Interactivos?’09: Garage Science

written on May 12th, 2009 at 9:09 am by kirsty_catarina

Interactivos?’09: Garage Science was an intensive project development workshop (January 28 through February 14, 2009) and a seminar that explored practices where art, science and technology meet. Participants were invited to turn the Medialab Prado, Madrid into a garage laboratory where low-cost, accessible materials were used to develop objects and installations that combine software, hardware and biology. The series was with the participation of Critical Art Ensemble and Julian Bleecker.

Over the course of three weeks we gave and attended talks, participated in debates, experimented and hacked, built the projects, and had a wonderful time working together and getting to know each other. This was actually where most of openMaterials’ collaborators met… And many of us are talking about a range of other collaborations as well, so stay tuned.

We can’t choose our favourite project from Interactivos?’09, so here’s a list of all them:

* Rompetechos, una plataforma aérea abierta - Igor Gómez Gil de San Vicente

* The Sounds of Science (los sonidos de la ciencia) - Jay Barros

* Glob@s - Susanna Tesconi

* Re:farm the city (re:cultiva la ciudad) - Hernani Dias

* Fruit Computer Laboratory (laboratorio de ordenadores-fruta) - Alejandro Tamayo

* Build a 3D Printer (construye una impresora 3d) - Zach Smith

* Garage Astrobiology, microbes and EMF (astrobiología de garaje, microbios y campos electromagnéticos) - Andy Gracie

* Hormiga Interactibus - Adrián Santuario Hernández

* The Five Filters (los cinco filtros) - Keyvan Minoukadeh

Muchas gracias to Marcos, Laura, Sonia, Danny and all the crew at Medialab Prado for hosting such an awesome event, and bringing so many fantastic people together.