Making Matters: Bridging Art, Design and Technology through Material Practices

Project details

Researchers	Anja Groten Florian Cramer ginger coons Shailoh Phillips
Partners	Leiden University Het Nieuwe Instituut West Den Haag Waag Society
Project Leader	Florian Cramer
Affiliated activities	Making Matters Workshop documenta fifteen

This project investigates collective practices of experimenting with material forms of critique in order to reimagine the world(s) we inhabit; practices that often exist in between contemporary art, design and technological experimentation.

Artists and collectives involved in this project include Hackers & Designers, Shailoh Phillips, Pia Louwerens, Dani Ploeger, contributors include Jatiwangi art Factory, Display Distribute, The Otolith Group, Femke Snelting/CONSTANT.
Video recordings of our 2020 conference can be found here, of our 2021 international conference: here.

For more information, downloadable publications and additional resources, please visit the project website http://making-matters.nl and the publication page for the book Making Matters: A Vocabulary for Collective Arts.

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