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Community BioLabs, BioHackers and WineMakers...
... or how to make Cheese
Overview of different non­institutional labs and hackerspaces, June 2013
Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller aka dusjagr
www.dusseiller.ch/labs

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Share is in the Air
diy* festival

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Fields of Activity
dusjagr labs – transdisciplinary Scholar and Artist
http://www.dusseiller.ch/labs/
● Hackteria | Open Source Biological Art
– http://hackteria.org
● BioTehna, Collaboration with Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
– http://biotehna.org http://kapelica.org
● SGMK | MechArtLab, diy* festival
– http://www.mechatronicart.ch/
● PlayAround ­ Taipei | DIWO Culture
– http://2010.playaround.cc
● Dock18 | Raum für Medienkultur
– http://www.dock18.ch/
● FHNW, HLS & ZHdK, SlowGames | wetPONG ­ Hybrid Games,
Micro­ and Nanotechnology and Life Sciences
– http://wetpong.net
● ETH Zürich | Traditional Materials

5. Acknowledements
Yashas Shetty, Srishti, Center for Everything, Bangalore – Co­Founder Hackteria
Andy Gracie, hostprods, Gijon – Co­Founder Hackteria
Urs Gaudenz, Sachiko Hirosue, Pei­wen Liu, Shai Heredia, Špela Petrič, Robertina Sebjanič, Brain Degger,
Mac Cowell, Rüdiger Trojok, Denisa Kera, Bengt Sjolen, Øyvind Mellbye, Stefan Doepner, Antti Tenetz,
Bostjan Leškovsek, Erik Reimhult, Kristijan Tkalec, Gjino Sutič, Sharath Chandra, Romie Littrell, Paula Pin
et al
Nur Akbar Arrofattulah, Andreas Siagian, Agus Tri Budiarto (lifepatch.org), Togar Muhammad Hidayat, Irfan
Dwidya Prijambada (UGM), HONF (House of Natural Fiber), Yogyakarta
Markus Haselbach, Effi Tanner, Christoph Stähli, Aurelio Lucchesi, Tobias Hoffmann, Thomas Amberg, Ralf
Wiese, Michael Egger (anyma) and all SGMK gang
Kapelica Gallery, MediaLab Prado, Jaaga, Kiberpipa, Ljudmila, I'MM_media Lab, Cirkulacija2, FHNW, EPFL,
NCBS, ETHZ, Srishti School for Art, Design and Technology
Marcus Textor, Janos Vörös (ETH Zürich), Mukund Thattai (NCBS), Geetha Narayanan (Srishti)
Funding by: Migros Kulturprozent, BAK, Pro Helvetia, Stadt Zürich, DEZA, Autodesk, Atelier Nord and more...

6. Acknowledements
HackteriaLab 2011 // dusjagr visits Yogya
The Art of Fermentation, Oechslemeters and tropical Agriculture

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The NanoBioInterface
Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETHZ
Janos Vörös, Marcus Textor, Viola Vogel, Nic Spencer

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Hackteria
Open Source Biological Art

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In the last 4 years, since the founding of hackteria, we have been actively searching for collaborators,
who share the same enthusiasm of sharing and developing techniques to work artistically with living
systems and turn this knowledge into instructions and workshops, accessible to the amateur
scientist/artist/hacker. Some important and fruitful collaborations are mentioned here.
Collaborators
House of Natural Fiber, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Akbar, Timbil, et al, lifepatch.org, Indonesia
Denisa Kera, foodhackerspaces.org, Singapore
Georg Tremmel, Bioprescence, Japan/Austria
Antony Hall, Owlproject, UK
Stefan Doepner, F18institue, Cirkulacija 2, Slowenia/Germany
Alejo Duque, Switzerland/Columbia
Mac Cowell, DIYbio Boston, USA
Urs Gaudenz, SGMK & HSLU, Switzerland
Spela Petric & Maja Smrekar, Slovenia
Brian Degger, Transitlab, Newcastle, UK
Sachiko Hirosue, EPFL, Switzerland
Rüdiger Trojok, diyBio Freiburg, Germany
Andrew Gryf Paterson, Herbologies/Foraging Networl
Antti Tenetz, Erich Berger, Laura Beloff, Finish Bioart Society
Kapelica Gallery, Slovenia
and many more...

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Hurray to the Amateurs...

