Daniel Lawrance

Mr Daniel Lawrance

Manager, Production

Community & Regional Engagement

International & External Engagement

I am the Production Manager at MOD. responsible for the visitor experience including; detailed design, build, installation and operation of interactive exhibitions, AV and IT systems; management of facilities, including galleries, studios and cafe; and managing our casual staff pool of outstanding Moderators.
About MOD. Opening on North Terrace in 2018, MOD. is a futuristic museum of discovery exploring science, creativity and innovation through immersive technology and unexpected experiences.  A place to inspire and be inspired, MOD. will challenge your understanding of the world to inform future possibilities.

Year Citation
2024 Bailey, L., DeLosAngeles, D., Carfora, N., von der Borch, C., Lawrance, D., & Alford, K. (2024). What if no one owned a home? (No. Of Pieces: Exhibit including five types of visitor engagement.) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2024 Bailey, L., DeLosAngeles, D., Carfora, N., von der Borch, C., Lawrance, D., & Alford, K. (2024). BROKEN (No. Of Pieces: Immersive exhibition of 10 exhibits) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2023 Bailey, L., von der Borch, C., Lawrance, D., & Alford, K. (2023). Bodification (No. Of Pieces: Exhibition) [Exhibition]. Australia: University of South Australia.
2022 Watterson, T., & Roberts, Z. (2022). Seeing the unseen: <i>INVISIBILITY</i> at MOD. (No. Of Pieces: 14 exhibits) [Exhibition]. Australia: Informa UK Limited.
2022 Bailey, L., Carfora, N., Lawrance, D., Sidhu, S., Woznicka, A., Baker, A. G., . . . Walker, P. (2022). Underground (No. Of Pieces: immersive exhibition) [Exhibition]. Australia: MOD.
2021 DeLosAngeles, D., Alford, K., Bailey, L., Lawrance, D., Newchurch, D., Pegoli, S., . . . Aziz, M. (2021). Custom-made (No. Of Pieces: Robotics) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2021 DeLosAngeles, D., Alford, K., Bailey, L., Newchurch, D., Lawrance, D., & Murphy, H. (2021). It's complicated (No. Of Pieces: IT’S COMPLICATED was a curated exhibition at MOD featuring 13 exhibits relating to dynamic interconnectedness and complex systems. Visitors were greeted by a set of parachuting cats to exploring case studies of malaria control continuing through games, artworks and interactives across 11 gallery spaces spanning topics such as the ocean, industry innovation, cancer treatment and music and visual arts.The exhibits included 'Operation Cat Drop' and 'Gene Drives' showing approaches to malaria control; 'Feeding Frenzy', a floor based interactive on self-organisation of schooling fish; 'Chaos Machine' demonstrating the importance of starting conditions in a double pendulum interactive; 'Octopus Estate' touchscreen game and app where visitors made decisions to help octopus populations thrive and 'Crazy Little Thing Called BRUV' with footage of marine ecologies of South Australia; 'Seahabilitation' looking at human and ecological approaches to increasing biodiversity including daily oyster feeding; 'Custom-Made' a robotic demonstration of Industry 4.0 principles, 'Pneumatic Blooms' on feedback through squishy robot plants, 'Cave of Sounds' an 8-pronged musical instrument for emergence curated by Tim Murray-Browne (UK), 'Grids, Dots and Codes' artworks exploring maths and textiles by Kate Little (Aus), 'Cell Invaders' showcasing research into car t-cell therapies for cancer; and 'Always Was, Always Will Be' a short story by Karen Wyld (Aus) inspired by Afrofutures.Each exhibit explored the principles of complex systems, communicating scientific research through novel interactive experiences. The curatorial strategy and key research contribution revolved around a series of guiding systems theory principles with corresponding icons, each of which were positioned in the galleries alongside QR codes leading to further information and links on an exhibit’s content, as well as being explored in a series of lunchtime researcher panels.) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2019 Bailey, L., Buckskin James, K., Carfora, N., Alford, K., & Lawrance, D. (2019). Hedonism (No. Of Pieces: Interactive exhibits) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2019 Carfora, N., Bailey, L., Alford, K., Newchurch, D., & Lawrance, D. (2019). Seven siblings from the future [Exhibition]. Australia.
2019 Bailey, L., Buckskin James, K., Lawrance, D., & Grumpy, S. (2019). Training ground [Exhibition]. Australia.
2018 DeLosAngeles, D., Johnstone, A., Alford, K., Lawrance, D., Banks, S., & Sweeney, J. (2018). Sleep Ops (No. Of Pieces: five purpose built sleep pods) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2018 DeLosAngeles, D., Johnstone, A., Alford, K., Loffler, S., Lawrance, D., Stanton, T., & Moseley, L. (2018). Feeling human (No. Of Pieces: Interactive exhibit) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2018 Alford, K., Johnstone, A., Lawrance, D., DeLosAngeles, D., Buckskin James, K., & Carfora, N. (2018). Waging peace (No. Of Pieces: Exhibition) [Exhibition]. Australia.
2018 Alford, K., Johnstone, A., Lawrance, D., Loffler, S., & DeLosAngeles, D. (2018). MOD.IFY (No. Of Pieces: artificial worlds) [Exhibition]. Australia.

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