Waging peace
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2018
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Alford, K.
Johnstone, A.
Lawrance, D.
DeLosAngeles, D.
Buckskin James, K.
Carfora, N.
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Waging Peace was a curated exhibition at MOD. featuring 11 exhibits over 10 gallery spaces. The exhibition was initiated by looking at growing opportunities for careers in defence in South Australia. To open up future possibilities, the exhibition reframed the theme with the provocation “how might we aggressively pursue peace?’. Visitors were welcomed with banners from 44 different Aboriginal Countries within the state and reflection on the Welcome to Country as an enabler of peace in ‘Department of Welcome’. ‘Brand Peace’ reframed peace through brand awareness. ‘Orbotopia paired the World Wide Telescope interactive with space industry interviews and an animation on satellite communications. ‘Games for Peace’ was a selection of 9 video games with game play modes of collaboration and problem-solving set under shards that when viewed from a fixed perspective became a peace crane. ‘Trigger Warning was a short film by Superflux exposing the increasing tribalism of online communities. ‘Cosmic Living Room’ was a composition by Jonathan Keats with Dr Alice Gorman exploring communication for the universe. 'Polar Commons' presented artefacts from exploration while looking at the Antarctic Treaty as a model of peace. 'Sleeps Ops' provided sleep pods to learn more about sleep research with Prof Siobhan Banks against a composition by Jason Sweeney. 'Augmented Relief' with SAAB showed the use of augmented reality in designing a deployable hospital. Designs of ‘Peace Machines’ by secondary school students were also displayed. The curation included an open call for artists to contribute resulting in inclusion of works by Superflux and Jonathan Keats. Research-led installations were developed, as well as exhibit concepts developed by the team. Each exhibit had a website entry into Mandarin, with curated links for further learning. An accompanying program included games for Adelaide Fringe, researcher panels and weekly meditations in 'Sleep Ops'.