Bio Art DIY Workshop
Here you can find a public toolkit for the two DIY Bio Art workshops held as part of the international Bio Awaking project.
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the first DIY Bio Art workshop of the international Bio Awaking project – a weekend introductory boot camp into one of the newest and the most delicate media of art.
How to use living cells as material or means of art piece production?
How can a person practice bio (art and/or science) research and engineering at home?
What are the limitations and possibilities?
Where to start and how to proceed?
Join us and find out through introductory practice and experimentation.
The workshop will be held on the 1st and 2nd February in two groups. (Find out more about the workshop program bellow.)
Applications are open from 13th to 27th January 2025, with results to be announced on 28. January!
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 & 𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 2025
Saturday 1 february 2025
Group 1 – from 10 to 13h • Group 2 – from 15 to 18h
• Getting to know each other – short intro.
• Introduction into BioArt, Biohacking and related practices (credo, ethics, methods, materials, examples) – presentation.
• Unpacking „DIY BioArt / Biohacking experimental kit“ – practical guided info
• Intro into BioArt workbench / Do It Yourself laboratory (safety, equipment, possibilities) – presentation & discussion.
• Do It Yourself DNA extraction from biomaterial – practical experiment.
• & DNA as media – discussion.
• Wrap up discussion.
Sunday 2 february 2025
Group 1 – from 10 to 13h • Group 2 – from 15 to 18h
• Living cell as a factory or material – Biotechnology & sustainability (history, misconceptions, trends & perspectives) – presentation
• DIY basic biotechnology at home (intro into fermentation) – practical experiment
• Microorganisms in healing environment – discussion, practical experiment
• Where to go next? (Bio Art project production – guided intro) – conceptual workshop
• Wrap up discussion
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 & 𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 2024
Saturday 1 June 2024
Group 1 – from 10 to 13h • Group 2 – from 15 to 18h
• Getting to know each other – short intro.
• Introduction into BioArt, Biohacking and related practices (credo, ethics, methods, materials, examples) – presentation.
• Unpacking „DIY BioArt / Biohacking experimental kit“ – practical guided info
• Intro into BioArt workbench / Do It Yourself laboratory (safety, equipment, possibilities) – presentation & discussion.
• Do It Yourself DNA extraction from biomaterial – practical experiment.
• & DNA as media – discussion.
• Wrap up discussion.
Sunday 2 June 2024
Group 1 – from 10 to 13h • Group 2 – from 15 to 18h
• Living cell as a factory or material – Biotechnology & sustainability (history, misconceptions, trends & perspectives) – presentation
• DIY basic biotechnology at home (intro into fermentation) – practical experiment
• Microorganisms in healing environment – discussion, practical experiment
• Where to go next? (Bio Art project production – guided intro) – conceptual workshop
• Wrap up discussion
WHERE?
The workshops will be held online, from the comfort of your own home, using the practical experimental kits provided by the production consortium.
WHO CAN APPLY AND HOW TO APPLY?
Workshops are open to motivated participants from the consortium countries: Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia & Serbia, adults over than 18, curious about the use of biology in art, and possibly interested in experimenting with such practices it professionally in future.
Due to work in small groups and highly limited number of places available, the applications are made via open call and evaluated by expert jury of the consortium.
Applications are made via online forms found.
Applications are open from 16 to 26 May 2024, with results to be announced on 27 May.
Important notice:
After completion of the workshop program participants have the opportunity to apply for a study visit to professional BioArt research & production laboratory “Biotehna” of Kersnikova Institute in Ljubljana, to follow.
𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗦
Workshop production: © 2024 UR Institute. All Rights Reserved.
Workshop author and lead:
Gjino Šutić MSc. med. chem, biotechnologist, bioatist and innovator, director, and founder of UR Institute
Technical and expert support:
Filip Grgurević MSc. oecol. et prot. nat., research and production assistant at UR Institute
The workshop is produced under the framework of the international “BioAwaking” project, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission (project 101128497), by the international consortium of: Reaktor (RS), UR Institute (HR), Kersnikova (SI), Centar za promociju nauke (RS) & Association Green Ways (BA).
Support
The Creative Europe program of the European Union supports activities that promote cultural diversity and respond to the needs and challenges of the cultural and creative sectors. The main objectives of the program are to safeguard the competitiveness and economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, particularly the audiovisual sector. The program’s new approach will contribute to the recovery of these sectors by supporting their efforts to become more inclusive, digitalized, and sustainable in their environment.
The project is co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union under grant agreement No. 10112849. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the funding body can be held responsible for them.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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