H a c k t e r i a & l a b h a c k i n g with Marc R. Dusseiller & Kaspar könig
Saturday 30 May - Wednesday 3 June 2009, 12.00-18.00 daily
Location: eNKa / ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof) Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)176 20626386
Course Participation fee: 100 euros
Registration is required for this workshop and can only be done via
email to: enka_nkATgmxDOTde
Please register early to ensure a place. Places are limited to 16.
For Workshop leaders Biographies and full description and additional reading go to myspace.com/enka52
Overview--Experimental make-workshop with multilayered outcome for people interested in sound, DIY-biology, microscopy and
interaction of living microorganisms. Knowledge in physical computing, video and sound processing, electronics and
puredata is welcome, but not compulsary.
Description-In this workshop the experiments will take place in close-up view of microorganisms (e.g. water bears aka tardigrades,amoebae and collected organisms from urban environments), which appears to be a world by itself. Maybe due to the
scaling and the amplification of a microscope, but maybe also due to all parameters of imagination that the microcosmos
provokes. Growth and behaviour of these microscopic animals remind us of our own micro-macro-development. With the
image and the movement of the organisms, the participants are encouraged to collect inspiration and bridge video and
sound to what they experience with these small „animalcules“, as termed by their first observer Leeuwenhoek in 1677.
LEFT: Mikroskopische Aufnahmen von Hypsibius dujardini, (Gattung Tardigrada, dt. Bärtierchen). A-C
Hellfeld Mikroskopie, D Rasterelektronen Mikroskopie, E Fluoreszenz Mikroskopie.
RIGHT: Fiktive Illustration eines Tardigrada im Weltraum. Das TARDIS Experiment wurde vom Magazin
Wired als Gewinner nominiert in „Top 10 Things Launched Into Space in 2008“ [Wired 2008]