An extensive overview of Hackteria and related project around Open Source Biological Art 1st: my own background and activities bridging science, art and education and how I ended up hunting rabbits in Helsinki. 2nd: Hackerspaces bridging digital- and biotechnologies 3rd: Hackteria, history and projects, NanoSmano, BioTehna, Art/Sci education 4th: HackteriaLab 2014 - Yogyakarta 5th: Background and outlook of urban hunting

1. Hackteria
Overview of Different Ways to Share & Create Knowledge
Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller aka dusjagr
www.dusseiller.ch/labs

3. Share is in the Air
diy* festival

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

5. DIY Biology | Generic Laboratory Infrastructure
* Website
* Knowledge Sharing
* Instructions
* Workshopology
* Citizen Science
* DIY Lab Instruments
* Open Source Hardware
* Global network
Artists, Designers, Hackers, Researchers, Makers, Teachers, Geeks and YOU
Radical Transdisciplinarity

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

7. Acknowledements
Yashas Shetty, Srishti, Center for Everything, Bangalore, India
Andy Gracie, hostprods, Gijon, Spain
Urs Gaudenz, Sachiko Hirosue, Špela Petrič, Pei­Wen
Liu, Brain Degger, Mac Cowell, Paula Pin, Rüdiger
Trojok, Denisa Kera, Bengt Sjolen, Andrew Gryf Paterson, Robertina Sebjanic and maaaany more!
Nur Akbar Arrofattulah, Agus Tri Budiarto (lifepatch.org), Andreas Siagian, Grace Samboh, Togar Muhammad
Hidayat, Irfan Dwidya Prijambada (UGM), HONF (House of Natural Fiber), Yogyakarta
Stefan Doepner, Bostjan Leškovsek, Dominik Mahnic, Ljudmila, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
Markus Haselbach, Effi Tanner, Christoph Stähli, Tobias Hoffmann and all Mechatroniker
MediaLab Prado, Jaaga, Ljudmila, FHNW, EPFL, HSLU, ETHZ
Marcus Textor, Janos Vörös, ETH Zürich
Funding by: Migros Kulturprozent, BAK, Pro Helvetia, Stadt Zürich, Autodesk, KulturRaumSH, Arts
Collaboratory, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, EPFL

8. Hurray to the Amateurs...

9. Life Sciences / Wetware
Biology, Medicine Pharmaceutics, Food & Agriculture

10. How I ended up hunting Rabbits in HEL

11. First Transdisciplinary Experiences bridging
Material Science and Biology

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

14. Design of Cellular Patterns 2D
HeLa Cells on patterned substrate, 20 hours timelapse
Alexa Kiss, Gabor Csucs, ETHZ

15. How to make Cheese...

16. Hackerspaces crossing
Digital­and
Biotechnology

17. Hacking

18. Hack
Originally:
„A quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.“
1950s:
Amateur radio enthusiasts defined the term hacking as creatively tinkering
to improve performance.
Hacker's jargon:
"A clever solution to a problem."
„An appropriate application of ingenuity.“

19. Hacker
Software
● Passwords, programming, networks,
information, security
Hardware
● DIY, radio, satellites, 3D­printers,
open
Manufacturing
Wetware
● DNA sequencing and modifikation, synthetic
life forms, genetic code/data, security
Social Engineering
● Context displacement, political activism,
media art, public oppinion making

20. Hacker
"Hacker ist jemand, der versucht, einen Weg zu finden, wie man mit einer
Kaffeemaschine Toast zubereiten kann"
­­­­­­­„
A hacker is someone who tries to find a way to use a coffeemachine to make toast“
Wau Holland, ccc
„A hacker is someone, who has joy in the circumvention of limitations..“
Robert Bickford

21. Hackerspaces / Makerspaces

22. cccb / c­base
­Berlin

23. Noisebridge – San Franscisco

24. NYC resistors – New York

25. Jaaga ­Bangalore

26. DIYbio – global maillist

27. Other labs... DIY bio general – 2009

28. Other labs... BioCurious, Bay Area – 2012

29. Phospho­Fluoro­Bio­Chemo
whaddalescence?
It's glowing! It must be some product of an evil mad scientist!
Eduardo Kac

30. Phospho­Fluoro­Bio­Chemo
whaddalescence?
It's glowing! It must be some product of an evil mad scientist!
BioCurious and others | ETC group

31. BioLuminescence Hacks
It's glowing! It must be some product of an evil mad scientist!
Brian Degger, Tuuli Utrainen, Asa Calow, Urs Gaudenz

