This exhibition is the result of The Contextual Villains (Rachel Peachey and Paul Mosig) 2006 ANAT Synapse Arts + Science Residency with the Department of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and Pacific, at ANU.

The Synapse Art and Science Residnecy Program is an attempt to build new creative partnerships between scientists and artists, science institutions and arts organisations. This residency involved new media artists Rachel Peachey and Paul Mosig (The Contextual Villains) and the Department of Archaeology and Natural History at ANU, with the support of the Australian Network for Art and Technology.

The focus of the program is on multidisciplinary collaboration, research and development, articulating and evaluating potential benifits and on outcomes including publications, forums and exhibitions. Rachel and Paul spent twelve weeks living and working at ANU developing a body of work that reflects the meticulous gathering and documenting of samples and the consequent story telling that making the study of human environment interactions through time so interesting.