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26 April 2012
While Tupac’s performance at Coachella shows the potential of holographic-like technologies, there is much more exciting work being conducted by researchers, writes Paula Dawson.
12 April 2012
Artist Allan Giddy’s pioneering technology is transforming Sydney’s iconic Moreton Bay fig trees into works of art.
05 April 2012
UNSW’s Learning to Teach Online, a video-based program helping teachers in 138 countries step into the virtual classroom, has earned its developers a prestigious international award.
03 April 2012
COFA graduate Nigel Milsom has won the 2012 Sulman Prize for his painting depicting the social isolation of gambling.
07 March 2012
There may be no belching smoke stacks, but every time we build an energy inefficient building we are needlessly pushing the greenhouse gas emissions curve up, writes Professor Deo Prasad.
19 January 2012
Some of Australia’s leading Indigenous actors, writers and directors have been remembered in an exhibition curated by COFA’s Tess Allas for the Sydney Festival.
19 December 2011
COFA lecturer Volker Kuchelmeister has set a new world record, producing the largest 3D panoramic picture.
18 November 2011
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark have launched an arts project in Sydney featuring Danish and Australian artists with an interest in urban sustainability.
11 November 2011
COFA graduate Simon McGrath's giant set of taps is a popular prize winner in this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.
05 October 2011
Sydneysiders will be forced to think about their energy consumption when they use an appliance hooked up to a plant as part of an interactive art exhibition on sustainability.
27 September 2011
How to host blockbuster exhibitions, while at the same time preserving the quality of a cultural experience, was the focus of an international symposium hosted by UNSW's College of Fine Arts (COFA).
27 September 2011
Academy Award winning animator and cartoonist Bruce Petty will be a special guest judge for We Heart Animation - a free public showcase of student digital animation works at UNSW this week.
23 September 2011
It's being called the Wikipedia of Australian art and design - a new interactive website providing access to information on the work and lives of thousands of artists, designers, curators and architects.
20 September 2011
The biggest selling exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art in Australia is currently on show. The money raised supports Indigenous students at UNSW.
16 September 2011
A video work showing Sufi Muslims chanting has won UNSW@COFA graduate Khaled Sabsabi the Blake Prize for Religious Art.
23 August 2011
The fragile beauty of the Royal Bluebell flower inspired COFA student Anne Nguyen's winning design for this year's RUG UP competition.
03 August 2011
The Federal Minister for the Arts Simon Crean has marked the start of construction on the $58 million-dollar redevelopment at UNSW's COFA.
29 July 2011
RED Objects -- Australia's first group of researchers in experimental design -- will hold an exhibition and symposium as part of COFA's inaugural design festival.
28 June 2011
COFA will offer scholarships and workshops for Indigenous artists valued at $120,000 over the next four years, under a new partnership with NSW Parliament.
17 June 2011
Creative ideas for a portable cooktop and efficient clothes washing have won two UNSW industrial design students semi-finalist places in an international competition.
07 June 2011
Pioneering virtual reality technology behind a Sydney Film Festival event has also produced an innovative Australian export success story which will lift safety in China's mining industry.
31 May 2011
The international profile of Australian modernism research will be raised by a new centre at UNSW, led by Professor Julian Murphet.
27 May 2011
Film composer Michael Nyman also has a passion for making his own movies. His Australian debut is co-hosted by COFA.
13 May 2011
James Joyce, pornography and anthropology are just some of the topics to be discussed by UNSW academics at the Sydney Writers' Festival.
29 April 2011
COFA student Kim Goodwin has big shoes to fill - she is the recipient of the inaugural Nick Waterlow Scholarship.