[PD-announce] Hackteria & Labhacking Workshop with Dusseiller & Koenig, May30-June3 Berlin NK

Derek Holzer derek at umatic.nl
Wed May 13 15:53:46 CEST 2009


H a c k t e r i a & l a b h a c k i n g with Marc R. Dusseiller & Kaspar
koenig

Saturday 30 May - Wednesday 3 June 2009, 12.00-18.00 daily


Location: eNKa / ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof) Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)176 20626386

Course Participation fee: 100 euros

Registration is required for this workshop and can only be done via 
email to: enka_nkATgmxDOTde

Please register early to ensure a place. Places are limited to 16.
For Workshop leaders' Biographies and full description and additional 
reading go to myspace.com/enka52

Overview--Experimental make-workshop with multilayered outcome for 
people interested in sound, DIY-biology, microscopy and interaction of 
living microorganisms. Knowledge in physical computing, video and sound 
processing, electronics and puredata is welcome, but not compulsary.

Description--In this workshop the experiments will take place in 
close-up view of microorganisms (e.g. water bears aka tardigrades, 
amoebae and collected organisms from urban environments), which appears 
to be a world by itself. Maybe due to the scaling and the amplification 
of a microscope, but maybe also due to all parameters of imagination 
that the microcosmos provokes. Growth and behaviour of these microscopic 
animals remind us of our own micro-macro-development. With the image and 
the movement of the organisms, the participants are encouraged to 
collect inspiration and bridge video and sound to what they experience 
with these small ‚"animalcules‚", as termed by their first observer 
Leeuwenhoek in 1677.

The participants will learn how to work with the usb-microscopes and 
hack webcams to be used as microscopes, observe the behaviour and motion 
of the waterbears and other microorganisms, find sounds from the lab 
equipment, hack into electronic devices to integrate into bioelectronic 
culture devices and build habitats for the animals. Also they will 
discover sounds from the different instrumentation and utilities of the 
laboratory. Recycle and compose arrangements for Lab-visual and 
Lab-sound scapes and benefit from a cross fertilization between the 
whole (scientific) equipment (you can bring your own too!) and an 
artistic metaphorical language. The outcome can be a video with a 
microscopic soundtrack, a living object with singing waterbears, a 
performance with laboratory sounds, or an openLab Hackteria installation.

Material needed--The participant should bring their own laptop/computer, 
a webcam with an adjustable lens and some general lab stuff they have 
access to.

Material available various labware, glassware, petri-dishes, 
usb-microscopes, microorganisms, soldering stations, electronic parts, 
arduinos etc..








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