CHRISPER-CHÄSLI
MAYA MINDER & MARC DUSSELIER
Main Focus of the workshop: Introduction in DIY biotechnology and fermentation processes. Discussion about gen-modification in our food.
In collaboration with Hackteria, Gasthaus - Fermentation and Bacteria is hosting a one day biohacking event of discussions and hands-on experiments of making cheese. Bridging topics of traditional fermentation (cheese making) and modern biotech tools of gene-editing (in ex. the CRISPR-Cas9 system), Chrisper-Chäsli is an attempt to demystify the current hype around gene-editing technologies and speculates about how we can integrate biotechnology into public use, play, food and games.
This workshop was previously held in: - Lifepatch, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2017 - Bioclub, Tokio Japan, 2017 - Reseda, Zurich, Swiss 2018
Maya Minder combines artistic, curatorial, and activist interests into communal culinary events at various locations. Her practise includes cooking performances, fermentation workshops and communal happenings. Fermentation repeatedly features as a central aspect of her work, not only literally but also as a metaphor for social ferment, agitation, and incitation to resistance. Her interests span the fields of art, politics, and biohacking, and she often invites other protagonists to collaboratively participate in the process of communal exchange. Facilitating interdisciplinary, intercultural dialogue amongst the participants is one of the primary goals of her practice.
Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller is a transdisciplinary scholar, lecturer for micro- and nanotech- nology, cultural facilitator and artist. He performs DIY (do-it-yourself) workshops in lo-fi electronics and synths, hardware hacking for citizen science and DIY microscopy. He was co-organizing Dock18, Room for Mediacultures, diy* festival (Zürich, Switzerland), KIBLIX 2011 (Maribor, Slovenia), workshops for artists, schools and children as the former president (2008-12) of the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society, SGMK. He has worked as guest faculty and mentor at various schools, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Techno- logy (IN), UCSB (USA) and in Switzerland, FHNW, HEAD, ETHZ.