kratz has a strong record of interdisciplinary research collaborations. Since 2016, she has worked with artist Dr. Bill Hart and D/Prof. Dietmar Hutmacher from the QUT Centre for Regenerative Medicine on projects that use 3D printing technologies and artificial intelligence. The 2017 project Biosynthetic Systems incorporated tissue engineering and additive biomanufacturing techniques to highlight the potentials of 21st century biomedical sciences and the agency of living biomaterials. Prototypes from this exhibition led to the development of artworks Monument to Immortality and Ghost Writer which were exhibited as part of the 2019 Spare Parts program at the Science Gallery London (UK). More recently, Dr. Kratz has partnered with D/Prof. Dietmar Hutmacher from QUT, A/Prof. Jane Nielsen from the Centre for Law and Genetics and A/Prof. Brad Sutherland and Dr. Jo-Maree Courtney from the School of Medicine on the Posthuman Genetic Legacies project. Funded by a prestigious 2021 ANAT Synapse Grant, this study uses cell and tissue culture to explore alternative forms of biological offspring and examine current legislative guidelines regarding the use of biomaterials across disciplinary domains.

Awards

2021 ANAT Synapse Residency Recipient

2018 Arts Tasmania ArtsBridge Grant Recipient

2015 Creative Sparks Innovation Grant (Brisbane City Council)

2014 Arts QLD Culture Champion (Arts and Biotechnology)

2012 Queensland New Media Art Scholarship for Professional Development (QAG/GOMA)

Current projects

Posthuman Genetic Legacies: http://kratz2021.blog.anat.org.au/

Fields of Research

  • Fine arts (360602)
  • Visual arts (360699)
  • Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy (390101)
  • Visual cultures (360104)
  • Teacher education and professional development of educators (390307)
  • Library and information studies (461099)
  • Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications (510204)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curriculum and pedagogy (450201)
  • CAD/CAM systems (401402)
  • Metals and alloy materials (401607)
  • Law, science and technology (480408)
  • Cell development, proliferation and death (310102)

Research Objectives

  • The creative arts (130103)
  • Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies (280122)
  • Teacher and instructor development (160303)
  • Arts (130199)
  • Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum (160301)
  • Industrial chemicals and related products (240999)
  • Expanding knowledge in the health sciences (280112)
  • Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
  • Expanding knowledge in engineering (280110)
  • Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences (280102)
  • Law reform (230405)
  • Metals (120303)
  • Legal processes (230406)

Publications

Total publications

48

Highlighted publications

(5 outputs)
YearTypeCitationAltmetrics
2020Major Creative WorkKratz SJ, Blacklow P, Gowers A, 'Mourning Story: Expectations, Absences and the Potentials for Self-Persistence', Clarence City Council, Rosny Barn Gallery, Rosny Park, Tasmania (2020) [Published Creative Work]

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2019Major Creative WorkKratz S, 'Site of Infection and Ghosts and Echoes', Ten Days on the Island, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media, UTAS (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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2019Major Creative WorkKratz S, Hart B, Hutmacher DW, 'Monument to Immortality', Science Gallery, curated by Stephanie Delcroix, London (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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Co-authors: Hart B

2019Major Creative WorkKratz S, Hart W, 'Ghost Writer', Science Gallery London, King's College, London, UK (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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Co-authors: Hart W

2016Major Creative WorkKratz S, 'Foundations and Ripples', The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland, Brisbane, 1 (2016) [Published Creative Work]

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Journal Article

(1 outputs)
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2019Ganapathy S, Kratz S, Chen Q, Hellingwerf KJ, de Groot HJM, et al., 'Redshifted and near-infrared active analog pigments based upon archaerhodopsin-3', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 95, (4) pp. 959-968. ISSN 0031-8655 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1111/php.13093 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 11

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Conference Publication

(16 outputs)
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2022Kratz S, 'Resisting Separation: Reflecting on the Value of Death and Cross-species Connection in Future Food System', The 10th Contestable Food Systems Symposium of 2022, 10 February 2022, Freemantle, Perth, pp. 1. (2022) [Conference Extract]

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2021Kratz S, 'ART + SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY: Imagining Posthuman Becomings', 2nd International Conference on Intermedia Arts and Creative Technology (Creativearts), 11 November, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and online (2021) [Keynote Presentation]

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2021Kratz S, Hutmacher D, 'Posthuman Genetic Legacies', LASER Talks QLD - NSW: Posthuman Genetic Legacies, 11 June, University of Queensland Art Museum and online (2021) [Keynote Presentation]

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2021Seccombe E, Minissale G, Kratz S, Pailthorpe B, Curran T, et al., 'Impact of exchange: axis of collaboration between the arts and sciences', AAANZ Conference, 8-10 December 2021, Online (2021) [Plenary Presentation]

