PETER MORSE :: CONSPECTUS

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About

Peter Morse is an Australian media artist, film-maker and computer researcher.

Work

My work speculates through computation, emergent form, narrative and envisualisation as active inference.

I am more interested in the intersections of disciplines, the hybrids and collisions, than the differences that separate them.

​Bridges, tendrils, analogies, connexions, interstices, con-formals, metaphors, parapraxes, feedback, forward-propagation, physics.

Education

2020    PhD, University of Tasmania (Data Visualization/Computational Geophysics)
1995    PhD, Murdoch University (Semiotics/Art History)
1987    Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies), 1st Class Honours, Murdoch University
1984    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University (Sculpture/Digital Media)

Employment

2008-Current   Self-employed
2015-2016       PG Research Fellow, National Institute of Experimental Art, COFA, UNSW
2008-2015       Adjunct Senior Research Fellow/Adjunct Professor (Accidental), iVEC@UWA, Dept. Physics and Mathematics,
​                            University of   Western Australia
2002-2005       Head of Digital Media, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne
1999-2007       Lecturer in 3D Computer Animation & Interactive Media, Victorian College of the Arts

Exhibitions & Screenworks

2021   'Of Ancient Design', 4k/HD Video Screenwork, funded by Epic Games/Unreal Engine + Screen Tasmania
            'Virtual Macquarie Island', 4k/HD Video Screenwork + Immersive VR environment, TMAG, Tasmania. Work-in-progress.
            'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Walinynga (Cave Hill)', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, WA Museum.
            'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Art Experience', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, WA Museum.​

2020   'Deep Earth', HD Video Screenworks. Deep Earth geophysical visualizations, custom software. University of Tasmania.

2019   'Blizzard Redux', Machine Learning + Stereoscopic Digital Video, TMAG, Tasmania.
            'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Walinynga (Cave Hill)',  4k Fulldome, M+ EPFL Permanent Collection, Switzerland.
           'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Art Experience', 4k Fulldome, M+ EPFL Permanent Collection, Switzerland.
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2017
   'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Walinynga (Cave Hill)', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, National Museum of Australia.
            'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Art Experience', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, National Museum of Australia.
             'Dark' - AstroDome, Poland; Planetarium of Crete, Crete; Natural History Museum, Bulgaria; Georgia College, USA; Starr’s Planetarium, Australia; Peterson Planetarium, USA; FireBall Planetarium, USA; Creative Space, UK; University of North Texas, USA; Planetarium Ljubljana, Slovenia; Louisiana Art & Science Museum, USA; West Chester University, USA; University of Tennessee, USA; Dooley Planetarium and Observatory, USA.
             'Frozen', 'Dark', 'Ocean' - DomeLab (permanent collection), National Institute for Experimental Art, COFA;  EPICentre, UNSW.
             'Frozen', 'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Preview' - Launceston Planetarium for Travelling Stories Conference (Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority)


2016   'Dark' - Miyazaki Science Center, Japan; Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Ho Science Center, USA; Emera Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium, USA; Arizona Science Center, USA; James Madison University, USA; Wonder Dome, UK.

2015   'Dark' - USA: Delta College Planetarium, WVU Planetarium, York Learning Center Planetarium. India: Agastya International Foundation; Utazó Planetárium Kft, Hungary; Rosborg Planetarium, Denmark; Olsztyn Planetarium, Poland; Etna Planetarium, Italy; Mayo High School Planetarium, USA; Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, Australia; Planetarium de Bretagne, France; Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, USA; SHSU planetarium, USA; Fundación Centro Astronómico Aragonés, Spain.
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             'Ocean', 'Jangurna', 'Frozen', 'Dark' - DomeLab, Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, UNSW. 

