Scale Free Network

Briony Barr: BA (English), BFA, MFA  Co-Director

Gregory Crocetti: BSc (Hons), PhD (Microbiology), GradDipEd (Secondary), MASM  Co-Director

Jacqueline Smith: BA (Fine Art), GradDipEd (Secondary), QLD/NSW Core Collaborator

 

B o o k s   &   P u b l i c a t i o n s

2020    The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth (CSIRO Publishing)

2020    The Invisible War (Interpark/Banni, Korea)

2019    Nema and the Xenos: A Story of Soil Cycles (CSIRO Publishing)

2019    The Invisible War: A WWI Tale on Two Scales (Graphic Universe, USA)

2019    The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon (CSIRO Publishing)

2018    Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching (CSIRO Publishing)

2016    The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales (Scale Free Network)

2015    Zobi and the Zoox (Scale Free Network)

2014    The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon (Scale Free Network)

 

B o o k   A w a r d s

2019    Winner – Whitley Medal, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

2017    Winner – Most Underrated Book Award, Small Press Network

2017    Winner – DeBary Children’s Science Book Award (USA)

2017    Winner – Best Designed Educational Book, the Australian Book Design Awards

2017    Winner – Most Outstanding Resource of the Year, Education Publishing Awards Australia

2017    Winner – Best Secondary Reference Resource, Education Publishing Awards Australia

2017    Shortlisted for a Ledger Award, for Excellence in Australian Comics

2017    Notable of 2017 – (Older Readers Category), the Children’s Book Council of Australia

2015    Shortlisted for the De Bary Children’s Science Book Award

2015    Winner – Children’s Choice (Puggle) Award, Environmental Award for Children’s Literature

2015    Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award

2015    Bronze Medal – Best Children’s Illustrated eBook, Independent Publisher Book Awards (USA)

 

S e l e c t e d   E x h i b i t i o n s ,  P r o j e c t s   &  W o r k s h o p s

2 0 1 9

Seaweed as Collaborator: Interactive installation in collaboration with the Seaweed Appreciation Society International, MPavillion, Melbourne.

Art Forms in Nature: Exhibition of artworks by Ernst Haeckel, Melton Library & Learning Hub.

Exploring the Library Biome: Microscope Drawing Workshops, Melton Library & Learning Hub.

Festival of Soil: Interactive Art-Science Installation and Book Launch Event, ArtPlay.

Visualising the Invisible – A Journey into Soil: Collaborative Drawing Workshops, National Science Week 2019, Pakenham Secondary College.

What if Cheese Microbes were in Charge?: Melbourne Knowledge Week, Workshop at William Angliss Institute in collaboration with the Australian Cheese Makers Association.

Native Botanicals Dinner: Collaboration with Carbon Arts. Live projections from the micro-scale, part of an interactive, dining experience at Bunjil Place, Melbourne.

Creekulum: Year-long art-science residency at Moreland Primary School.

Tracing Turbulence: Artist/Scientist Talk and Drawing Workshop, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell.

A Hierarchy of Eddies: Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art, National Tour (2017-2020). Interactive sculpture.

 

2 0 1 8

Micro-Macro: Holiday Program. The Cube, QUT, Brisbane. Week-long collaborative collage.

Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching: Book Launch Event. Avid Reader, Brisbane.

Microscopic Metropolis: Melbourne Knowledge Week, Workshop at William Angliss Institute in collaboration with Sustain: The Australian Food Network and Oekologie Studio.

A Hierarchy of Eddies: Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art, National Tour (2017-2020). Interactive sculpture.

Art-Science Lab: Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland. Series of workshops in the Children’s Gallery.

 

2 0 1 7

Art-Science Salon: ArtPlay, Melbourne. Alternative life-drawing class.

The Secret Life of Coral: National Science Week Residency, Ingham Primary School, Queensland.

A Hierarchy of Eddies: Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art,  RMIT Gallery (Melbourne Festival). Interactive sculpture.

Rights for the Reef: Sustainable Living Festival, ArtPlay, Melbourne. Workshop with Aviva Reed.

 

2 0 1 6

Embodying Symbiosis: Workshop at Australian Earth Law Alliance Conference, Brisbane.

Rights for the Reef: Art-science workshop with Aviva Reed & Professor Linda Blackall, Melbourne.

Microscope-Drawing Laboratory: Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW. Workshop series.

The Invisible War – Book Launch & Exhibition: Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne

Symbiosis Storytelling: Regional Arts Victoria touring program. Workshop series with Aviva Reed.

Symbiosis Storytelling: ArtPlay, Melbourne. Workshop series with Aviva Reed & Ailsa Wild.

Zobi and the Zoox: World Science Festival Brisbane. Performance with Ailsa Wild & Brainbeau.

Art-Science Lab: Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland. Series of workshops in the Children’s Gallery.

Blue Noise: The Walls Art Space, Gold Coast, Queensland. Video/sound installation with Marly Luske.

 

2 0 1 5

Little Lab: Residency at the Joey Club (QANTAS) Early Learning Centre, Brisbane.

Drawing Water: Arts2Go Program, Regional Arts Victoria. Workshop series with Aviva Reed.

Microscope-Drawing Workshop: The Drill Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW. Workshop series.

Microscope-Drawing: Mullumbimby Library, NSW. Art-science workshop.

