Book: Shared Habitats

Ursula Damm / Mindaugas Gapsevicius (eds.) Shared Habitats A Cultural Inquiry into Living Spaces and Their Inhabitants Recently, three exhibitions under the title Shared Habitats were carried out by a team from the Chair of Media Environments at Bauhaus University, Weimar. Today, I am happy to share the publication, comprising the work of the last …

Lactose intolerant? Let’s employ bacteria!

In collaboration with Auksė GaižauskaitėLocation: alt lab (Vitebsko Str. 23, room 304, Vilnius, cultural centre “Sodas 2123”)Time: 7–8 December 2019, 12 noon to 4 pm. A creative workshop titled “Lactose intolerant? Let’s employ bacteria!” will be organised in an alternative non-disciplinary research laboratory Alt lab on the 7–8 December 2019, located in a new cultural …

Radio Mycelium & How I Hack Plant Conversations

Workshop with Mindaugas Gapševičius, Jan Georg Glöckner, and participants. In collaboration with Martin Howse2019 07 20-22  To register please send short motivation letters to mo[@]mo.lt till June 10. The experiment invites participants to experience interspecies communication and feedback loops between mycelium networks and their habitats, including other organisms and beings. It also proposes the examination of a …

Lactose-Intolerance DNA Portraits @ MO

Workshop with Mindaugas Gapševičius, Auksė Gaižauskaitė, Miglė Kalvaitytė, and participants2019 06 15-17 @ MO, Pylimo g. 17, Vilnius 01141, Lithuania To register please send short motivation letters to mo[@]mo.lt till June 9. Have you ever thought about a genome encoded in DNA? What invisible features are hidden in your body? What diseases might you potentially have? …

I, Machine, and Energy Harvesting @ MO

Workshop with Mindaugas Gapševičius, Wolfgang Spahn, and participants2019 05 25-27, Pylimo g. 17, Vilnius 01141, Lithuania To register please send short motivation letters to mo[@]mo.lt till May 19. Microprocessors implanted in a human, or prostheses mounted on a human might be driven by ultra low voltages gained from the human body. Ultra low voltages could …

SCOBY, Shit and Humus @ MO

Workshop with Mindaugas Gapševičius, Juan Pablo Diaz, Julian Chollet, and participants2019 05 04-06 @ MO museum, Pylimo g. 17, Vilnius 01141 Experimentation unfolds through the investigation of SCOBY, shit and humus, which raises questions: What does symbiosis really mean? How can we understand the complex interaction between microorganisms, plants and animals? How is self-organization related …

Cultures and Colonies

Workshop with Mindaugas Gapševičius, and Mirela Alistar Thursday 7th March 2019. 15-18h and 19h30-21hFriday 8th March 2019. 10-13hat ruine hq, Ihmeplatz7e, Hanover The workshop with Mirela Alistar and Mindagaus Gapševičius invites the audience to explore their own symbiotic relationship with organisms inside and outside themselves. By using SCOBI – a symbiotic culture of bacteria and …

SCOBY, Shit and Humus @ transmediale Vorspiel

Participative installation. 2019 In collaboration with Julian Chollet, Juan Pablo Díaz At the Transmediale and CTM Vorspiel 2019, 18.01.2019, 17:30 open end. Kunsthaus ACUD. Veteranenstrasse 21, 10119, Berlin Members of the TOP Association in collaboration with members of the mikroBIOMIK Society and guests teamed up for the investigation of SCOBI, shit, and humus. The hands-on …

Radio Mycelium & How I Hack Plant Conversations @ Piksel

Installation, tutorial, toolkit, experiments. 2018 In collaboration with Martin Howse At the 16th PIKSEL festival for electronic art and free technologies. November 22-24 2018Workshop Nov 23, 2018 @ 10:00 Piksel Studio 207, Strandgaten 207 BERGEN The project invites us to experience interspecies communication and feedback loops between mycelium networks and their habitats, including other organisms …