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2018Kratz SJ, 'Species Entanglements and Expanded Kinship: Feminist Engagements with Technoscience', Women, Art and Feminism in Australia since 1970: Symposium, 21-23 February 2018, Victorian College of the Arts, pp. 36. (2018) [Conference Extract]

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2018Kratz SJ, Gowers A, Nielsen J, 'Creating and governing new monsters: Why we need engagements across art, science and law', Quite Frankly, It's a Monster's Conference, 17-19 October 2018, UWA, Perth, pp. 1. (2018) [Conference Extract]

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2018MacDonald A, Wise K, Holmstrom NG, Brown N, Polley J, et al., 'STEAM Horizons: Navigating contentions and possibilities for interdisciplinary pedagogy and learning in Tasmania', AARE Conference 2018 (2018) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: MacDonald A; Holmstrom NG; Brown N; Polley J; Fountain WG

2018Wise K, MacDonald A, Holmstrom N, Brown N, Hart B, et al., 'STEAM horizons: Boundary conditions and transitions', 2018 ACUADS Conference Program, 27-28 September 2018, Perth, WA, Australia, pp. 22. (2018) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Wise K; MacDonald A; Holmstrom N; Brown N; Hart B; Polley J; Fountain W

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2017Fountain WG, Veness Z, Kratz SJ, Wise CJE, Jones SL, 'Preparing to Co-design new Design Education for Tasmania, Design Island', Cumulus REDO Conference Proceedings, 30 May- 2 June, Design School Kolding, Denmark, pp. 750. ISBN 978-87-93416-15-4 (2017) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Fountain WG; Veness Z; Wise CJE; Jones SL

2017Hart B, Kratz S, Horsley A, 'An autonomous writing machine', Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 27-30 June 2017, Singapore, pp. 469-470. ISBN 978-145034403-6 (2017) [Refereed Conference Paper]

DOI: 10.1145/3059454.3071077 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Hart B; Horsley A

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2017Juliff T, Keating MJ, Norrie H, Veness Z, Kratz SJ, 'Praxis now: Frayling's 'Research in Art and Design' 24 years on', ACUADS Conference Program, 28-29 September 2017, Canberra, ACT, pp. 1-14. (2017) [Refereed Conference Paper]

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Co-authors: Juliff T; Keating MJ; Norrie H; Veness Z

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2017Kratz SJ, 'The Absence of Alice: Art and Science from Absence to Immortality', The Rise of Bio-Society Conference, 8 April 2017, Mt Gambier, South Australia (2017) [Conference Extract]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'Ancestral Archives and A Distributed Self: Speculations for Immortality', Future Affects, 6 December 2017, University of Queensland, pp. 1. (2017) [Conference Extract]

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2017Leong J, Kratz SJ, 'Critical Connections: Art and Design in STEM Education', The Art of Science: CONASTA 66: Conference Brief, 9-12 July 2017, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 15. (2017) [Conference Extract]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'Emergent methodologies between disciplinary belongings: new materialism and transdisciplinary creative practice', SOMATECHNICS: Technicity, Temporality, Embodiment, November 30 - December 3, Byron Bay (2016) [Conference Extract]

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2016Kratz SJ, Keating M, Wise K, 'Strategic directions in practice-led research: rethinking research models in the creative arts', ACUADS 2016 Conference proceedings, 29-30 September 2016, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-14. (2016) [Refereed Conference Paper]

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Co-authors: Keating M; Wise K

Major Creative Work

(18 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2021Kratz S, 'Mourning Story: Expectations, Absences and the Potentials for Self-Persistence #2 Becoming (M)Other', The Barracks, Willow Court, and The Avenue, New Norfolk, Tasmania (2021) [Repeat Exhibition]

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2021Kratz S, 'Queer Ecologies', Artfully Queer, Long Gallery, Salamanca Art Centre (2021) [Other Exhibition]

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2020Kratz SJ, Blacklow P, Gowers A, 'Mourning Story: Expectations, Absences and the Potentials for Self-Persistence', Clarence City Council, Rosny Barn Gallery, Rosny Park, Tasmania (2020) [Published Creative Work]

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2019Kratz S, 'Site of Infection and Ghosts and Echoes', Ten Days on the Island, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media, UTAS (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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2019Kratz S, 'The Contamination of Alice #11: Genetic Legacy', Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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2019Kratz S, Hart B, Hutmacher DW, 'Monument to Immortality', Science Gallery, curated by Stephanie Delcroix, London (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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Co-authors: Hart B

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2019Kratz S, Hart W, 'Ghost Writer', Science Gallery London, King's College, London, UK (2019) [Published Creative Work]

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Co-authors: Hart W

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2018Kratz S, 'Real and Imaginary Mutants', Unhallowed Arts Festival, Old Customs House, Freemantle, Western Australia (2018) [Published Creative Work]

