“Xenopia is a research, art and design project aimed at prototyping a domestic hormones Beta Hcg test as a tool to address reproductive justice and the right to access abortion. We will investigate the historical scientific practices around living interfaces as controlling technologies (i.e. the living pregnancy test Xenopus Leavis frog, mice, seeds). The right to access abortion is under attack and Beta Hcg testing is a mandatory test to access safe abortion but is poorly available for people living in rural areas and in marginalised conditions. Weeks of pregnancy are the playing field on which the war against access to abortion is waged, so we see in this prototype the possibility of facilitating the path autonomously by giving people back control. Collectives defending reproductive rights in countries where abortion is illegal or restricted (as Italy) and safely providing support, do not have access to this kind of easing. With an inter-species perspective, we would therefore develop this prototype and participatory workshops as political act of empowerment and concrete response to reproductive justice.”
Our friends from WAFT Lab in Surabaya were invited to do a hands-on workshop on Soil Microscopy using the Hackteria “classic” DIY microscope stage assembly kit with their own re-design for the BIOHAHA series.
As part of the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 13) at Universitas Airlangga in Surabaya, Indonesia, on July 28–August 1, 2024, Huiying Ng (@livingsoil.asia), Dimas D. Laksmana and colleagues organised workshops and a roundtable to engage in and share conversations on soil health in Southeast and East Asia. The “Grounding Soils” workshop and “A Roadmap for Grounding Soils in Southeast Asia” strategic roundtable brought together over 20 young soil and interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and activists in the ICAS framework to share practices and knowledges on soils in Southeast and East Asia. In addition to these events, they also organised a DIY microscope making workshop with WAFTLab, a maker and hackerspace in Surabaya.
During the recent year there has been many collaborations with WAFT Lab for the ROSA Gathering in Yogya, TUAK residensi in Tuban, Helmi’s BIR Residency in Switzerland and the co-organisation of workshops and เหลู้าบ CoLaboratory in Chiangmai, where we co-developed and share various workshops ideas and methodologies. Nice to see how the Surabaya geng picked up various bio art ideas and biohacking tools over the last years!
We are happy to announce a talk by our Hacker-in-Residence, Moch Hasrul from Jakarta, Indonesia, on various topics of the _gud RND_ community, which is part of the Gudskul Ekosystem, an amazing collective from Indonesia. Following an afternoon Workshop by Elisa Chaveneau (FR) on DIY Bioplastic! Workshop: 12:00 – 18:00, , Saturday, 13. July 2024During […]
From end of April until 12 of June 2024, Marc Dusseiller aka dusjagr had the opportunity for a research and networking trip to various places in South America, Buenos Aires and Mendoza in Argentina, Montevideo in Uruguay and Santiaga and Valdivia in Chile. The connections to local initiatives have been built on earlier collaborations in […]
Our friends Baggenstos/Rudolf are organizing a one-day gathering on transdisciplinary practices in art & science around the topic of “Bioluminescence”, light phenomena in nature, art and laboratories. Location: Open Street MapBitwäscherei, 3. Stock, Alte Zentralwäscherei, ZWZNeue Hard 12, 8005 Zürich Door open: 13:00 UhrDuration: 13:45-17:45 UhrLanguage: Deutsch / EnglischFree Entrance There will be an apéro […]
17. – 21. Jan 2567 (2024) – Chiang Mai, Thailand LLL CoLaboratory (เหลู้าบ แลบ) is a “do-it-with-others” Art & Science open laboratory. Our goal is to gather the enthusiastic people and work on various multidisciplinary and speculative projects. We organize a 5-days “OPEN LAB” session for everyone to access. We are providing a space for share […]
Shih Wei-Chieh (Taipei, Taiwan) Hacker residency documentation- 11. September – 1. November 2023 The amusing title of this Hacker-in-Residence (hosted in Hackteria ZET – Open Science Lab and the Hackerspace collective Bitwäscherei ) comes from the substantial involvement of the Doctor blade in DIY coating experiments, marking the outset of Shih Wei Chieh’s first year of phd […]
Hands-on Wetlab Bioart Workshop in Tissue Culture with Adam Zaretsky and Lyndsey Walsh Surf and Turf Tissue Culture BBQ is a Bioart Wet Lab BioHackers Workshop introducing Tissue Culture for Artists and Non-scientists. This means we mix our theories with Hands-On Labwork. This is not science training, it is and experiential bioethics and bioart production studio doing the […]