/ feral-labs
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.
/ Proto
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.
/ Voices
Hack The Earth 2019 took place on April 19-22, organized by the Catalonian colony of Calafou—where liberating fantasies weave desirable futures.
/ Events
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.
/ Interview
Sandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian explore issues related to the environment, energy, food, natural and hyperindustrial resources and the constituent powers of our society.
/ Voices
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.
/ Tidbits
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.
/ Events
The new Science Gallery London presents “Spare Parts”, an exhibition about repairing the human body and manipulating living things, through May 12.
/ Investigation
The Ecuadorian Mashpi bioreserve reconciles luxury ecotourism, natural conservation and local ecology. An exemplary project in an extraordinary location. Makery went on site.
/ feral-labs
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.
/ Events
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.
/ Events
In Paris, Centre Pompidou’s “Designing the Living” exhibition frames living matter as raw material for design. Makery went in to take a look.
/ Events
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.
/ Events
“Imagine Earth as a Planet to Discover” is the slogan of "Exoplanète Terre", an initiative examining the relationship between technology, environment, arts and sciences.
/ Interview
In honor of Solar Sound System’s 20th anniversary, Makery spoke with its founder Cédric Carles about the project’s long and winding journey. Part 2 of our interview.
/ Portrait
Unusual approaches of Danish artist, architect and maker Stig Anton Nielsen and his interest to off-grid energy leads to an exploration of kite mills with his Kiteborne start-up.
/ Interview
In honor of Solar Sound System’s 20th anniversary, Makery spoke with its founder Cédric Carles about the project’s long and winding journey.
/ Events
Makery participated in Mikrobiomik’s “Open Soil Research” workshop at the parisian Swiss Cultural Center to observe the microscopic biodiversity of soils.
/ Investigation
How has life been in the prehistoric paradise since the arrival of the human species?
/ Tidbits
The survey will be used to identify specifically which kinds of tools scientists would use if they could build them DIY-style at low cost. Then, of course, the goal is to build them.
