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Program Title/
[hackteria: bioelectronix for artists]
Workshop + Thematic Talks
by Dr. Marc Dusseiller (Switzerland)

Program details:

Thematic Talks
Date: 14 November 2009 (Sat)
Time: 2:00 - 3:10pm
Venue: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kln, HK
Language: conducted in English
*FREE ADMISSION, RSVP for seats (info@videotage.org.hk, 2573-1869)

Session 1: hackteria | open source biological art
Time: 2:00-2:30pm

Hackteria is a collection of Open Source Biological Art Projects instigated in February 2009 by Andy Gracie (UK), Marc Dusseiller (CH) and Yashas Shetty (IN). The aim of the project is to develop a rich web resource for people interested in or developing projects that involve DIY bioart, open source software and electronic experimentation. In this session, co-founder Dr. Marc Dusseiller will introduce the field of bioart in a simple language by explaining the works of hackteria. Audience will get to understand how hackteria. as a community platform, encourages the collaboration of scientists, hackers and artists to combine their expertise, write critical and theoretical reflections, share simple instructions to work with lifescience technologies and cooperate on the organization of workshops, festival and meetings.

Session 2: Transdisciplinary Approaches on Education at the Art & Science Interface
Time: 2:40-3:10pm

In his work, Dr. Marc Dusseiller has been developing various new approaches in working with science and technology by bridging with creative and artistic methods. The overview of his work shows how new educational tools have been investigated both in education of non-scientists, such as children, artists or a general gallery audience, or in university education of scientist to include critical and creative thinking by integrating artistic approaches. Hands-on Workshop: Audio/visual experiments with DIY microscopes/hacked webcams.

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Hands-on Workshop/
Audio/visual experiments with DIY microscopes/hacked webcams

Date: 14 & 15 November 2009 (Sat & Sun)
Time: see below
Venue: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kln, HK
Instructor: Dr. Marc Dusseiller
Fee: HK$40 per session, HK$50 for both sessions
Quota: 10
Language: conducted in English
RSVP required: info@videotage.org.hk / 2573-1869 (Ms. Chan)

Session 1
Brief: Participants will learn how to view the microcosmos, webcam hacking and build a microscope.
Date: 14 November (Sat)
Time: 3:30 -7:30pm (4 hrs)

Session 2
Brief: Participants will take part in an urban micro walk and collect microorganisms, improve the microscope,
and learn Pure Data for Microscopy.
Date: 15 November (Sun)
Time: 2:00-6:00pm (4 hrs)

(You can choose to attend only one session, but attending both would be more fun.)
*Participants are required to bring their own laptop (PC, Mac, Linux will all work).
*Please note NO specific background knowledge is needed for this workshop. Anyone could join.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Let’s hack into the world of LIVE microorganisms!

In this workshop, participants will learn how to hack webcams to be used as microscopes, observe the behavior and motion of the water bears and other microorganisms, hack into electronic devices to integrate into bioelectronics culture devices and build habitats for the animals.

The workshop is an experimental hands-on workshop with multilayered outcome for people interested in BioArt, DIYbiology, microscopy, audio/visual experimentation and simple technological interaction with living microorganisms. Participants will become involved in sourcing and isolating microorganisms such as tardigrades or nematodes. They will learn how to hack webcams for live video microscopy and then develop free libre open hardware and software environments. This will let these organisms be both viewed and become the subjects for simple interactions. A primary aim of the activity is to demonstrate that scientific/artistic experimentation can take place within the DIY and open source domains, and that biology and custom electronics can be friends.

The experiments will take place in a close-up view of living microorganisms (e.g. water bears aka tardigrades, amoebae, nematodes 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. 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 The software will be based around the use of Pd (and some of its libraries) and Arduino. The DIY video microscopes will allow various forms of video tracking via PiDiP and its possibilities for generation of sound and visual environments through Pd. Participants will also be free to use processing / wiring or any other open source tools they prefer.

http://www.dusseiller.ch/labs

About Hackteria/
Hackteria is a collection of Open Source Biological Art Projects instigated in February 2009 by Andy Gracie (UK), Marc Dusseiller (CH) and Yashas Shetty (IN). The aim of the project is to develop a rich web resource for people interested in or developing projects that involve DIY bioart, open source software and electronic experimentation. As a community platform hackteria tries to encourage the collaboration of scientists, hackers and artists to combine their experitise, write critical and theoretical reflections, share simple instructions to work with lifescience technologies and cooperate on the organization of workshops, festival and meetings.

http://hackteria.org/
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ABOUT FEED!/

FEED! is a series of programs that put new media art into a border vision in technological world and the
network culture. Like the renowned Ted Talk, FEED! introduces talks, workshops, and conferences by artists,
designers, scientists/ engineers, entrepreneurs, architects or other professionals that are innovative and
original in ideas. The programs will be documented and archived in videotage's library and website in the near future.

Supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Sponsors:
This project is partially funded by the Swiss Cultural Foundation and Migros Kulturprozent.

