Marc Dusseiller
At IOTA Institute Bio Art Kitchen Livestream
Hosted through IOTA Institute and INCUBATOR Art Lab
Written by: Domenica Mediati
On Thursday April 1st, IOTA Institute and INCUBATOR Art Lab hosted the third Bio Art Hangout Kitchen series with Marc Dusseiller. In this Livestream event, participants toured Hackteria lab based out of Bitwascherei in Zurich, Switzerland and toured the INCUBATOR Art Lab facilities in Windsor Ontario, Canada. Marc Dusseiller presented his research where he discussed hacker networks, citizen science, and DIY approaches to sharing open-source biological art. In his talk he discussed how his intention is to create global connections through open-source spaces and mobile labs.
Throughout the Livestream event, it was apparent that both Hackteria Lab and INCUBATOR Art Lab share a DIY approach when creating Bio Art, hackerspaces, and laboratory spaces. Though Hackteria is committed to non-institutional biotech and bioart research and production, whereas INCUBATOR Art Lab has committed to working within an institutional framework. Both Desseiller and Willet argue that biotechnology originates with food practices in the kitchen! During the tour of Hackteia’s lab Desseiller mentioned how his new laboratory design based on a replica of a kitchen in Indonesia. Willet showed viewers the chandelier hanging in the center of INCUBATOR Art Lab and explains how her space mimics a North American domestic kitchen. The conversation between both labs explores other ways of knowledge generation through sharing, making, hacking, and creating with the biological sciences.
To watch Marc Desseiller’s presentation and conversation with Dr. Jennifer Willet at the IOTA Bio Art Kitchen Hangout check out IOTA Institute's YouTube Channel MARC DUSSEILLER AT THE IOTA BIO ART KITCHEN SERIES
To learn more about the artist Mac Desseiller and Hackteria link to IOTA Institutes project page
IOTA Institutes project page
To learn more about the artist link to HACKTERIA.ORG
Image Credit:
1. Marc Dusseiller & IOTA Institute, Bio Art Kitchen Hangout poster, IOTA Institute & INCUBATOR Art Lab, 2021.
2-3) Domenica Mediati , Screenshot of the Bio Art Kitchen Hangout with Marc Dusseiller, IOTA Institute & INCUBATOR Art Lab, 2021.