11. HackteriaLab 2013 ­ Bangalore, 30.1 – 12.2

12. HackteriaLab 2013 ­ Bangalore, 30.1 – 12.2

13. HackteriaLab 2013 ­ Bangalore, 30.1 – 12.2

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Hackerspaces between
Digital and Bio­Technology

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Hackerspaces

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cccb / c­base ­ Berlin

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Noisebridge – San Franscisco

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NYC resistors – New York

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FabLabs – many places

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Jaaga ­ Bangalore

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DIYbio – global maillist

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OpenPCR

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Hackerspaces – A Swiss Version?

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Workshops for Artists, Kids and Geeks

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MechArtLab

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From the Kitchen to the Lab
... and back!

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Other labs... Alchemist's Kitchen – 15th Century

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Other labs... Galvani's Lab – ca 1770

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Other labs... NanoTech Cleanroom – 2005

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Other labs... Molecular Biology – 1999

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Other labs... GlobalBio Los Alamos – 2012

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Other labs... DIY bio general – 2009

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Other labs... BioCurious, Bay Area – 2012

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Other labs... I'MM_media Lab / BioLab, Zagreb

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Other labs... Lifepatch.org – Yogyakarta 2012

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Other labs... Lifepatch.org – Yogyakarta 2013

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Labs I was involved recently

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dusjagr labs II, Ljubljana, 2012 ­
What do I do?

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MechArtLab, SGMK, Zürich, 2009 ­
What do I do?

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NanoLabCourses, FHNW, Muttenz, 08­12
What do I do?

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Atelier HiroKouri, Lausanne, 2013
What do I do?

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How to start a NanoLab in a gay bar, 2011
5
What do I do?

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How to start a NanoLab in a garden, 2012
What do I do?

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BioHacker's Lab­in­a­Box, Everywhere
What do I do?

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Hackteria Kitchen BioLab, Ars/CYW, Linz, 2011
BioCyberKidzz Workshops:
Disco­on­a­Fingertip
Bacterial Jewelry
Body Hacking
Waterflea Circus
Yeast powered Balloons
Evening Program
Kilju aka Geil!

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Hacking Angkringan, Yogyakarta, 2012
What do I do?

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Tropical Disease Lab – Nairobi, 2012
BioCyberKidzz Workshops:
Disco­on­a­Fingertip
Bacterial Jewelry
Body Hacking
Waterflea Circus
Yeast powered Balloons
Evening Program
Kilju aka Geil!

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Sci/Art NanoLab, UCLA, Los Angeles, 2012
What do I do?

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NomadicScienceLab, Mutamorph, Prag, 2012
What do I do?

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LabEasy , Arts Catalyst, London, 2013
MadLab: Asa Calow & Rachel Turner
The Art of Fermentation
Cocktails & DNA tasting
Tardigrade Hunting
BioElectronix
Synthetic Biology
Bioluminescence Soirée
Deptford Market DNA fair
(Mouse Taxidermia)

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MobileLabs Hackathon, BioTehna, LJ, 2013
MadLab: Asa Calow & Rachel Turner
The Art of Fermentation
Cocktails & DNA tasting
Tardigrade Hunting
BioElectronix
Synthetic Biology
Bioluminescence Soirée
Deptford Market DNA fair
(Mouse Taxidermia)

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BioTehna / hackteria & Kapelica
Platform for Artistic Research on Life Systems
Kapelica Galley, Hackteria, Kiberpipa and various local and international Partners

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The Kitchen Laboratory – Phase 0
Search for teaching material... start cooking!
How to to extract your DNA at home

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How to Start an Art/Sci/Hack BioLab?
Where is the f*ing library?

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BioTehna Lab, Ljubljana, Nov 2012
What do I do?

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BioTehna Laboratory – Phase 1 completed!
Kapelica Gallery / Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia
How to start a BioLab for Artists, Geeks and Educators

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BioTehna Lab, Ljubljana, Feb 2013
What do I do?What do I do?

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BioTehna Laboratory – Phase 2 completed!
Kapelica Gallery / Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SNP Personal Genetic Testing Workshop – Spela Petric

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BioTehna Laboratory – Phase 2 completed!
Kapelica Gallery / Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mini­MycoPhone Workshop – Sasa Spacal

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BioTehna Laboratory – Phase 2 completed!
Kapelica Gallery / Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SoftBots Workshop – Ralf Schreiber, Christian Faubel

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BioTehna Lab II, Ljubljana, June 2013
What do I do?

63. Mikrosysteme 63
Thanks for listening
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that
nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde, “, “The Critic as Artist”, 1890The Critic as Artist”, 1890
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)