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Andrea Rassell is a media artist and interdisciplinary researcher at the University of Western Australia, holding a Casual Teaching position in Multi-Discipline studies while serving as a Forrest Prospect Fellow at SymbioticA. Her practice explores nanoart through experimental films and moving image installations that interrogate scale, technological mediation, and multisensory perception of sub-molecular realms, with exhibitions at major international festivals including New York Imagine Science Festival and Sónar+D.
Her educational foundation spans:
- PhD in Media & Communication (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, 2019)
- MA in Media & Communication (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, 2013)
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Major: Molecular Pathology (2005)
Rassell's research centers on embodied knowledge construction in science-art interfaces, investigating how moving image translates nanoscale phenomena into sensory experiences. She examines cultural implications of diagnostic systems through collaborations like the Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility residency, addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals through art-science dialogue that challenges biopolitical narratives around nanotechnology.
Her publication trajectory reveals consistent innovation in temporal representation of nanoscale phenomena, with recent works analyzing shifts from optical microscopy to nanoscopy and the role of embodiment in knowledge construction. This evolving scholarship demonstrates increasing integration of eye-tracking data and sensory experience frameworks within science-art contexts.
Award highlights include:
- Synapse residency (2019) from Australian Network for Art and Technology
- Forrest Prospect Fellowship (2021) at SymbioticA
Rassell actively contributes to major research initiatives as an investigator on NHMRC-funded projects including the Zeiss Celldiscoverer7 imaging system (2022-2023) and iXon Life Camera for single-molecule imaging (2022), while maintaining international collaborations such as her 2020 artist-in-residence position at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her press engagement, including the acclaimed 'Six images reveal how we see data' (2019), demonstrates effective science communication through artistic practice.
She operates within SymbioticA's unique research ecosystem at UWA, a laboratory dedicated to artistic inquiry in biological sciences that facilitates cross-disciplinary experimentation with facilities like the Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, enabling her distinctive approach to materializing invisible scientific processes through moving image.
