Te Ataata 2023 artist in residence
AUT’s Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha is delighted to announce the 2023 Te Ataata artist in residence is Anthony Pillette - an artist, graphic designer, musician and teacher from Marseille, France.
The residence runs from July to September 2023.
Alongside his partner, the illustrator and photoghrapher Sophie Abraham, Pillette is a member of the Reso-nance numérique association, a collective of artists who work with open source technology and are involved in the Hackerspace movement in France.
During the Te Ataata Residency, Pillette will work on his practice, which combines artificial intelligence with historic photos and cyanotype printing, to explore the biases of new technology and stereotypes of representation. He will also make use of the ‘Spectral Synth Scanner’ -- a device created by the Reso-nance collective, which generates music from pictures.
As part of the residence, Pillette will host workshops, with both AUT students and the wider community, to share knowledge about techniques and theory.
About Te Ataata
Each year, AUT hosts a practice-based French scholar under the Te Ataata Residency programme, which is a joint initiative between AUT and the French Embassy in New Zealand, with the support of Institut Français.
The programme aims to develop collaborations and initiatives between the two countries, and is an opportunity for the scholar to work alongside their AUT peers on interdisciplinary art-science research, with access to the same facilities, expertise and materials as staff during their stay in Aotearoa.
Hosted by AUT’s Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha, the residency recognises that design as a discipline is central to advancing transdisciplinary learning and research. The faculty’s range of discipline areas include art and design; communication studies; engineering, computer and mathematical sciences; and creative technologies.