“We’ve Left the Contemporary Era”
17 October: for several weeks now, a chant has been heard in the high-school marches: “We’re going to leave the contemporary era.” It isn’t a joke; it’s a prophecy.
by Ewen Chardronnet
Ewen Chardronnet is a journalist and interdisciplinary artist-author interested in transformative practices and narrative speculations linking artistic research, scientific research, and ecological and social engagement. Ewen Chardronnet began writing for Makery under the editorial direction of Annick Rivoire in 2014. In 2018, he took over as editor-in-chief of Makery.info.
At the Kerminy Soil Assembly, the lore of la Halle (2/2)
Second part of an interview between members of the la Halle œuvrière collective and Marina Pirot, co-founder of Kerminy, a site for research, creation and experimentation in Finistère, Brittany, where artistic and ecological practices meet territorial dynamics.
New Gleaning: Encounter on art and paludiculture with Daniel Hengst
Encounter with intermedia artist Daniel Hengst who presented 'New Gleaning', at the “Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants” exhibition of the _matter festival 2025 in Berlin.
Legal battle against political abuse of art: interview with Maja Smrekar
Maja Smrekar reflects on how her work was misused in a far-right political campaign and the need to build collective resilience. These issues will be addressed on 11 September in Ljubljana at the Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT).
The Politics of Symbiosis
We discuss here the discovery, the different understandings and their political meanings of the symbiosis phenomena through times.
Roscoffensis I/O: on exploring our becoming Homo Photosyntheticus. Artistic research in the footsteps of the Roscoff worm and Lynn Margulis
Roscoffensis I/O by Miha Godec and Roscosmoe Lab was showcased at OSMO/ZA during the Expedition to Public Outer Space in Slovenia, 27-30 Nov 2024. The project combines photosymbiosis and artificial intelligence to care for S. roscoffensis worms.
“It takes the whole region to make the city”: territories, ecosystems and populations by Patrick Geddes
“Learn by doing”, "Think local, act global": P. Geddes (1854-1932), biologist, sociologist and urban planner, thought up the relationship between town and country and reinvented city planning.
Michèle Boulogne : “hands tend to think faster than head!”
Based between Martinique and Rotterdam, Michèle Boulogne is an artist and textile designer questioning the cultural and social context of imaginary space exploration. Makery met her.
The Anthropocene Bomb
For 15 years, a workgroup of the International Union of Geological Sciences has tried to establish scientific foundations of the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch.
A residency to research Grätzel cells at Hackteria, encounter with Shih Wei Chieh (2/2)
Taiwanese artist and designer Shih Wei Chieh was in residence this fall at Hackteria in Zürich. Makery wanted to know more about his background and new projects. Second part of the interview.
From e-textile to Grätzel cells, encounter with the taiwanese designer Shih Wei Chieh (1/2)
Taiwanese artist and design researcher Shih Wei Chieh was in residence this fall at Hackteria in Zürich. Makery wanted to know more about his background and new projects. First part of the interview.
Alizée Armet and the Ghostly Plants of Damaged Worlds
Alizée Armet will present her creation "Ghostly plants of damaged worlds" in the "I Told You It's Alive" exhibition at Kersnikova (Ljubljana) from November 28. Makery wanted to know more.
Becoming Non-Alien: Temporary Manifesto for a Laboratory of Recombinant Commons
In 2017, the Laboratory Planet collective proposed a manifesto of the "recombinant commons" by the Aliens In Green. Makery republishes it.
The Aerocene community gathers at Hangar Y and reclaims the air
On Friday 14 July, the Hangar Y in Meudon near Paris opened its doors and its skies to the public in order to host Aerocene for a unique collaborative and artistic experience.
At UrsuLaB in Bourges, the world is a forest
Antre Peaux hosted the second (post-pandemic) opening of its new UrsuLaB: an artistic biolab dedicated to living things and ecologies.
How to draw with sound, opening-up the creative usage of laser projections
Projekt Atol was hosting Modul@rnice by Bernhard Rasinger (New Jörg) and Václav Peloušek (Bastl Instruments) in Ljubljana. Makery discussed the project with Tina Dolinšek (Projekt Atol) and Václav Peloušek.
Open Source Body: BadLab’s eco-feminist DIY art
For the Open Source Body festival organized by Makery, the Swiss collective BadLab will give a presentation on May 22 at Volumes Lab in the Oasis21 cooperative in Paris.
ART4MED: a 2 years program where “Art Meets Health and Biomedical Research”
5 partners from 5 EU countries formed ART4MED, a consortium to experiment and disseminate collaborations between hands-on medical humanities and investigative art methodologies.
Thierry M’Baye on makers’ mobility: “There is often a problem of equity in European projects”
MakersXchange: meet Thierry M’Baye, founder of m.e.u.h/Lab, musician, artist and community facilitator for makers and social entrepreneurs in Roubaix, France and Belgium.
Feral labs: interview with Stefanie Wuschitz from Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory (2/2)
Stefanie Wuschitz participated in the Feral Labs Network’s artist-in-residency program this fall at Schmiede festival in Hallein, Austria. Part 2 of our interview.