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BIOlifepatch – citizen initiative in art, science and technology: is an independent community-base organization working in creative and appropriate application in the fields of art, science and technology. It’s an organization run by multi-disciplinary people that reflects the active local creative community and the confluence of academic institutions of higher education in Yogyakarta Indonesia. In its' activities, lifepatch focused on educative practices on simple art and science approaches for the communities by developing appropriate creative and innovative technologies such as biotechnology, digital technology with the spirit of DIY and DIWO culture. lifepatch mission is to aid the development of local human and natural resources by building bridges of domestic and international collaboration platform which give open access for anyone to the sources of the research and development.
lifepatch was founded in 26 March 2012 by several people with different discipline background and practices. This made lifepatch have a strong interdisciplinary characteristic in their activities. Even
though it is a young organization, the collaboration between them have been established for years. Currently lifepatch is based in small house in Bugisan, Southern part of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
picture: several members of lifepatch with friends on the backyard of their house in Bugisan
Their small house function not only as their studio and meeting room, but also as a place to conduct workshops. lifepatch organized most of their workshop an art and science in their living room, starting from simple coffee making workshop, open-source software learning, hardware making or even wine making. Most of their workshop approaches to alternative education in free culture and knowledge sharing with Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and/or Do-It-With-Other (DIWO) spirit.
picture: Pure Data workshop, an open-source visual programing for audiovisual practice at lifepatch
... And sometimes, they use their house just for fun ...
picture: bio-electronical-artist-scientist at lifepatch house
lifepatch also do collaboration with formal institutions to conduct their workshop. They believe formal and informal education should accommodate each other in any background discipline
engaging wider range of communities.
picture: Generic lab equipment workshop in Sanata Dharma University - rice cooker hack for distillation method
Not only adults and teenagers, they also conduct workhops for childrens.
picture: DIY microscopy workshop for SD Tumbuh Elementary School
with alternative art spaces,
picture: Wine - making workshop at Survive Garage Yogyakarta
creative communities
picture: wine-making workshop
and also festivals
picture: DIY instrument making workshop @ Carp2Dragon, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
Lifepatch also collaborates with other creative communities to conduct creative research to try to identify, help, or solve the local surrounding problems by bridging art, science and approriate use of technology. One of the example of Lifepatch collaboration with local creative communities is Jogja River Project (JRP), an ongoing community project which started in April 2011.
picture: participant of JRP crossing Winanga River Yogyakarta 2012
Building a project of an online open database and mapping for street art works in Indonesia called urbancult (http://urbancult.net)
picture: screen capture of Yogyakarta Street Art Map in urbancult website
In their artistic practice, lifepatch explores the possibilities of accessible and affordable technology to counter local and international issues of contemporary lives.
picture: Atari Punk Console, a DIY synthesizer for electronic musical instrument
picture: experimental audiovisual performance
They build their own instruments and uses open source software for performances
photo: experimental audiovisual performance @ Dance Your Eyes 2012 Bandung
They create installation displaying a live fermentation process to compose a ound orchestra from the yeast activities in converting sugar into alcohol.
photo: MI:SC in Bioartnergy 2012, Jogja National Museum
creating sculpture by combining lab equipments
photo: Thermal Difference in Bioartnergy2012, Jogja National Museum
using technology to bridge human and objects
photo: Moist Sense multimedia installation, Gedung Indonesia Menggugat 2012
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