The International Synthetic Biology Festival took place between 23rd -25th of October 2014 in Vienna, Austria. In 2015 the festival is on a tour around the world…. and now it’s in Jogjaaa!!!

BIO·FICTION explored the emerging field of synthetic biology from different disciplinary angles including science and engineering, social science, cultural studies, amateur biology, film makers, artists and designers. We had presentations, panel discussions, do-it-yourself biology demos, performances, art work and of course film screenings. It featured short films on any aspect of synthetic biology, including documentary films, animation, (science) fiction etc.

Part 1: Screening at MBMB, iCAN, Yogyakarta, 11. Sep, 2015

First screening and discussion round during Mingapa Bigini Mingapa Bigitu an interdisciplinary collaborative production event hosted by lifepatch and friends.

Copy & Clone (by Louis Rigaud) from BIO·FICTION on Vimeo.

Screening Program:
Exploring indonesia, Eric Schockmel, UK, 2013
Copy & Clone, Louis Rigaud, FR, 2010
Living Food, Minsu Kim, UK, 2013
I Wanna Deliver a Dolphin, Ai Hasegawa, JP, 2013
Bio Flaneur, Aleks Cicha, UK, 2014
Bioluminiscent Streetlamps, Steven van Eekelen, NL, 2013
Hybris, Arjan Brentjes, NL, 2014
New Mumbai, Tobias Revell, UK, 2012

For those of you who have access to vimeo…. find the trailers of most of the movies here.

Spesial post-diskusi screening: “VERMIN”. Adi Gelbart / DE, 201

Thanks to lifepatch for hosting during at MBMB, iCAN for their venue, and hackteria, synbio UGM, biofaction and Afif Pranaya for making this event happen and guiding the discussion!

Part 2: Screening and discussions at UGM, 28. Sep 2015

The second part of our BIO-FICTION screening in Yogyakarta at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) involved more students groups and local microbiologists. See our Fbook event for more information.

This event will contain an introduction of the organization of microbiology students in UGM, who are also the organizers of the Bioartnergy festival/exhibition followed by a series of movie screenings and discussion with our speakers

Speakers:
1. Nur Akbar Arofatullah (Lifepatch.org)
On recombinant technology for the production of chimeric antibody drugs against dengue

2. Marc Dusseiller Dusjagr (Hackteria.org)
On hackteria’s history and various projects of DIY laboratory infrastructure… and coconuts. See slides.

3. Adhityo Wicaksono (Xenobiota)
From Biohacking to Astrobiology, Speculative Path of Biology to Strange Side of Biology. See slides

Screenings:
New Mumbai, Tobias Revell, UK, 2012
Copy & Clone, Louis Rigaud, FR, 2010
Bacteria to The Future, Sam Ireland, UK, 2014
Bioluminescent Streetlamp, Steven van Eekelen, NL, 2013

Spesial post-diskusi screening:
“VERMIN”. Adi Gelbart / DE, 2011

This event is hosted by PERMAHAMI (The Organization of Microbiology Students in UGM / Bioartnergy Organizer)
Supported By : Biofaction, Hackteria.org, SynbioUGM