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2017Frankham N, Wise K, Kratz SJ, Veness Z, 'Remanence', Ten Days on the Island, Domain House, Glebe, Hobart (2017) [Curated Exhibition]

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Co-authors: Frankham N; Wise K; Veness Z

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2017Kratz S, 'Stacks and Sleeves: A Posthuman Landscape', Galerie Pompom, Chippendale NSW (2017) [Repeat Exhibition]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'The Contamination of Alice: Instance #10: Becoming Alice and The Desire for Immortality', Riddoch Art Gallery, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier (2017) [Published Creative Work]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'BioSynthetic Systems', BioSynthetic Systems, The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Tasmania, Brisbane (2017) [Published Creative Work]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'Non-Linear Histories', Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Spring Hill, Queensland (2017) [Published Creative Work]

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2017Kratz SJ, Gowers AM, 'Deconstructed: The Science and Technology behind Contemporary Art and Design', National Science Week, Festival of Bright Ideas, PW1 Exhibition Building, Hobart (2017) [Curated Exhibition]

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Co-authors: Gowers AM

2016Kratz S, 'Foundations and Ripples', The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland, Brisbane, 1 (2016) [Published Creative Work]

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2016Kratz S, 'Sulcus Loci', SLQ Gallery at the State Library of Queensland, 2016 Asia Pacific Architecture Forum and World Science Festival, Brisbane, 1 (2016) [Published Creative Work]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'Small wonders: A collection of curiousities', National Science Week, Festival of Bright Ideas, PW1 Exhibition Building, Hobart (2016) [Published Creative Work]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'The Contamination of Alice: Instance #9', Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart (2016) [Published Creative Work]

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Other Creative Work

(3 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2018Kratz SJ, 'Life Vessels: Speculations for an alternative legacy', Anthropocene Campus Melbourne (ACM), Melbourne, Australia (2018) [Performance Practice]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'Strange Creatures', The Walls, Contemporary Art Space, Gold Coast, pp. 1 (2016) [Representation of Original Art]

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2016Wise K, Kratz S, 'Dark Ocean', Dark MOFO, Hobart, Tasmania (2016) [Minor Creative Work]

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Co-authors: Wise K

Other Public Output

(10 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2021Kratz S, de Carvahlo S, 'Experimenta Social Series #40: Working with Life', Experimenta Social Series, Experimenta, Hobart, Tasmania (2021) [Media Interview]

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2019Kratz SJ, 'MONA's Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 23 April (2019) [Magazine Article]

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2018Kratz SJ, 'Mofo at MONA: operatic bodies, experimental encounters and expanded horizons', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 25 January 2018 (2018) [Magazine Article]

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2017Gowers AM, Kratz S, 'Art & Science: Towards a meaningful and mutual exchange', NiTRO: Non Traditional Research Outcomes, The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts, Australia, 6 July 2017 (2017) [Magazine Article]

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Co-authors: Gowers AM

2017Kratz SJ, 'Trepidation and delight: experiencing Dark Mofo with a three-year-old', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 14 June 2017 (2017) [Magazine Article]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'Immortal Selves: Biofabrication at the Intersection of Art and Science', QUT Bioprinting Regulation Research Workshop, QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program, Australia, 11 December 2017 (2017) [Media Interview]

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2017Kratz SJ, 'Art-Science: Provocations for Immortality', Hobart Digital Humanities Pathways Forum, eRSA, Hobart, Tasmania, 1 December 2017 (2017) [Media Interview]

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2017Kratz SJ, Leong J, 'CRITICAL CONNECTIONS: Connecting Art, Design and STEM', Interalia Magazine, The Interalia Centre, United Kingdom, November (2017) [Magazine Article]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'Dark Mofo and the affective power of a creative storm', The Conversation: Arts and Culture, The Conversation Media Trust, Australia, 14 June (2016) [Magazine Article]

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2016Kratz SJ, 'Scientists ponder the evolutionary urge to create - but where are the women?', The Coversation: Arts and Culture, The Conversation Media Trust, Australia, 9 Nov (2016) [Magazine Article]

