Sarah Jane Pell
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Sarah Jane Pell is an Australian artist researcher and commercial diver. Her works combine the traditions of body art
, extreme performance art
and human factors
with underwater habitat
and professional diving technologies.
Pell is best known for her creative research of human performance behaviours and limits in extreme environments - usually underwater.
Pell founded the Aquabatics Research Team, Australia in 2002 and completed a PhD proposing Aquabatics as new works of Live Art to Edith Cowan University.
She was awarded a TED (Conference)
2010 Fellow.
Pell is an Adjunct Lecturer to the University of Western Australia
. She currently resides in Australia and researches innovative aqueous architectures for future use in outer space.
She is Official Crew of the Atlantica Expeditions Underwater habitat
Mission 2012.
(1997); TrainingThe National Review of Live Art, Midland (2002); Second Nature: Second Skin, National Review of Live Art
, Glasgow (2003); Under Current, Hydrophilia Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
(2003, 2004); Hydrophilia, BEAP04 Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth (2004); LifeBoat - mobile life art laboratory collaboration with Nigel Helyer, Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr ISEA04 International Symposium of Electronic Arts, The Baltic (2004); Under Current, Bonnington Gallery, UK (2004); Petrification - collaboration with Lawrence English, ARC Biennial, Brisbane (2005); Hydrophilia, Tract -Live Art Festival, Art Surgery & Newlyn Art Gallery
, UK (2006)
, Melbourne (1998); Spectrum Project Space, Perth (2002); Walking with Water, Western Australian Maritime Museum (2005); Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
(2006)
Multimedia Asia Pacific, Bangkok (2005, 2006) Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland (2006)
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Taiwan (2007)
, Australia (1995); Masters of Arts in Human Performance from Victorian University of Technology, Australia (1998); ADAS2 Occupational Diving Commercial Diving
, The Underwater Centre, Fremantle (2002); Doctor of Philosophy, Visual Art, Edith Cowan University
, Australia (2005/6). She is alumni of the International Space University
, France (2006) and Singularity University
, NASA Ames Research Park, California (2010).
Live Art Archives at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection
See also the free educational resources: Live Art Archive and Digital Performance Archive hosted by AHDS Performing Arts
Body art
Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. The most common forms of body art are tattoos and body piercings, but other types include scarification, branding, scalpelling, shaping , full body tattoo and body painting.More extreme body art can involve things such as mutilation...
, extreme performance art
Extreme performance art
Since the beginning of the Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self mutilation. In the...
and human factors
Human factors
Human factors science or human factors technologies is a multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering, industrial design, statistics, operations research and anthropometry...
with underwater habitat
Underwater habitat
Underwater habitats are underwater structures in which people can live for extended periods and carry out most of the basic human functions of a 24-hour day, such as working, resting, eating, attending to personal hygiene, and sleeping...
and professional diving technologies.
Pell is best known for her creative research of human performance behaviours and limits in extreme environments - usually underwater.
'Although she draws on the poetic and performative potential suggested by aquatic environments, her body of work is best described as an aestheticisation of life support systems. The body in water is dialectical, at once in communion with and conflict with water. Aquatic performance offers the possibility of an ecstatic release into the enveloping weightlessness of an azure world, yet nevertheless the body gags in the face of this fantasy, as the need for oxygen reasserts itself.'
Pell founded the Aquabatics Research Team, Australia in 2002 and completed a PhD proposing Aquabatics as new works of Live Art to Edith Cowan University.
She was awarded a TED (Conference)
TED (conference)
TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
2010 Fellow.
Pell is an Adjunct Lecturer to the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
. She currently resides in Australia and researches innovative aqueous architectures for future use in outer space.
She is Official Crew of the Atlantica Expeditions Underwater habitat
Underwater habitat
Underwater habitats are underwater structures in which people can live for extended periods and carry out most of the basic human functions of a 24-hour day, such as working, resting, eating, attending to personal hygiene, and sleeping...
Mission 2012.
Performances
The Many-To-Many World, The Great Hall National Gallery of VictoriaNational Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
(1997); TrainingThe National Review of Live Art, Midland (2002); Second Nature: Second Skin, National Review of Live Art
National Review of Live Art
The National Review of Live Art, also known by the abbreviation NRLA, is an annual festival of live art which usually takes place in February, in Glasgow, UK.- History :...
, Glasgow (2003); Under Current, Hydrophilia Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts is a contemporary visual and performance arts venue located in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(2003, 2004); Hydrophilia, BEAP04 Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth (2004); LifeBoat - mobile life art laboratory collaboration with Nigel Helyer, Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr ISEA04 International Symposium of Electronic Arts, The Baltic (2004); Under Current, Bonnington Gallery, UK (2004); Petrification - collaboration with Lawrence English, ARC Biennial, Brisbane (2005); Hydrophilia, Tract -Live Art Festival, Art Surgery & Newlyn Art Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK. Opened in 1895, designed by James Hicks of Redruth and financed by John Passmore Edwards the gallery was conceived as a home and exhibition venue for the Newlyn School of Art the works of which are now largely located...
, UK (2006)
Exposition
Substance & Transparency, National Gallery of VictoriaNational Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
, Melbourne (1998); Spectrum Project Space, Perth (2002); Walking with Water, Western Australian Maritime Museum (2005); Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts is a contemporary visual and performance arts venue located in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(2006)
Multimedia Asia Pacific, Bangkok (2005, 2006) Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland (2006)
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
The Taipei National University of the Arts is a national university at Kuandu of Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan. This university should not be confused with National Taiwan University of Arts at Banciao City.-History:...
Taiwan (2007)
About
Pell received a Bachelor Fine Art, Victorian College of the ArtsVictorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
, Australia (1995); Masters of Arts in Human Performance from Victorian University of Technology, Australia (1998); ADAS2 Occupational Diving Commercial Diving
Commercial Diving
Professional diving is a type of diving where the divers are paid for their work. There are several branches of professional diving, the most well known of which is probably commercial diving...
, The Underwater Centre, Fremantle (2002); Doctor of Philosophy, Visual Art, Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....
, Australia (2005/6). She is alumni of the International Space University
International Space University
The International Space University is a private university founded in 1987. The University currently offers three degree granting programs — Master of Science in Space Management, Master of Science in Space Studies and Executive MBA — in addition to a non-degree-granting Space Studies Program.The...
, France (2006) and Singularity University
Singularity University
Singularity University is an academic institution in Silicon Valley whose stated aim is to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s...
, NASA Ames Research Park, California (2010).
External links
- Research & Publication CV, Community of ScienceCommunity of ScienceCommunity of Science is a collection of online databases, providing research information to both the public and subscribers, and services for the research community...
- Mobile Art Life Lab LifeBoat
See also
National Review of Live Art Reviews Database hosted by AHDS Performing ArtsLive Art Archives at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection
See also the free educational resources: Live Art Archive and Digital Performance Archive hosted by AHDS Performing Arts