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Energy Wetlands

Power, Plants + Microbe Energy Workshop

Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 / 14:00

TransBona-Halle

Kostenlos

Seats available

Suitable for all guests

In this hands-on workshop, we’re exploring "Wild Electricity" with Miranda Moss and Urs Gaudenz. We'll play with bioelectricity and bioelectronics by making microbial fuel cells using simple, everyday materials. You’ll learn about the magic of wetland ecosystems and discover how you can become a caretaker, or «Energy Custodian», of the diverse and intertwined forces of power we live amongst. Together, we'll build a shared energy ecosystem of living "Power Plants" and imagine new, kinder ways to generate electricity.

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The workshop is in a walk-in/walk-out format, so no registration is necessary. You’re welcome to drop by to see microbes dancing with electricity and listen to electro-active bacteria making music, or stay longer to learn how to build your own microbial fuel cell. Families and younger children are very welcome.

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Miranda and Urs are a creative duo who have been sharing their practice of kitsch kitchen bioelectrochemistry through workshops, exhibitions, and talks since 2023.  

Miranda Moss is an artist, designer, researcher, and educator from Cape Town, South Africa. Her undisciplined practice, which focusses on the problematics and hopeful possibilities of technology from a socio-ecological and anticolonial trans*feminist perspective, has seen her exhibit, teach, and perform research across the globe in various art, science, community, academic, public, and hacker spaces. 

Urs Gaudenz is an engineer and interdisciplinary scholar working in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a founding member of Hackteria International Society and is the founder of GaudiLabs, a third space for third culture. Gaudenz makes use of various forms of work and expression, such as prototype development, open scientific research, and collaborative workshops, combining his different backgrounds to explore new technological and cultural fields. 

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