UNSW Art & Design

Desert art with heart from the red centre of Alice Springs

16 Jun 2020

In Alice Springs, a UNSW researcher is working with town camp Indigenous artists to design news ways to share and preserve family histories.

Dr Eduardo Benitez Sandoval beside a four-wheeled robot used in the Creative Robotics Lab

Social robots show promise for future pandemics

15 Jun 2020

The early adoption of social robots, in the healthcare and service industries, illustrates their potential to assist in future crises.

The art of positivity

11 Jun 2020

Students from across the UNSW community have joined artist Louise Zhang to create a virtual mural of things that keep them positive.

Transformative design: finding value in the damaged and the broken

27 May 2020

Through his research and design work, Dr Guy Keulemans illustrates how we can preserve and enrich our culture through repair and reuse.

Camilo Godoy 'Amigxs, No. 1 (Self-portrait with Brendan Mahoney, Carlos Martiel and Jorge Sánchez)' 2017. Photo: Camilo Godoy

From private lives to public litanies: UNSW Galleries’ new exhibition queers conceptions of kinship

21 May 2020

Friendship as a Way of Life, the latest exhibition at UNSW Galleries, showcases the depth and diversity of queer kinship through its program of art, archival ephemera and in-conversations.

Team Australia for the AI Song Contest with their song Beautiful the World

You little beauty: Australian team wins AI Eurovision-style song contest

15 May 2020

Inspired by the recent bushfires, an Australian AI-generated song that samples koala, kookaburra and Tasmanian Devil calls has taken out first place in the international contest.

A room looking out onto a lush forest virtual landscape in The Edge of the Present Photo - Alex Davies

Virtual reality experience which improves mood to be used in suicide prevention

13 May 2020

A VR experience developed in partnership with people with lived experience of suicidality has demonstrated rapid increases in positive mood.

COVID-19: NSW Arts in Crisis

08 May 2020

UNSW Sydney Associate Professor Lizzie Muller discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the NSW arts sector and the actions needed to avoid crisis.

Guy Keulemans: Getting his fix on sustainable design

28 Apr 2020

With his focus on repair and reuse, the design artist places the impetus on prioritising the planet.

human figurine with feet bound and mouth gagged

Documenting the COVID-19 pandemic for future generations

23 Apr 2020

2020 may be a year many will want to forget, but it’s important we record our experiences during the pandemic for future generations and scholars.

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