2014   'Dark'  - Korea: GyeongSangbukdo Institute of Science Education; Ulsan Science Museum; Gwanjgju Education & Science Research Institute; Siheung Agriculture Technology Centre; Donga Science; Jwagusan Observatory. USA: Guilford College, NC USA; Guilford College, NC USA; Chabot Space & Science Center, USA; Volanz Aerospace, USA; Ward Beecher Planetarium, USA; Carver Middle High School Planetarium, USA; Old Dominion University, USA; Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, USA; Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, USA; Morehead State University, USA; Township Planetarium, USA; Bays Mountain Planetarium, USA; Neil Armstrong Planetarium, USA - France: La Cité de l’Espace, France; Planetarium de Bretagne, France; Odysseum, France. Russia: Nijegorodskiy Planetarium, Russia; Brjanskiy Planetarium, Russia; Barnaulskiy Planetarium, Russia; Dnepropentrovskiy Planetarium, Russia; Novosibirskiy Planetarium, Russia. Canada: Astrodome, Canada. India: Guru Gruha Astronomy Centre, India
           
           'Frozen' - NightLab, South Australian Museum, Adelaide Festival 4-9 March

2013   'Dark' - USA: Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, USA; Lafayette Science Museum, USA; Utah Valley University, USA; Science Factory, USA; Downing Planetarium, USA; Ott Planetarium, USA; John Carl Pogue Planetarium, USA; Spokane Falls Community College, Washington, USA; Casper Planetarium, Wyoming, USA; Abbitt Observatory & Planetarium, Virginia, USA; Florida State University, USA
Keele University Astrophysics, UK. Italy: Planetario e Osservatorio Astronomico di Ca del Monte, Italy; Osservatorio Astronomico del Righi, Italy; Planetario di Padova, Italy. India: Space Trek Planetarium, India. Belgium: Europlanetarium Kattevennen, Belgium. Russia: Mobilniy planetarii, Russia. Czech Republic: Planetarium and Observatory Johann Palisa Ostrava, Czech republic. Israel: Bareket observatory, Israel. Canada: HR MacMillan Space Centre, Canada. France: Planétarium de Nantes, France. Spain: Grupo Astronomico Silos, Spain. Australia: iSkies, Australia; iBalldome, Australia; Sunshine Coast TAFE Sustainability Discovery Centre, Australia; Horizon – The Planetarium, Australia.

2012   'Dark'  Australia: AARNET, Australia; Wollongong Science Centre, Australia; NightSkyOnline, Queensland, Australia; Bendigo Planetarium, Discovery Science and Technology Centre, Australia. USA: The Neag Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum, USA; Zacheis Planetarium and Observatory, USA; Peoria Riverfront Museum, USA; J. Frederic Ching planetarium at Hartnell College, USA; Forth Worth Museum, USA; Drake Planetarium, USA; Southwest Minnesota State University Planetarium, USA; Mueller Planetarium, USA; Hummel Planetarium, USA; Moorhead Planetarium, USA; Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium, USA; Museum of the Rockies Taylor Planetarium, USA. UK: Birmingham Science Museum, UK; Immersive Theatres, UK. Ukraine: Kiev Planetarium, Ukraine. Italy: Osservatorio Astronomico di TERAMO, Italy; Il Planetario, Italy. Mexico: Domo Didáctico Itinerante, Mexico. Greece: Eugenides Planetarium, Greece. Germany: Sternwarte und Planetarium der Stadt Radebeul, Germany. Malaysia: Terengganu Science Creativity Centre and Planetarium, Malaysia. Macau: Macao planetarium and science centre, Macau. India: Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre, India

2012    'Jangurna', Permanent Fulldome Installation, Gwoonwardu Mia, Carnarvon, Western Australia. 2012.

2008    'Regarding Mawsons Huts' 3-Screen Stereoscopic immersive video. HITLab VisionSpace, 'Imagining Antarctica Conference' University of Canterbury, New Zealand, September 2008.

2007 - 2019    “Sensation of Ice” (Digital Video, 20mins Stereoscopic Colour, stereo audio.) Commissioned work, permanent exhibit. TMAG, Tasmania.

2006 - 2019   “Home of the Blizzard: The 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition Stereoscopic Photographic Record” (Digital Video, 23mins Stereoscopic BW, stereo audio.) Commissioned work, permanent exhibit.TMAG, Tasmania. 