32. La Paillasse ­Paris
La Paillasse | Open Space for Biology and Biotechnologies

33. BioPunk Workshop – IMM_Media lab, Zagreb
dusjagr, Kristijan Tkalec, Gjino Šutić and the IMM gang

34. Pechblenda Lab – Calafou, Spain
TransHack Feminist – Pin, Klau, Julito

35. DIY tissue engineering – UR Institute, Zagreb
Gjino Sutic and the Radiona Team

36. Makerspaces, FabLabs, Innovation Hubs

37. OpenPCR

38. Hackerspaces – A Swiss Version?

39. Workshops for Artists, Kids and Geeks

40. MechArtLab

41. Technology outreach for Children

44. Hackteria
Open Source Biological Art

45. Background: Interactivos?'09

46. Interactivos?'09 ­>
Deep Data
Andy Gracie, Deep Data – 2009 ­ongoing
a project arc exploring microorganisms and deep space

47. Deep Data ­>
Drosophila Titanicus
Andy Gracie, Drosophila Titanicus – 2011 ­ongoing
a project arc exploring space exploration and astrobiology

48. ArtScience Bangalore | IGEM
IGEM 2009 // 2010 // 2011 // Biomod 2011
Yashas Shetty (IN), Mukund Thatai (IN) and Srishi Students

49. (Art)ScienceBLR ­IGEM
2010

50. Synthetic Biology & IGEM
IGEM since 2005 | E.chromi: https://vimeo.com/19759432
Global competition, meanwhile more and more designers & artists

51. Jugaad

52. Hack vs. Jugaad
"Jugaad is a survival tactic, whereas a hack is an intellectual art form;
i.e. Jugaad is the wile of the poor, and hack the pastime of the affluent
cerebral. Jugaad is a hack to get around or deal with a lack of or
limited resources, and has a class component to it ­jugaad
are things
poor but clever people do to make the most of the resources they
have. They do what they need to do, without regard to what is
supposed to be possible."
from Wikipedia
From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation

53. DIY microscopy
Repositioning of the lens turns a
cheap webcam into a microscope

55. DIY microscopy
Build a stable stage for fine focuing, example from ArtSci BLR

56. DIY GeneGun
Version 1 – looks cool, but not so functional. Version 2 with cream blower works fine.
Rüdiger Trojok, Freiburg/Copenhagen/Berlin

57. Jugaad PCR Thermocycler
Cheap PCR thermocycler from hacked hairdryer // in progress...
Bengt Sjolen (SE), Mac Cowell (US), Sachiko Hirosue (JP/CH)

58. DIY implants? Tooth hacking?
Claude Treptow, poolloop Festival 2011, Zurich

59. DIY Gel Electrophoresis Box
Separation of DNA fragments in electric field by size/charge, or food coloring :­)
dusjagr

60. Mobile Labs ­Hacking
Angkringan
MobileKitchenLab Workshop // MicroCells#02, Yogyakarta
Marc Dusseiller (CH), Denisa Kera (CZ/SG), HONF team (ID)

61. House of Natural Fiber – Yogyakarta

62. Haemocytometer – PS3 Eye Hacks
Collaboration with House of Natural Fiber and UGM, Yogyakarta

63. 63
DIY Fermentation – Wine Making
Collaboration with House of Natural Fiber, lifepatch.org and UGM, Yogyakarta
Winner of Transmediale Award 2011, IB:SC

64. Lifepatch.org – Yogyakarta

65. Blood Sorting Device – Low­Cost
Diagnostics
Workshop on Point­of­Care
Diagnostics, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

66. GynePUNK – Home (POC) Diagnostics
Pechblenda / AnarchaGland

67. The Grand Challenges

68. Energy
Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki, 2008 ­nuagevert.
org
Nuage Vert by HeHe (Helen Evans & Heiko Hansen)

69. Environment / Climate
Video Installation about the Gaia theory of James Lovelock
Gaia theory: The Breathing Planet I by Raymond Brouwersc

70. Water / Sanitation
Citizen Science Project, Yogyakarta 2011 – ongoing
Jogja River Project by lifepatch.org

71. Information and Communication Technologies
Weise7 Studio exhibition in Labor Berlin, Transmediale 2012
The Transparency Grenade by Julian Oliver

72. Health
http://youtu.be/UHCT9SOBHs0
Medical Care, where, for who, how much
DIY medical devices by Jose Gomez­Marquez,
MIT

73. How to start a Bio/Art/Hack Community Lab
KIBLIX 2011 – Festival as a Laboratory
Where is People?

74. How to start a NanoLab in a gallery
NanoŠmano, NanoPunk and the Hacking of Future, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

