Constantine (Kosta) Stefanou is a Greek-Australian interdisciplinary research-practitioner, working at the intersection of experimental and applied theories of arts, ecology, and agronomy. Stefanou’s creative practice is rooted in liveness, performance, and community arts. Having performed in Australia and overseas with contemporary original music outfits throughout his 20’s, Stefanou then moved towards the integration of arts and agroecological lifeworld’s rooted in Greek migrant, working class, and agrarian histories. Alongside his training in agronomy, ecology, and spatial science, he founded the Adelaide-based arts initiative MUD: Improvisation and Extended domains; an experimental arts initiative supporting the work of transdisciplinary communities of practice. Since 2021, MUD has produced 40+ events, 20 publications, two arts residences, and two creative lab groups, working with local and national arts-communities.

He is currently undertaking an interdisciplinary honours project with Flinders University; investigating how Australian rural communities engage in rural eco-social arts initiatives. The project aims to provide recommendations for the development of arts-based ecological restoration initiatives, through festivals, residencies, and transdisciplinary eco-social research-practice.