The wild adventures of Porte Nef
Awarded at Shenzhen Design Week 2019, Maxime Aumon’s “Porte Nef” is a surrealist, even dadaist, human adventure, in the form of a plurimedia work.
Traincamp, or why go by train to Green Culture festival in Montenegro
Makery spoke to the organisers of the Train Camp that goes by train this week to the Green Culture festival in Montenegro.
2019 map of summer camps in Europe
Where to go this summer? Makery made a selection of summer camps&schools in Europe for 2019. 30 summer destinations from South Portugal to Subarctic Lapland, from West France to Istanbul.
Winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2019
The Prix Ars Electronica is the oldest award in the field of electronic, interactive art and computer animation and is being bestowed since 1987.
In Denmark, Catch Summer Camp will examine human and tech relationships
Makery was in correspondence with the main organizers of the Catch Summer Camp 2019, happening between 12-16 August in Elsinore, Denmark.
Burning Man 2019: Radical rehearsal for an uncertain future
This year, the radically self-reliant Black Rock City in the Nevada desert will face a new challenge: top-down, tone-deaf intervention. Yet, inner passion still prevails in the voices of Burning Man past and present.
Marko Peljhan’s hypersonic hyperstitions at Venice Biennale
At the 2019 Venice Biennale, whistleblowing artist Marko Peljhan’s System 317 calls attention to the rise of hypersonic weapons.
Rüdiger Wassibauer: “A time when it’s not about winning but about being”
We discussed Schmiede with Rüdiger Wassibauer, one of the festival's co-founders, who announced this year's open call and presented FeralAIR, their new residency programme.
The biggest sound gadget in Belgrade
The buzz around the legendary sound synthesizer EMS Synthi 100 of former Yugoslavia is still going strong since the instrument was restored in 2018. Svetlana Maraš shares her experience with Synthi.
Futurotopias: communities, technologies and feminisms at Hack The Earth
Hack The Earth 2019 took place on April 19-22, organized by the Catalonian colony of Calafou—where liberating fantasies weave desirable futures.
Soundcamp in Marseille, 24 hours listening to the world
Listening to birdsong at sunrise around the world, for 24 hours. In Marseille, deletere and Locus Sonus hosted a Soundcamp within the grounds of a convent.
Art-Act’s mushroom-inspired remediation for humans
Sandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian explore issues related to the environment, energy, food, natural and hyperindustrial resources and the constituent powers of our society.
In the Philippines, low-tech solar lamps are lighting up isolated villages
Sustainable and easy to repair, Liter of Light lamps are a model of open source technology for human development. Low-tech Lab came to study this example on its world tour of frugal innovation.
Le RFFLabs dresse un panorama des fablabs en France
Entre 2017 et 2018, le Conseil Scientifique du Réseau Français des Fablabs a mené une enquête visant à produire un panorama des fablabs en France. Un livret blanc consultable.
“Spare Parts” shows biomedical research through the eyes of artists in London
The new Science Gallery London presents “Spare Parts”, an exhibition about repairing the human body and manipulating living things, through May 12.
Luxury, hummingbirds and rubber boots in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian Mashpi bioreserve reconciles luxury ecotourism, natural conservation and local ecology. An exemplary project in an extraordinary location. Makery went on site.
Erich Berger: “Field Notes explores spaces of possibilities in Lapland”
The Bioart Society has already been exploring the subarctic territory for the past ten years from the Kilpisjärvi station. Erich Berger presents the Field Notes program and a new call for 2019.
In Eindhoven, the STRP festival questions our phobia of the future
From March 30 to April 7, the art&tech STRP festival took over a former Philips factory in Eindhoven. Report from the 2019 edition, dedicated to exploring scenarios for a positive future.
Centre Pompidou looks at the living through the lens of design
In Paris, Centre Pompidou’s “Designing the Living” exhibition frames living matter as raw material for design. Makery went in to take a look.
Extinction Rebellion organises its first “die-in” in Paris
On Sunday March 24th, a loose coalition of scientists, climate campaigners, churchgoers, anti-capitalist activists and makers arrived, symbolically in front of Paris’s Bourse.