For enquiry, Please contact Ms Hilda Chan / 2573-1869 (T) / 9770-6355 (M) / hilda@videotage.org.hk (E)

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由錄映太奇主辦
微波國際新媒體藝術節同期舉行
FEED! TALK & PLAY

活動名稱／
[進攻微生物微形世界] 電子生物學crossover藝術

Hackteria工作坊＋專題講座
由Marc Dusseiller博士 (瑞士)主理

地點／所有活動將於【錄映太奇】舉辨
地址／九龍土瓜灣馬頭角道63號牛棚藝術村13室
語言／英文

節目詳情／
專題講座

日期：2009年11月14日（星期六）
時間：2時正 - 3時10分
地點：錄映太奇
＊免費入場，請提早登記以預留座位﹕ info@videotage.org.hk / 2573-1869

第一部分 - hackteria | 改造DIY生物源碼

Marc Dusseiller博士致力於在作品中發展各種嶄新的方法，融合藝術創意於科學研究中。是節講座他會透過作 品顯示如何用新的教學工具，教育普羅大眾如兒童，藝術家，畫廊參觀人士、以及在培育科學家的大學課程中 ， 加入結合具藝術和批判性的新思維。

日期﹕ 2009年11月14日及15日（星期六及日）
時間﹕ 兩節時間不同，請參考上表或下文
地點： 錄映太奇（九龍土瓜灣馬頭角道63號牛棚藝術村13室）
導師： Marc Dusseiller 博士
費用： 兩節共50元，如只參加一節則港幣40元 （公眾可選擇參加一節或兩節，出席兩節會更有趣
名額﹕１０位
報名登記﹕ 陳小姐 (info@videotage.org.hk / 2573-1869)
＊學員需自備手提電腦 (PC, Mac, Linux皆可），但不需要具備任何特定知識，所有人均可參加此工作坊。

第一節:
日期：2009年11月14日（星期六）
時間： 3時半 - 7時半(共4小時)
概要: 學員將學習如何觀賞微生世界，拆解webcam和自製顯微鏡。
第二節:
日期：2009年11月15日（星期日）
時間： 2時正 – 6時正 (共4小時)
概要: 學員將在鬧市中收集微生物，改裝顯微鏡和學習顯微鏡學的開放源碼軟件。

關於工作坊／
素來玩慣DIY手作仔，愛作新嘗試兼對藝術，生物學，聲音/視覺實驗和顯微鏡下的微生物有濃厚的興趣？齊 來加入這個別開生面的工作坊! 學員將會採集和分離微生物如緩步動物或線蟲等，亦會學習像黑客般解拆 webcam和使用各種開放源碼軟件 和硬件，微生物將會被窺探並成為和人類互動的個體。是次工作坊結合藝術創作和科學實驗，利用開放源碼軟 件，把藝術、微生物和家用電子產品連成一體。 自科學家於1677年發明顯微鏡，第一次窺探到這個微縮世界後，人們就被這個需要倚靠顯微鏡才能看到的世 界深深著迷。各種微生物如水熊，阿米巴蟲，線蟲等，被顯微鏡放大千百倍，激發了人類豐富的想像力， 再 加上收集到的影像和聲音，學員將會被微生物的動態所啟發，以一個前所未有的角度了解這些我們肉眼看不到 的生物。

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導師簡介／

Marc Dusseiller 博士是一名跨學科學者， 微型納米技 術講師和藝術家。他的工作範疇結合了科學，藝術和 教育於一身。他舉辦了不同的 DIY講座，題材包括 lofi 電子，音樂和機器人等。他拍攝了數段短片，目前正 研究如何以DIY的模式，在家中進行生物科學實驗，包 括培養哺乳動物細胞， 微流體， 現場顯微鏡等。他亦是dock18， Room for Mediacultures 的組織人之一，以及 瑞士機電藝術協會 (SGMK) -‘diy* 藝術節的’的主席。 http://www.dusseiller.ch/labs Hackteria 是一個集合了不同的開放源碼生物藝術計劃的組織，於2009年2月由數名藝術家包括來自英國的 Andy Gracie，瑞士的Marc Dusseiller 博士和印度的Yashas Shetty共同創立。是項計劃為DIY生物藝術，開 放源碼軟件和電子實驗有濃厚興趣的人提供了一個豐富的網上資訊平台。作為一個網上社區， hackteria鼓勵 科學家，黑客和藝術家合作，結合不同範專長和觀點，分享具批判性和理論性的意見，及提供組織和生物科學 有關的講座，節目和聚會的方法。

http://hackteria.org/

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關於FEED!

FEED! 是一系列將新媒體藝術置於科技世界及網絡文化等國度來探索各種概念的活動。像外國著名的Ted Talk 一樣, FEED! 將引入由藝術家、設計師、科學家、工程師、企業家、建築師等專業人士主持的講座、工作坊及 會議，讓更多觀眾接觸各種不同的創新思維。錄映太奇將記錄這些活動，並儲存於其網站及資料庫。

資助:香港藝術發展局

贊助：Swiss Cultural Foundation, Migros Kulturprozent 全力贊助

如有查詢，請聯絡陳小姐/ 2573-1869 (T) / 9770-6355 (M) / hilda@videotage.org.hk (E)

Instructor link:
Dr. Marc Dusseiller:
http://www.dusseiller.ch/labs

Hackteria:
http://hackteria.org/

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