1999    'Liminal.'  Single channel video. (Digital Video, Pal VHS Colour, 30mins).  Parkhaus Gallery, Berlin.


Selected Commissioned Works

2021   'Virtual Macquarie Island', Screenwork + Immersive VR environment, TMAG, Tasmania. Work-in-progress.​
2019   
 'Blizzard Redux', Machine Learning + Stereoscopic Digital Video, TMAG.
2017    'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Walinynga (Cave Hill)', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, National Museum of Australia.
2017    'Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Art Experience', DomeLab 4k Fulldome Installation, National Museum of Australia.
2014    'Wetlands', Holographic installation, Yea Wetlands Visitor Center, Victoria. 2014. Permanent exhibit.
2013    'Clavier á Lumières', Multichannel Synaesthetic Video & Musical Performance, MONA, Tasmania .
2012    'Jangurna', Fulldome Installation, Gwoonwardu Mia, Carnarvon, Western Australia. 2012. Permanent exhibit.​
2010 - current    'Pausiris', Dual HD video installation, MONA, Tasmania. 2010. Permanent exhibit.
2008    'Frozen in Time', 4k Fulldome, Scitech Planetarium, Western Australia. 2008.

Selected Group Exhibitions & Screen Works

2019   Hemispheres of the Mind. 4k Fulldome with Cyrille Favreau (Blue Brain Project, EPFL), Sarah Kenderdine (M+, EPFL). Infinity Room 2: a collaborative project by EPFL ArtLab. Lausanne, Switzerland.

​2018    Travelling Kungkarangkalpa: Art Experience, 4k Fulldome, IMERSA 2018 Summit, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

2016   Computational Ocean (HD 1080P Projection, col., 4'30", stereo audio) - Dark MOFO "Dark Ocean" Exhibition, IMAS Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania. Curated by Kit Wise. With Jordan Baseman, Keith Deverell, Tace Kelly, Peter Morse, Anya Reading, Kit Wise, Martin Gal.

2014   Peter Morse: Panoramas. Nykarleby Recall. Svenska Konstskolan, Nykarleby, Finland.

2012   Sense of Place :: Cape Denison, Antarctica. Antarctica: The Art of Science. Dual HD Video Projection. With Chris Henderson.  Plimsoll Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania. .

2009   Ocean.  (4k Fulldome, 4 min) and ‘Frozen In Time’ (4k Fulldome, 5 mins.) ASTC Fulldome Video Showcase VI, University of Texas, Arlington Planetarium, USA.

2009    Frozen In Time.  Royal Institution of Australia at the Mawson Collection, South Australian Museum

2008   Frozen In Time. Association of Science and Technology Centres (ASTC) Fulldome Video Showcase V, Franklin Institute Fels Planetarium, Philadelphia, USA. 

2007   Antarctica Virtua.  Stereoscopic linear and stochastic video installations, 5 screens. in IMaGinING Antarctica. John Curtin Gallery, Perth International Arts Festival. 

2007   Home of the Blizzard: The 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition Stereoscopic Photographic Record. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XVIII Conference, San Jose, California USA 29-31 January 2007.

2005   Edible Audience. Augmented Reality sound art performance. Liquid Architecture National Sound Arts Festival, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. With Stephen Barrass, Tim Barrass, Alistair Riddell, Anita Fitton, Onaclov.

2004   Antarctica Virtua. Digital Full-Dome projection. With Paul Bourke. Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA. 

2000   The Flower Tango (BetaSP, Col. 5 Min), The Numbers Song (BetaSP, Col. 5 Min), Melbourne International Film Festival, "Chip" Digital Animation Screenings (invitation).

2000   Liminal. Interactive CD-ROM. MILIA, Cannes, France

1999   Park. Peter Morse, Beate Daniel. Single channel video. S-VHS/MPEG. Col.17mins. Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin. 

1999   The Horla. Single channel video. Pal VHS. Col. 30mins. Parkhaus Gallery, Berlin.

1998-9 Liminal. RMIT Galleries, Melbourne; Span Gallery, Melbourne; i.c.w. Rialto, Amsterdam, Holland; MILIA, Cannes, France. 

