At Comices du Faire, Britanny’s low-tech eco-camp
On July 15-28, the Comices du Faire micro-festival for makers tinkering with renewable energies and reclaimed resources was held in Nevez in western France. Makery went to visit.
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At Nowhere, DIWO in the Spanish desert
The objective of Nowhere, the Burning Man of Europe, is to build camps that are totally self-sufficient in water, energy and food for one week. Our chronicler joined the Bababarrio camp.
Meet the organisers behind PIFcamp in Slovenia
Tina Malina & Uros Veber are the two co-organisers behind PIFcamp. They share with Makery their experience and vision of hacking camps.
Days of DITOxication at PIFcamp, Slovenia
Another day at PIFcamp in beautiful Soča valley in Julian Alps. Today PIFcamp opens its doors for visitors in their traditional "Open Saturday" of demonstrations, installations and performances.
Hacking and Hiking in Triglav, Slovenia
Life is intense at hacking PIFcamp in pristine Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Makery is embedded until its final Open Day on August 10, in Soča village on the river of the same name. Days 3 and 4.
PIFcamp, a Feral Lab in the Slovenian Alps
International summer hacking camp PIFcamp is returning to the beautiful Soča village in pristine Triglav National Park for the fifth time on August 4–10, 2019.
Scott Kildall: “Summer schools are hothouses for ideas and for connections”
Scott Kildall, new media artist based in San Francisco, works in the intersection between art and technology for more than 15 years.
Why Feral Labs?
The summer series is starting for the Feral Labs network. The cooperation is cofinanced by the Ceative Europe program of the Europen Union and is led by Projekt Atol in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mona Jamois: “The foundation of a summer camp is a good playground”
From Summerlab in Nantes, France, to PIFcamp in the Soča valley of Slovenia, PiNG team member Mona Jamois shares her experiences and recipes for a successful summer camp.
Andy Quitmeyer’s wonderfully weird world of Digital Naturalism
Ahead of the 2nd Digital Naturalism Conference in Gamboa, Panama in August 2019, Makery spoke with instigator Andy Quitmeyer about the origins of Dinacon, Dinalab and the whole DiNa movement.
Electric Wonderland summer camp, interview with Deborah Hustić
Before the first ever Electric Wonderland summer camp next september in Croatia, Makery interviewed Deborah Hustić from Radiona, the Zagreb makerspace.
The Nomade des Mers discovers low-tech electronics in Taiwan
Departed from France three years ago, Low-tech Lab’s catamaran is touring the world in search of frugal innovation. In Taiwan, the crew met the local maker movement.
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.
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.
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.
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.