Adriana Knouf will be the ART4MED artist in residency at Waag Society in Amsterdam in 2021. Tonya Sudiono asks her questions to know who is she, where did she come from (hint: outer space) and what is she planning to do at Waag. ART4MED is the program that fosters encounters between art practices and biomedical…
Medical equipment has played a key role in many scientific revolutions that have extended our means of observation beyond the five human senses. Nevertheless, the current supply chain limits access, creativity and customization. Citizen science, hacker/maker movements, DIY culture activists and investigative artists have addressed this problem by sharing open designs of small scientific instruments…
As part of MakersXchange (MAX) efforts to define the state of the art of mobility programs for makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth user interviews with makers to understand user needs for embedding makers in MAX’s Pilot project mobility scheme. First interview with Tina Dolinšek, project coordinator at Projekt Atol…
As part of MakersXchange (MAX) efforts to define the state of the art of mobility programs for makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth user interviews with makers to understand better their needs and embed them in the future Pilot program. New interview with Deborah Hustić, creative director, project manager, curator…
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. Here we meet Thierry M’Baye, founder of m.e.u.h/Lab, musician, artist and community facilitator for makers and social entrepreneurs in Roubaix, France…
Hyper Global / Hyper Local, an open call from Makers’ eXchange (MAX) will invite makers to explore what it means to be both connected physically to local contexts and digitally at a global scale when travel and physical exchanges are not possible. The call addresses makers in the broadest sense of this term, including creative…
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. New interview with Alexandre Rousselet from the Vulca European maker community. Correspondence, MAX (Makers’ eXchange) project is a pilot policy project,…
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. Here we meet Karim Asry, creative director at Espacio Open in Bilbao, Spain. Karim Asry is the creative director at Espacio…
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. New interview with Stephen Kovats from r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation. Stephen Kovats is a Canadian cultural and media…
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. Encounter with Anja Groten, co-founder of Hackers & Designers in Amsterdam. Anja Groten is an Amsterdam-based designer, educator and community organiser….
For MakersXchange (MAX), a study on the mobility of makers, Makery and UPTEC Porto are conducting a series of in-depth interviews to better understand the needs of makers for a future MAX pilot program. UPTEC asked Samuel Kalika, the founder of Critical Concrete in Porto his views on how to improve makers’ mobility in Europe…
The first series of online exchanges of the MakersXchange program (MAX) just finished. UPTEC takes the opportunity for MAX to discuss with Liliana Pereira, a ceramic artist and founder of ESCAPE – Estúdio de cerâmica, a space dedicated to handmade ceramics, and get her insights on maker culture. MAX (Makers’ eXchange) project is a pilot…