Make Friends Not Art: Documenta Fifteen, learning from the Global South
This year, Documenta Fifteen claimed to be different from previous editions, and after the consequences, there will never be one like it again. Makery was there.
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Published 31 August 2022 by Maya Minder
This year, Documenta Fifteen claimed to be different from previous editions, and after the consequences, there will never be one like it again. Makery was there.
Published 24 August 2022 by Elsa Ferreira
On August 5-11, the Croatian makerspace Radiona hosted Electric Wonderland, a summer camp of DIY synths and creative circuits among campers and hikers in the Velebit mountains.
Published 8 August 2022 by Elsa Ferreira
What are 65 hackers, makers, artists, musicians and other techno-explorers doing in the middle of the Slovenian Alps?
Published 1 July 2022 by Maya Minder
On June 6-11, Fabricademy Bootcamp was held at the fablab Onl'fait in Geneva. Interview with its co-founder, Anastasia Pistofidou.
Published 5 June 2022 by Rob La Frenais
In parallel to their new exhibition 'Hackers, Makers, Thinkers - Collective experiments in social fermenting', a two days event was proposed at Art Laboratory Berlin.
Published 28 February 2022 by Yukiko Shikata
“From Commons to NFTs” is an (expanded) writing series initiated by Shu Lea Cheang, Felix Stalder & Ewen Chardronnet. Second text by Yukiko Shikata.
Published 16 February 2022 by Maya Minder
A two-week Bachelor of Design class at the University of Nîmes (France), initiated by artist and academic Lucile Haute, experimented with biofabrication using kombucha cellulose, novel material.
Published 9 February 2022 by Dare Pejić
Quorum sensing, an investigative art science project by Helena Nikonole and Lucy Ojomoko, proposes smelling as potential detection activity to track diseases and becomes a (self)diagnosing tool.
Published 18 November 2021 by la rédaction
MakersXchange is conducting in-depth interviews of makers about mobility, good practices for social inclusion and skills development. Meet Simone Ferrecchia from Digijeunes.
Published 20 October 2021 by Ewen Chardronnet
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.
Published 11 October 2021 by la rédaction
MakersXchange is conducting in-depth interviews of makers about mobility, good practices for social inclusion and skills development. Meet André Rocha from FabLab Benfica.
Published 11 September 2021 by la rédaction
Designers Maud Bausier and Antoine Jaunard, co-founders of the Domingo Club in Barcelona, made a tempeh incubator that was awarded at this year’s Distributed Design Awards.
Published 1 September 2021 by Adam Zaretsky
Adam Zaretsky’s last essay in his summer series of speculative texts is a letter to Lulu and Nana, the controversial "CRISPR babies" born in November 2018.
Published 19 August 2021 by Adam Zaretsky
Adam Zaretsky's fourth essay in his summer series of speculative texts proposes a "Philosophy of the Biological Bedroom, or a Prelude for Transgenic Humans".
Published 18 May 2021 by Rob La Frenais
Helena Nikonole and Lucy Ojomoko create genetically modified bacteria of human skin microbiome that affect the sense of smell transmitted by the human body, a radical approach to issues of health and disease prevention.
Published 13 April 2021 by Rob La Frenais
Jeremy Narby, the worldwide-known author of ‘The Cosmic Serpent’ (1998) is releasing a new book this year, ‘Plant Teachers - Tobacco and Ayhuasca’. Interview.
Published 6 April 2021 by Maxence Grugier
Initiated by artists Benjamin Gaulon and Dasha Ilina, Nø School is a conceptually alternative anti-school spanning two weeks of talks, workshops and other activities in Nevers, France.
Published 18 March 2021 by Rob La Frenais
The 11th Liverpool Biennial opens this 20 March 2021. 'The Stomach and the Port' explores notions of the body and ways of connecting with the world. Makery discussed with the Biennal's curator Manuela Moscoso.
Published 12 March 2021
5 partners from 5 EU countries formed ART4MED, a consortium to experiment and disseminate collaborations between hands-on medical humanities and investigative art methodologies.
Published 26 February 2021 by Rob La Frenais
In ‘Extraterrestrial - The First Sign of Intelligent Life beyond Earth’, Avi Loeb, former chair of astronomy at Harvard University, confirms that the interstellar object `Oumuamua, could be a sign of extraterrestial life. Review.