75. 75
wetPONG – DIY Lasercutter for μFluidics
Collaboration with Urs Gaudenz, GaudiLabs and FHNW, HLS

76. How to start a NanoLab in a former gay bar
NanoŠmano ­Šmall
Matter, Mestni trg 15, Ljubljana, Slovenia / Presented by: Kapelica Gallery

77. How to start a NanoLab in a garden
Stefan Doepner, Marc Dusseiller, Boštjan Leskovšek, Romie Litrell, Bengt Sjölén, Paula Pin

78. Build a house and put a roof
Stefan Doepner, Marc Dusseiller, Boštjan Leskovšek, Romie Litrell, Bengt Sjölén, Paula Pin

79. Make some shelves and ready to start
Stefan Doepner, Marc Dusseiller, Boštjan Leskovšek, Romie Litrell, Bengt Sjölén, Paula Pin

80. Education at the Art/Sci Interface
Ear on Arm, ongoing project
Stelarc

81. The Art of Education
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that
nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
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82. BioTehna Lab – Ljubljana, 2012 ­now
Platform for Artistic Research on Life Systems
Kapelica Gallery, Hackteria, Kiberpipa and various local and international Partners

83. BioTehna / hackteria & Kapelica
MaSm Metatransformation, 2011. Produced by Kapelica Gallery
Maja Smrekar, Špela Petrič

84. BioCyberKidzz | Body Enhancements
Hackteria BioLab // Create Your World | Ars Electronica Festival 2011, Linz
Špela Petrič, Maja Smrekar, Marc Dusseiller, Yashas Shetty

85. BioCyberKidzz | Yeast Powered Balloons
Hackteria BioLab // Create Your World | Ars Electronica Festival 2011, Linz
Špela Petrič, Maja Smrekar, Marc Dusseiller, Yashas Shetty

86. BioCyberKidzz | Living Jewelery
POTATO STARCH MEDIUM:
Slice potatoes and boil them in 1 L of water for 1 h; drain
the liquid through a sieve and gauze to get rid of the
potatoes; add 10g of sugar and 13g of agar; stir; pour liquid
in glass container, add enough water to the pressure
cooker to cover the bottom (0,5 cm); heat under pressure
for 20 min; let steam out; pour medium into plates (0,25
cm); let set for at least 4 hours.
MAKING THE JEWELRY:
For the living bacterial jewelry press a finger gently onto the
plate, seal Petri dish with hot­glue
gun and add string, a
ring or a broche needle. Colonies will appear in a day or
two, at first bacterial cultures, as the culture ages
filamentous fungi will overgrow.
see more on: http://hackteria.org/wiki/
Hackteria BioLab // Create Your World | Ars Electronica Festival 2011, Linz
Špela Petrič, Maja Smrekar, Marc Dusseiller, Yashas Shetty

87. BioTehna Lab, Ljubljana, Nov 2012
Just get started...
flea markets
e­bay
second hand furniture
boxes and buckets
storage
... and people

88. BioTehna Lab II, Ljubljana, June 2013
New Space...
collaborative planning
put stuff into boxes
move
make a public party with friends
... and continue hacking

89. HackteriaLab 2010 ­2014

90. HackteriaLab 2011, Switzerland

91. HackteriaLab 2013 ­Bangalore,
30.1 – 12.2

92. Preparatory Meeting for HLab @ Lifepatch
Good start for getting things rolling in Yogyakarta for HackteriaLab 2014

93. HackteriaLab 2014 ­Yogyakarta
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 2014
Lifepatch, Hackteria and friends

94. HackteriaLab 2014 ­Yogyakarta
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 2014
Lifepatch, Hackteria and friends

95. HackteriaLab 2014 ­Yogyakarta
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 2014
Lifepatch, Hackteria and friends

96. HackteriaLab 2014 ­Yogyakarta
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 2014
Lifepatch, Hackteria and friends

97. HackteriaLab 2014 ­Yogyakarta
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 2014
Lifepatch, Hackteria and friends

98. Urban Hunting

99. Urban Ecology meets Artist's Kitchen
Schnegge Z'Nacht, by Dominik Mahnič, dusjagr and friends

100. Reading the books...
by Ike Mathews, Manchester, UK, 1898 – Public domain via Gutenberg Library

101. Watching Youtube
Urban Hunting series, by Dominik Mahnič, dusjagr and friends

102. Polže Jaga – stgdr4 on Youtube
Polže Jaga, by Dominik Mahnič, dusjagr and friends

103. Mestna Jaga Nutrija, by Domin ik Mahnič, dusjagr and friends

104. How I ended up hunting Rabbits in HEL