Abstract
The inaugural STEAMworks STEAM Fair provides a platform for leading contemporary thinkers from the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths and Medicine (STEAM) to connect and collaborate with the local community of the Central West region. The STEAM Fair will be a multi-day, interactive showcase of exhibitions, performances, tours, presentations, as well as career and training opportunities, and is aimed at engaging audiences of all ages with an interest in STEAM subjects and a desire to build new connections, knowledge and skills. Mark will be giving drop-in style, multimedia presentations of science audio and will show how drums and synthesisers can take science data into a creative musical directions. Mark has sonified the coronavirus genome and more recently the Myrtle rust genome. Myrtle rust is a serious disease killing our eucalypts, bottlebrushes, and other Australian Native Plants. Dr Mark Temple is an academic specialising in Molecular Biology from the School of Science at Western Sydney University. Prior to being an academic Mark was drummer in The Hummingbirds pop band. Nowadays he is just as happy talking about science as he is playing drums to science data.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Type | STEAM Fair EXPO |
| Media of output | Performance |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Inspiring NSW quote: "In The Boilerhouse, adjacent to The Powerhouse, Dr Mark Temple from the Western Sydney University’s School of Science, had an amazing industrial space for his performance ‘Connections Between Science and Music, the Sounds of Biology.’ His multimedia presentation of science audio, with drums and synthesizers, took science data in a unique direction. Locals were completely intrigued when he put electrodes on cuttings of local plants, interpreting their electrical signals and converting them to music, sparking numerous questions about this unique combination of science and music."Keywords
- DNA
- computational biology
- musical performance
- environmental concerns