1996   Suupala. Peter Morse, Beate Daniel, Timothy Perkins. Goethe Institute, Helsinki.

1996   Das Glas ist Wieder Leer. Peter Morse, Beate Daniel, Timothy Perkins. Galleri Viktor, Nykarleby, Finland.

1994   The Horla. (S-VHS, Colour, 28 mins). Experimenta `94 Screening Programme, Melbourne. 

1993   The Horla. 9 slide-projector computer-controlled audiovisual operatic work. 20th-31st October, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Artrage Festival. With Robert Frith and Glenn Rogers.

1991   Mistake Thyself: Tourist - Antitourist. Photographic Exhibition, Artrage Festival, Carillon Gallery, Perth, W.A. With Robert Frith and John Toohey.


Prizes, Grants & Residencies

2020  Epic Games USA + Screen Tasmania Project Development Grant

2018  Ozviz Art + Science Award. Ozviz 2018, EPICentre, College of Fine Arts, UNSW.

2018  MAGNA Award, Museums Australia Award for Best Exhibition (National Museum of Australia)

2012   Australia Council New Work Grant

2012   Australia Council Geek in Residence with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Salamanca Arts Centre, Terrapin Puppet Theatre,   National Broadband Network.

2011   Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award. Sydney Film Festival

2009   Australia Council/ANAT Synapse Grant : New Work with the Australian Antarctic Division, Tasmania + Western Australian Supercomputer Project, University of Western Australia

2005   Antarctic Arts Fellowship, Australian Antarctic Division

1997   Australia Council New Work Grant

1996   Artist in Residence, Svenska Konstskolan, Nykarleby, Finland.

1996   Australian Film Commission New Media Fund Grant  

1989   Best Independent Rock Video, WARMIA Awards. With Robert Frith and Trevor Hilton.



Select Bibliography

2015  Worden, S. 'The Earth Sciences and Creative Practice: Entering the Anthropocene' in Harrison, D. Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies. Information Science Reference (IGI Global). ISBN 978-1-4666-8205-4. p.129.

2015   Spinks, A. 'Art in the Presence of Architecture — the Balance of Power. MONA—A Case Study.'  Studies in Material Thinking, Vol. 12. Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. ISSN 1177-6234

2014   Franklin, A. 'Chapter 9: The Riddle of the Spinks' in The Making of MONA. Penguin Books.

2013   Tofts, D. 'Writing Media Art into (and out of) History'. in Cubitt, S. and Thomas P. (eds)  Relive: Media Art Histories. Leonardo Book Series, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. pp. 51-64.

2011   'Time-lapse Tuesday: The home of early Antarctic Science' New Scientist Magazine 20 Sept. 2011.   

2010   Scheckter, J. 'Cold Dreams: National Efforts and Global Visions in Antarctic Arts Programs' in Reading Across the Pacific, Australia - United States Intellectual Histories. pp.195-205. Sydney University Press. 

2010   Champion, E. Playing with the Past. Singer Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer-Verlag, London. pp.144-5.​

2009   Morse, P. Antarctic Panoramas. Kolor Panobook 2009. Kolor SARL, Francin.

2007   Laurie, Victoria. 'Warming to the Frozen Continent'. The Australian Jan 30. 2007.

2005   Tofts, D. Interzone: Media Arts in Australia. Craftsman House.

2001   Kac, E. 'Towards a Chronology of Robotic Art'. in Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies , Mar. 2001, Vol. 7 Issue 1, pp.87-111, Sage Publications, Ltd.

1995   Lam, J. 'A Virtual Q & A :The Virtualities exhibition raises more questions on the meaning of and reception for interactive art.' Mesh Issue #7. Experimenta Media Arts.

1994   Riley, V. 'Australian Film and Video at Experimenta '94.' Mesh Issue #4. Experimenta Media Arts.

1993   Snell, T.  'Perth Festival Fringe Review: The Horla.' The Australian, Nov. 5 1993.
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