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day three of Biochymickal Arts 2013

(see maja's notes)

  • languages & gestures
  • culture & environment
  • fermentation & metabolism
  • essence & code
  • improvisation & speculation

Mischka Melo

  • La Paillasse as venue for DIY experiments with melanin as living semiconductor
  • can melanin be produced in a kitchen-lab?
  • created cultures using food grade materials available from supermarket
  • target component is a thermistor
  • using permaculture principles to enhance 'intelligence' of agricultural systems
  • space and time trade off, new techniques required to use biological substrates for computation
  • ref. biological computation research group mentioned in Biomimicry by Janine M. Benyus
  • biomimetic kettle w. guillian graves, based on nautillus shell, spherical compartments per cup, clay using bioethanol [ref.] (note. biobutnol)

Brian Degger

ref. http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_muestra_de_proyectos

  • plastics that can be made at home, can be used in the home
  • what kind of domestic uses are there for plastics than can be made in the kitchen?
  • based on glycerol, starch and vinegar
  • cooking up toys based on templates
  • why is it a plastic? a polymerised chain
  • compostable?

hugo herter

discussion of recent developments in the Lithuanian beer craft/culture which grew form M.s interest in home-brewing.

post 1991 previously 'underground' semi-legal breweries became legal. ~200 then, ~60 now. commercial brewing was thus based on home-brewing style techniques and included some peculiarities (e.g. not boiling the wort, unpasteurised → target for wild bacteria, baking loaves of malt and using crumbs in brewing, ritual of sauna before brewing, starting the process in sauna) some family yeast cultures have a verifiable history around 160 yrs.

in “Lithuanian farmhouse brewing” article, beer connoisseur magazine covered 20 breweries in 4 days (hosted by T.A) surprised by distinct tastes and techniques. sequencing of the yeast DNA led to conclusion that there may be a distinct species or hybrid in the J. strain.

(see maja's notes)

  • closing loops with bio-materials
  • rethink intelligent systems
  • people & politics
  • need time to ferment
  • in three words
    • “they are hungry”
    • “time,impressive,new”
    • “inspiring social fermentation”
    • “go for it”
    • “sharing”
    • “interspecies fecundation”
    • “too much food” → “much food too”
    • “anticipating practical experiments”
    • “enzymatic historical hacking”
    • “time aware processes”
    • “fermentation releasing energy”
    • “creative, bulling reactions”
    • “micro world tourism”
    • “dexterity is hard”
    • “slow process, fast experiments”
    • “sleep. bubbling. people”
    • “more research required”
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