Combining technical expertise with a sophisticated grasp of storytelling capability, we translate abstract data and ideas for the purposes of communicating climate change research, reporting on employment trends in the arts and crafts sector, supporting the dissemination of Indigenous knowledges and land management practices, and testing innovations in building design and construction.
Visualisation
News and projects
Layered Horizons
Andrew Burrell and Rachel Hendery
An ongoing outcome of ARC Discovery funded project “Waves of Words”. This outcome is led by Andrew Burrell and creates a toolset for visualising complex layered data (linguistics, anthropology, geography, and archaeology) within virtual reality.
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The rise of comic communicators
A new report from UTS researchers has revealed an increase in demand for the skills of cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers across a diverse range of industries.
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can't buy me love
Amala Groom X Andrew Burrell
An immersive experience that purports to sell the audience the intangibility of spiritual enlightenment, created through the UTS Artist in Residence program.
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Adrift: scientific visualisations that are accessible and meaningful to broader audiences
Kate Sweetapple and Jacqueline Lorber-Kasunic
An online citizen science project that provides a set of intuitive online visualisation tools to enable people without technical or scientific training to access, analyse and collect ocean data and explore the life of microscopic marine microbes.
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How the arts can help us come back together again
A photography commission in Western Sydney bringing people back together as COVID restrictions lift.
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Firesticks Alliance
A long-term visual communication design partnership with Firesticks Alliance, an Indigenous-led network that mentors, shares and supports the revival of cultural burning practices in natural resource and fire management contexts.