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A Hands-on Workshop on Eco-feminist and Decolonial Hardware
The two-year artistic research project “Connecting Otherwise" organised a two-part workshop on the 4th and 8th of June in which less extractive, more regenerative approaches to technology were explored. Participants were researching alternative hardware practices in a hands-on manner by engaging with wild clay as well as re-used electronics components to create programmable circuit boards. They were collectively sourcing, molding, and firing the clay, before painting and soldering the microchips. The workshop was led by artist Esra Sakir, in collaboration with members of the Earthound Hardware working group: Heerko van der Kooij, Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø, Sophie Refsgaard, Benedetta Compili, Márk Redele and Dorine van Meel.
The two-year artistic research project “Connecting Otherwise” initiated by the Materiality Research Group is kindly funded by SIA and Creative Industries Fund NL.
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04
Jun '26
Are you interested in exploring less extractive, more regenerative approaches to technology in your artistic/design projects? In this two-part workshop, we will be exploring alternative hardware practices in a hands-on manner by engaging with wild clay as well as re-used electronics components to create programmable circuit boards. We will be collectively sourcing, molding, and firing the clay, before painting and soldering the microchips. The workshop will be led by artist Esra Sakir, in collaboration with members of the Earthound Hardware working group: Heerko van der Kooij, Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø, Sophie Refsgaard, Benedetta Compili, Márk Redele and Dorine van Meel.
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Materiality
Materiality
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Connecting Otherwise
Connecting Otherwise