Molecular Sculpture: Art Vs. Science Festival, Lismore, NSW. Interactive installation.

Teaching Symbiosis Session: International Symbiosis Society Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

Zobi and the Zoox – Book Launch & Exhibition: ArtPlay, Melbourne.

Micro-Draw: NAIDOC Week, Mullumbimby, NSW. Interactive installation.

The Invisible Torrens: Come Out Festival. South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute.

Human-Scale Fusball: A Centre for Everything, Cromwell Studios, Melbourne.

 

2 0 1 4

Bubbleology: Fortitude Valley Relaunch, Brisbane. Interactive performance.

Micro-Melbourne Now: Melbourne Now Community Hall, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

 

2 0 1 3

The Aleph Project: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea. Exhibition of The Elaboratorium (originally developed and exhibited in 2012)

Experimental Congress: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. Drawing Performance.

Drawing Water: Resdiency at the Environmental Health Clinic (Natalie Jeremijenko), New York University, New York City.

Australian Future Foods Lab: Collaboration with Carbon Arts. McClelland Sculpture Park, Melbourne. Live projections as part of an interactive, dining experience.

Micro-Draw: Ipswich Art Gallery. Queensland. Series of workshops in the Children’s Gallery.

 

2 0 1 2

The Elaboratorium: Counihan Gallery, Melbourne. Exhibition & public program.

Art-Science Lab – Microscopes & Molecules: Free Range Science by the Royal Institution of Australia, Mansfield, Australia. Interactive installation for the public.

Art-Science Lab – Drawing on the Microscale: the Royal Institution of Australia, Adelaide. Public program & series of educational art-science workshops.

 

2 0 1 1

Molecular Sculpture: Workshop series, CSIRO Education, Melbourne. Double Helix Club workshop.

Molecular Smorgasbord: National Science Week at the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. Interactive molecular sculpture installation for the public.

Exploring Galaxia Billabong: Collaboration with Mark Thomas at the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES), Melbourne. Public workshop.

The Brunswick Project: Invited collaboration with Slow Art Collective. Counihan Gallery, Melbourne.

Cross(x)Species Adventure Club – In The Black: Collaboration with Natalie Jeremijenko & Mihir Desai. Postmasters Gallery, New York. Live projections as part of interactive dining experience.

Waterbodies: Residency at The Environmental Health Clinic. New York University, New York City.

Molecular Smorgasbord: Living Science at Castlemaine Farmers Market, Victoria. Interactive molecular sculpture installation for the public.

Drawing on the Micro-scale: 2011 Arts2GO Program, Regional Arts Victoria. Workshop series.

 

2 0 1 0

The Tree of Life: Workshop at Artplay & sculpture installation at Friends of the Earth, Melbourne.

Art-Science Lab: National Science Week residency, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria. Workshop series.

Psycho Sub-Tropics: Always Moving Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. Live projections & drawing performance. Invited intervention.

The Invisible Yarra – River-Drawing Lab: Moomba Festival, ArtPlay, Melbourne. Interactive installation for the public.

Art-Science Lab: Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland. Series of workshops in the children’s gallery.

 

2 0 0 9

TS2: Collaboration with Slow Art Collective. Incinerator Art Complex, Melbourne. Invited intervention.

Exhibition: 211 Elizabeth St, New York City. Installation as part of six month-long, group exhibition.

Microscope-Drawing Workshop: the Big Draw Festival, ArtPlay. Interactive installation for public.

Microscope-Drawing Workshop: Hypothesis at Federation Square, Melbourne. National Science Week. Interactive installation for the public.

Microscope-Drawing & Movement: ArtPlay, Melbourne. Art-science educational workshop.

 

2 0 0 8

Microscope-Drawing Workshop: The Big Draw Festival, The Avoca Project, Victoria. Interactive installation for the public.

Jump Up: Collaboration with Collector’s Set . Horse Bazaar, Melbourne. Video projections.

Interactive Microscope-Drawing Exhibition: National Science Week Event, ArtPlay, Melbourne. Microscope-Drawing Workshops: ArtPlay, Melbourne. Art-Science workshop series.

Pilot Microscope-Drawing Workshop: Double Helix Science Club. Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO Education), Melbourne.

 

2 0 0 7

BZ Chemical Reaction: OtherFilm Festival, The Old Museum, Brisbane. Live performance.

 

G r a n t s

2019    Australia Council for the Arts Development Grant

2018    Creative Victoria – Arts Project Grant

2018    Australia Council for the Arts Professional Development Grant

2016    NSW Community Arts Support Program Grant

2016    Creative Partnerships Australia – Match Co-Funding Grant

2015    Arts Queensland – Artist in Residence Program Grant

2015    Australia Council for the Arts Development Grant

2015    Creative Victoria – Arts Project Grant

2014    ANZAC Centenary Major Grant / Department of Veterans Affairs

2014    Creative Victoria – Arts Project Grant

2008    City of Melbourne Arts Grant

2008    National Science Week Grant

 

R e s i d e n c i e s

2019   Creekulum: year-long residency with Moreland Primary School & the Merri Creek, Melbourne

2016    Artists-in-Residence: Patricia Stock laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona

2013    Drawing Water: The Environmental Health Clinic (Natalie Jeremijenko), New York University

2011    Waterbodies: The Environmental Health Clinic USA