Visiting Research Fellows – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Current Research Fellowship Projects

Freeze dried icecream packet

Ceridwen Dovey and Dr Rowena Potts

Futuring weather star item image Bruno sweat

Dr Todd Robinson

Noelle Janaczewska collection photo

Dr Noëlle Janaczewska

Dr Mark Ian Jones

Portable buddhist shrine from Japan

Dr June Kim

Image: Chromatrope slides. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Nigel Helyer

Linhof Technika camera and accessories used by Max Dupain circa 1959. Made from metal, plastic and glass by various makers. Powerhouse Collection.

Papier-mâché model of a human stomach, possibly Shimadzu Manufacturing, Japan, possibly 1914—19. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Nina Sellars

Previous Research Fellowship Projects

Party hats from the 'Crossing the Ice' Antarctic expedition (2011–12), Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Ainslie Murray

Dr Sarah Bendall

Textile samples

Sheep shearing equipment, maker unknown, Australia, before 1933. Powerhouse Collection.

Professor Kathy Bowrey

Detail from ‘Ghost in the machine’, artwork by Deidre Feeney, photo supplied.

Sonia Leber and David Chesworth, Sound Before Sound II: Auditioning the Archive (video still), 2022. 4K UHD video, stereo audio, 8 minutes.

Sonia Leber and Dr David Chesworth

Dr Tomasz Bednarz

Man and woman dancing at a Cooma nightclub, photograph by Jeff Carter c. 1957–60, printed 2000, Powerhouse collection.

Dr Julie-Anne Long

Replica casket panel, second end, Byzantine AD 1000-1200, fictile ivory plaster cast, made by Elkington and Co, London, England, 1855-1887. Powerhouse collection

Dr Alina Kozlovski

Sydney Observatory electrical clocks and chronometers, 1881, from 'Astronomical Results, 1879-80-81', H C Russell, copied Powerhouse Museum, April 2008. Photographer unknown. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Em Prof Heckenberg

IBM 2250, 1965, display unit. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Christopher John Müller

Image: Textile 'Black Opal' by Jenny Kee. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee

Gesture Capture, 2020, Dr Patricia Flanagan. Image credit ©Patricia Flanagan 2020.

Dr Patricia Flanagan

The Australian Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, 1939, photographed by Robert E Coates, New York. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Catherine De Lorenzo

Monkey beanies worn by James Castrission and Justin Jones, Crossing the Ice Antarctic expedition, 2011 to 2012. Powerhouse Collection.

Standard Stars, work in progress, 2020, Dr Anna Madeleine Raupach.

Dr Anna Madeleine Raupach

Research project prototype testing at MAAS, 2019, Dr Andrew Burrell, Dr Rachel Hendry and Kate Richards. Image courtesy of the research fellows.

Burrell, Henderey & Richards

The Transparent Woman, 1950 to 1953, made by the German Health Museum, Germany, photographed by Geoff Friend. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Sellberg & Dr Stephens

Boulton and Watt rotative steam engine, 1785, manufactured by Matthew Boulton and James Watt, England. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Fiona Cameron

Installation view of Spiral exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, 2019, Dr Oliver Bown, photographed by Ryan Hernandez

Photograph of Lawrence Hargrave kneeling beside box kite at Woollahra Point, print made circa 1977. Powerhouse Collection.

Spinning World exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, 2018, Jo Law and Agneiszka Golda, photographed by Ryan Hernandez.

Dr Law & Dr Golda

Installation view of MicroGravity exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, 2017, Kate Scardifield, photographed by Ryan Hernandez.

Dr Kate Scardifield

Photograph of billboard for Grace Bros, circa 1930, designed by Rousel Studios, NSW. Powerhouse Collection.

Assoc Prof Robert Crawford

Hotpoint Bandmaster mantel radio, 1938, Australian General Electric, Australia. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Justine Lloyd

Lace mat, embroidered and needle woven, 1940 to 1950, maker unknown, Hungary, photographed by Russell Perkins. Powerhouse Collection.

Dr Gail Kenning

Runway shot of Patchy outfits from the Flamingo Follies show at the Queen Street Galleries, 1978, Linda Jackson, photographer unknown.

Dr Narelle Lemon, photographed by Shannyn Higgins

Dr Narelle Lemon

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