“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 […]
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 […]
We are happy to host Adam Zaretsky again as our Artist-in-Residence at Hackteria ZET for 2 weeks in December 2021. It’s time to continue with Transgenic Human Genome Alternatives Project (thGAP), wrap up some our workshop series from Summer 2021, prepare the release of the CGCB, Creative Germline Constucts Bank and send out a call […]
Since summer 2020 we have initiated a new local programme in Switzerland under the name «Hackteria – Zentrum für Experimentelle Transdisziplinarität» and we proudly started a new space, as part of Bitwäscherei shared hackerspace collective, with dedicated facilities for the «Open Science Lab». A laboratory, a social learning space, a place of work and research, […]
Thanks to an invitation by our colleague Prof. Kwanwoo Shin, who helped us out with some labware for the “BYOP” and has regular projects in Yogyakarta, dusjagr could spend a couple of days in Seoul, presenting at the ODA conference formerly known as the 10th International Conference on Appropriate Technology. While the topics was “Regional […]
Hackteria has always been focusing strongly on two things: the development of new workshop concepts and establishing a global collaborative network. With this in mind we have invited TeZ Maurizio Martinucci to work together with Urs Gaudenz for one week and look deeper into possibilities of Kirlian photography and a collection of other super-natural imaging techniques that been the […]
Get together of the Digital Biology Community with the aim of making the next steps in personal lab-automation and applications. Experimentation with digital microfluidics, 3D-printed electro-wetting devices, transparent coatings, phages and more This event is part of the ongoing research project in collaboration with HSLU on Participation in Decision Making by Members of DIY Communites. […]
Open Soil: Research on the secret ingredients that make plants happy. Let’s explore what is going on in the ground beneath our feet. Let’s dig deeper together. Your contribution to a soil solution! We are happy to announce that our wemakeit campaign “HUMUS.Sapiens | Open Soil Research” has been successful! What a nice collaboration with […]