Underwater play through interactions between human movement, water and smart robots. Autonomous glowing "baby fish" dance and demonstrate multi-axis movement to mimic your aquabatic interactions and playful engagements with the "mother fish". A project by Pell and Mueller developed at the Exertion Games Lab

Gravity Well Premiers at CHI'13 Interactivity Palais de Congrès de Paris, 29 April - 3 May.

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Deeper, Deeper, Deeper... 2013 Immersive Audio CD Deep Performance Enhancement Coaching Tool. Creatively interpreting 4 highly technical psychological techniques used by Navy SEALs. Written and performed by Dr. Sarah Jane Pell. Post Production Alister Morley, Melbourne AU. Limited Edition Release for the Perth International Arts Festival, 2013.

Limited 100 Sales

1 x CD Solo Dive $25.00 AUD 2 x CD Double Dip $35.00 AUD 3 x CD Multi-level Diver $45.00 AUD

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A video of space–related art produced by ETTAS' Artists - Anna Hill/Space Synapse, Kirsten Johannsen, Ayoko Ono, Marko Peljhan, Sarah Jane Pell, Bradley Pitts, Tim Otto Roth, Eva Schlegal, Angelo Vermeulen and Christian Walvogel is screening in the ITACCUS-endorsed contemporary art exhibition 'Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration' curated by Tyler Stalings and Marko Peljhan.

Exhibition: 16 Jan California US.

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...that the Western Australian department of Fisheries issued 17300 licences for 22 tonne of Abalone taken by Recreational fisher people?

Reporting for Bezerky Productions, Pell and crews were at Hayes Beach to cover the mayhem as generations of people flocked to catch 20 well-sized Abalone and share with us their tips, triumphs and the drama when a life-long resident sting-ray arrived to get in on the action during the one (1) hour open season! This is intended to be the first short-documentary in a series on the Australian love of water.

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Honorary appointment: Visiting Research Fellow, RMIT University School of Media and Communication, Exertion Games Lab.

I am delighted to be collaborating with the EGL Director, Dr. Florian 'Floyd' Mueller and his team of students to investigate and design systems for H20Play that focus on enhancing, and extending the human performance experience underwater.

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European Space Agency scientists, technologists and engineers were presented with exemplorary prior work and prospective collaborative projects for the ESA Arts Initiative. Presenting Artists - Bradley Pitts (US), Christian Woldervogel (CH), Dr. Sarah Jane Pell (AU) & Prof. Marko Peljhan (US).

14 NOV 2012, Erasmus Auditorium, ESTEC Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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A new visceral dance work by Dean Walsh exploring marine themes and two years Australia Council Fellowship Research - scuba diving and marine psychology into performance.

Dancers/collaborators, Kathryn Puie and Natalie Ayton exceptionally instinctive & skilled dancers, Speakers Dr. Sarah Jane Pell, Tony Granville and Judy Reizes, Paramatta Riverside Theatres, Sydney, 25-27th October 2012

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ARTLINK Experiment Vol. 32. No. 3, 2012 I was thrilled when guest editor Din Heagney invited me to contribute!

Writer: 'Every space project needs an artist' artists Pell, Vermeulen, Pitts, Framais and Lee working with biotechnology, space science, performance and art.

Speaker: 'Experimentum, Experimentum, Experimentum' on the occasion of the Experimenta: speak to me, 5th Biennale of Media Art exhibition, RMIT Gallery Melbourne.

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"As ‘real’ collaborators, artists can truly move science and engineering forward; and by co-creating art works, they can improve science and technology communication. Collaboration between the arts and science should therefore be encouraged and fostered." Authors: Pell, S.J., ESA Topical Team Arts & Science, AUSTRALIA ; Vermeulen, A., ESA Topical Team Arts & Science, BELGIUM

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This is the unique story of farmed ocean fishing practices from the vantage of the mort diver tending to salmon and trout in free-flowing ocean pens at various stages of life from smolt to harvest-sized fish, and the relationship to the crews, farmers and environment, to reflect on cycles of life and light. Strahan Divers work in zero visibility in an ocean harbour naturally stained by the tannins of tea tree and button grass local to the remote pristine World Heritage Wilderness Area of the Gordon-Franklin, Tasmania. Due to be released April 2011

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