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Grants & Funding

Funding Summary

Number of grants

3

Total funding

$39,226

Projects

Posthuman Genetic Legacies (2021)$21,100
Description
Posthuman Genetic Legacies is a practice-led research project that investigates avenues of producing an alternative (non-human) andongoing genetic legacy via biotechnological intervention. The study draws on established practices in biological art to consider the feminist potential of cell culture and genetic engineering technologies to acquire biological offspring when conventional reproductive pathways are compromised or traditional conceptions of motherhood are undesirable. The project also aims to test the proposition that posthuman and new materialist philosophies, that disrupt binary categorisation and a human centred perspective, may offer a conceptual space for rethinking the anguish of situational childlessness. Through a range of boundary-challenging artistic examinations, existing regulatory and ethical issues will be examined to highlight the legal frameworks that govern access to reproductive technologies as well as ownership, use and patenting of biological material.
Funding
Australian Network for Art and Technology ($21,100)
Scheme
Synapse
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Kratz SJ; Sutherland BA; Hutmacher D; Nielsen JL
Year
2021
STEAM HORIZONS: Engagement and Alignment through Interdisciplinary Education (2017)$11,148
Description
Tasmania has significant socio-economic challenges, with the lowest level of educational attainment in Australia. 'Tasmania has experienced persistent underperformance in the transition to Year 10 and subsequent retention rates to Year 12' (Stratford, Field, Oliver and Ambrose, 2016, p. 4). It is estimated that Tasmania is 10,000 tertiary enrolments behind the next lowest performing state, with significant challenges in encouraging students to complete Years 11 and 12 (in 2011 the retention rate for Year 12 was 78.2%, compared with 84.1% nationally [http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/csr/]). At the same time, Tasmania is host to arguably the most vibrant interdisciplinary creative community in the country, as exemplified by exhibition, festival and community projects supported through MONA (including 24 Carrot Gardens) and other island-based creative and education industries (such as Bitlink); and, outstanding examples of secondary school STEAM education across the state (Newstead College, Launceston; Rosny College, Hobart). These resonate with UTAS initiatives such as the Collab Lab (Makers Workshop, Burnie); A Lab (Melville Street, Hobart); the major new infrastructure development represented by the Hedberg (Hobart); the Creative Exchange Institute (CXI); and, the overarching goals of the Peter Underwood Centre.STEAM can be broadly defined as including the 'arts', here creative arts, in the delivery of traditional STEM disciplines. STEAM Horizons: Engagement and attainment through interdisciplinary education will explore models for STEAM education in secondary education in Tasmania, and resulting pathways into tertiary education. It will address the questions: what forms of educational design supportsuccessful (interdisciplinary) STEAM education; and, how can educational attainment be enabled through STEAM pathways?The project will directly build upon the successful Office of Learning & Teaching Innovation & Development grant Benchmarking quality assessment tasks to facilitate interdisciplinary learning in the creative arts and humanities (2014-6; AUS$199,000) on which Wise was a CI (previously Lead Researcher), supported by Dr Wendy Fountain, to extend the application of those findings into secondary education, wider disciplinary networks, as well as the specific interdisciplinary field of STEAM education.
Funding
University of Tasmania ($11,148)
Scheme
Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Wise CJE; Brown NR; MacDonald AJ; Hart W; Kratz SJ; Fountain WG
Year
2017
The Deeper Meaning of Embodiment for Knowledge Creation at UTAS (2016)$6,978
Description
Along with colleagues from across the disciplinary spectrum we want to develop a sound understanding of:1. The different meanings and manifestations of 'embodiment' within different disciplines2. How being embodied affects the way we do research (e.g., being in a place vs communication over a distance; conducting research in harsh environments)3. How embodiment helps us understand links between our research and the subject matters that we look at (e.g., understanding music or literature as both abstract concepts and embodied experiences of 'doing'; 'doing' maths being grounded in embodiment (eg Lakoff and Nunez 2000) as is aesthetics applied when evaluating a proof.
Funding
University of Tasmania ($6,978)
Scheme
Grant-Cross-Disciplinary Incentive
Administered By
University of Tasmania
Research Team
Lueg C; Philpott CJ; Harman KE; Wong TL; Kratz SJ; Loo S
Year
2016

Research Supervision

Current

5

Completed

3

Current

DegreeTitleCommenced
PhDInterdisciplinary Practices of Art-Science, in Particular the Field of BioArt/NewMedia and STEAM2018
PhDBecoming an Epoch Warrior: Artistic interventions into chronostratigraphy2018
PhDWater work: practicing immersion with/in Tasmanian bodies of water2022
PhDIndigenous Tasmanian Pharmacopoeia as Creative Remedy: An autoethnographic investigation of emotion through contemporary interdisciplinary arts practice, with special reference to native country2022
MastersWhat prevents the inclusion of women in furniture and industrial design: an investigation into gender bias and the structural and institutional barriers within contemporary design2022

Completed

DegreeTitleCompleted
PhDEntangled Solidarity: Poetic gestures embody relational methods of with-nessing more-than-human witnesses to the 6th mass extinction
Candidate: Selena Judith de Carvalho
2022
MastersClimatic Embodiment: A visual exploration of climate change as expressed by the human body
Candidate: Eva Louise Nilssen
2021
PhDCruising Wonderland: Queer reparative aesthetics within scenographic photography
Candidate: Sean Anthony Coyle
2018