Sarah Jane Pell, Ph.D.

Co-Chair ETTAS Aquabatics Research Team initiative ARTi

  • Melbourne Area, Australia Victoria

Topical Team: Arts & Science at European Space Agency

Contact

Social

Biography

An accomplished artist and commercial diver, Dr. Sarah Jane Pell both consults, produces and performs underwater media and designs interdisciplinary sci-art laboratories as new forms of live art and civilian space analogues.

Pell seeks opportunities to live and work underwater for extended periods to critique and refine advanced life support including expression, communication design and architectures to ponder the biotechnicity and arts required for quality of life on Earth and for use on long duration human undersea and space missions.

Industry Expertise

Design
Research
Performing Arts

Areas of Expertise

Commercial Diving
Live Art
Life Support

Accomplishments

TED Fellow

2010-02-16

The TED Fellows program brings outstanding individuals who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage and moral imagination into the TED community. Designed to bring together young world-changers and trailblazers who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage, the TED2010 Fellows reflect both geographic and discipline diversity.

Dr. Pell was the first Australian to be awarded this honour.

Education

The Nottingham Trent University

PhD - Visiting Reader

Live Art

2005

The Live Art Archives include the Record of Live Art Practice, the National Review of Live Art Archive, the Digital Performance Archive, the Arts Council England Live Art and Performance Archive and Performance magazine Archive

University of Melbourne

BFA

Drawing

1995

Victorian College of the Arts

International Space University, Strasbourg

SSP06

Space Sciences

2006

Summer Session Program Team Project:
"Luna Gaia: a closed loop habitat for the Moon"
http://www.isunet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=214&Itemid=251

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Affiliations

  • International Space University
  • League of the New Worlds
  • Australian Network for Art & Technology
  • Zero Gravity Arts Consortium
  • International Society for Underwater Technologies
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Testimonials

Australian National University

http://www.sarahjanepell.com/mediainfinity.html

Taiwan-Australian New Media Festival, Teipei TW

“Sarah Jane Pell is an unusual person: both a highly professional scholar and practitioner with both activities unified within in the same area of research. She is a highly skilled Performance Artist whose work is not only aesthetically beautiful, spectacular and accessible (if challenging at times for the well calculated risks involved) but is also clearly applied to social and ethical problems confronting current society - in this sense, Sarah Jane is also a skilled social scientist. Her management skills are excellent, and must be in order for her diverse projects to succeed - it is important to note here that she employs a support team of professionals in her performance projects. I enjoyed working with her in 2007."

SSP06 Faculty, International Space University, Strasbourg FR

http://www.sarahjanepell.com/lunagaia.html

NASA Ames Directors Colloqium, Moffett Field US

“Sarah Jane Pell is one of the most creative minds I have met in many years. Her explorations into fundamental principles of human behavior through her art and inquiry challenge more traditional modes of scientific and humanistic investigation. I recommend her without reservation.” July 20, 2009

Event Appearances

Every space project needs an artist

TEDxISU - International Space University, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FIT  Florida Institute of Technology, Gleeson Performing Arts Center, Melbourne Florida US

2012-07-04

Global hydrotherepy through aquatic arts

TEDxSydney http://www.sarahjanepell.com/tedxsydney.html  Carriageworks Theatre, Sydney Australia

2010-05-20

To Boldly Stay - Extending Humanity into the Solar System

NASA Ames-SingularityU Conference  NASA Ames Research Centre, Moffett Field, California US

2010-08-22

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Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC

Fees

$0 to $37000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee