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Le magazine en ligne bilingue Fr/En des communautés culturelles et créatives DIY, pour un monde plus écologique, inclusif et ouvert. // A free online magazine, in Fr/En covering the DIY and creative communities scene since 2014.
Makery a rencontré les acteurices de la Halle oeuvrière, un collectif de recherche, de création et d'expérimentation qui développe des pratiques en lien avec les milieux, en l'occurrence dans et autour de Kerminy, à Rosporden (Finistère)
À l’Assemblée des Sols de Kerminy en Bretagne, l’épure de la Halle (1/2)
La collective
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This summer, Makery covered regional events organized by the Soil Assembly network in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Enjoy the read! (Articles available in English and French)
Kompost Festival, Rot & Roll in Berlin
For four days in early July, the Kompost Festival 2026 transformed Tempelhofer Feld and its surroundings into a temporary laboratory for soil care.
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This summer, Makery covered regional events organized by the Soil Assembly network in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Enjoy the read! (Articles available in English and French)
Soil Assembly: Cultivating Ecologies of Learning
What if soil became a place to gather, learn and imagine other ways of living?
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This summer, Makery covered regional events organized by the Soil Assembly network in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Enjoy the read! (Articles available in English and French)
Future gardening: an assembly to rethinking our relationship to soil and the garden
During a full moon weekend, on May 30 & 31st, artists, gardeners, farmers, researchers and enthousiasts gathered in two artists gardens of Zone2Source in Amsterdam.
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This summer, Makery covered regional events organized by the Soil Assembly network in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Enjoy the read! (Articles available in English and French)
Kompost Zone: Thinking Münster through the lens of decay!
On 25–26 June 2026, the regional Soil Assembly titled “Kompost Konferenz” took place in Münster, Germany. The event focused on composting and socio-ecological transformation.
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This summer, Makery covered regional events organized by the Soil Assembly network in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Enjoy the read! (Articles available in English and French)
Ljubljana: a Soil Assembly at Festivities Under Siege
From 20-22 May, Soil Assembly joined artists, activists and cultural practitioners for Festivities Under Siege at Krater, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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In Ukraine, soil scientists, geologists, agrochemists, agricultural sector representatives, permaculture practitioners, environmental initiatives, and artists discuss how to analyze damaged farmland and make it safe again.
In Ukraine, the Ecostations Network is searching for solutions for restoring war-damaged soils
In May the Ukrainian Ecostations Network, hosted a Soil Assembly on restoring soils damaged by military operations. The event brought together an interdisciplinary panel to discuss how to analyze dama...
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Irene Posch creates new tools for electronic textile practices. In this text, she reflects on the role of tools in shaping collaboration, inquiry, and knowledge production within lab-based and community-oriented practices.
What making tools taught me about making cultures
Makery is publishing several essays excerpted from the third Feral Labs Node Book,
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Martyna Groth examines László Moholy-Nagy’s futurist tactility and Bauhaus methods, which used tactile experiments and material studies to develop sensory and manual skills, and connects these ideas to contemporary interests in touch, the do-it-yourself culture, makerspaces, and embodied knowledge.
Manualism: Knowledge Through Touch
In the first essay presented here, Martyna Groth examines László Moholy-Nagy’s futurist tactility and Bauhaus methods, which used tactile experiments and material studies to develop sensory and manual...
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We’re off to another Summer Camps season! Makery is compiling a list of camps, summer schools as natural as DiY, aimed at makers, hackers, bioartists, designers, architects and other curious people. So, Ireland, Slovenian coast or the Himalayas? To find your ideal summer programme, follow the guide!
The 2026 Makery map of summer camps in Europe (and beyond)
Makery is compiling a list of camps as natural as DiY, aimed at makers, hackers, bioartists, architects and other curious people. Follow the guide !
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In this essay Chessa Adsit-Morris takes a look back at the "laboratory turn" in art and culture since the 1960s, ultimately offering a reflection on the Feral Labs network itself. (EN / FR)
Liberatory laboratories: a feral future for art-science collaborations
In this essay Chessa Adsit-Morris takes a look back at the
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As the first public “Arai-Eek Co-Laboratory” sessions start next weekend in Chiang Mai, Thailand, curator and researcher Nupur Maneesh Doshi looks back on the program’s inaugural street workshop there last February. (EN / FR)
Epistemic Sludge: The Ontology of the Post-Institutional Lab
As the first public “Arai-Eek Co-Laboratory” sessions start next weekend in Chiang Mai, Thailand, curator and researcher Nupur Maneesh Doshi looks back on the program’s inaugural street workshop there...
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This winter, metaPhorest magnified underwater microscopic communities thriving in one of Tokyo’s most urban waterways. Hideo Iwasaki talks about their site-specific exhibition “Silent Neighbors” on the Shibuya River. (EN / FR)
metaPhorest spotlights underwater chimeric bioflora in urban Tokyo
This winter, metaPhorest magnified underwater microscopic communities thriving in one of Tokyo’s most urban waterways. Hideo Iwasaki talks about their site-specific exhibition “Silent Neighbors” on th...
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A Fukushima, un groupe de surfers locaux invite tout le monde à les rejoindre tous les 11 mars depuis 2022, pour commémorer la catastrophe. Cherise Fong a rencontré les organisateurs de "Let's Ride the Waves on March 11th". 👉 www.makery.info/2026/03/10/e...
À Fukushima, surfez les vagues après la catastrophe
En 2025, je suis allée à Fukushima pour participer à la 4e édition de “Let’s Ride the Waves on March 11th”. J'ai interviewé Yuko Takahashi, qui organise cet évènement informel et rituel.
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Notre correspondante Stefanie Wuschitz est allée à la rencontre des communautés de Delhi qui survivent dans des conditions difficiles grâce au recyclage de déchets électroniques.
Immersion avec Toxics Link à New Delhi : rencontre avec les Kabadiwalas et les recycleurs de déchets électroniques
Comment le travail des femmes dans les bidonvilles de New Delhi contribue au recyclage des déchets électroniques.
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To close out the year, Makery gives the floor to Karla Spiluttini, from Schmiede Hallein in Austria, for an overview of maker culture, an essay published in Feral Labs Node Book #2. (EN / FR) 👉 www.makery.info/en/2025/12/1...
Making Narratives: Stories about creating, empowerment, and agency through time
Makery gives the floor to Karla Spiluttini, from Schmiede Hallein in Austria, for an overview of maker culture, an essay published in Feral Labs Node Book #2.
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Traduction FR de notre entretien avec l'artiste Daniel Hengst sur ses projets et réalisations autour des tourbières, des plantes des marais et du glanage. 👉 www.makery.info/2025/11/11/e...
New Gleaning : La rencontre de l’art et de la paludiculture avec Daniel Hengst
Rencontre avec Daniel Hengst qui a présenté « New Gleaning », lors de l'exposition « Swamp Things ! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants » au festival _matter 2025 à Berlin.
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Our redactor in chief Ewen interviewed intermedia artist Daniel Hengst who presented ‘New Gleaning’, the first film in his ‘Paludicon’ series at the “Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants” exhibition of the _matter festival 2025 in Berlin.
New Gleaning: Encounter on art and paludiculture with Daniel Hengst
Encounter with intermedia artist Daniel Hengst who presented 'New Gleaning', the first film in his 'Paludicon' series at the “Swamp Things! The Liveliness of Peatland Plants” exhibition of the _matter...
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Report by Chrysa Choularia at the 6th edition of Taboo Transgression Transcendance in Arts & Science, an event gathering 170 artists and researchers from 30 countries.
Taboo, transgression, transcendence and other provocative stories
The Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence (TTT) in Art & Science international conference was holding its 6th edition at Kino Šiška in Ljubljana on September 9-13. Report by Chrysa Chouliara.
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Reportage de Chrysa Choularia à la 6e édition de Taboo Transgression Transcendance in Arts and Science, un évènement qui réunit 170 artistes et chercheurs de 30 pays.
Tabou, transgression, transcendance et autres histoires provocantes
La conférence internationale Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence (TTT) in Art & Science tenait sa 6ème édition au Kino Šiška à Ljubljana du 9 au 13 Septembre. Chronique par Chrysa Chouliara.
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Catherine Lenoble, activiste des scènes créatives DIY et des communs, (actuellement avec l'atelier de micro-édition hybride PrintLab à Tours), est partie cet été en Croatie à la rencontre de Pirate Care, dans le cadre de la bourse de mobilité du programme Rewilding Cultures. Récit de voyage.
En Croatie avec Rewilding Cultures : Catherine Lenoble en quête de web frugal et de récits-compagnons
Grâce à ses bourses de mobilité, le programme Rewilding Cultures encourage de nouvelles manières d’imaginer les déplacements et les échanges culturels en Europe. Lauréate 2025, Catherine Lenoble revie...
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Créé par des résistants des PTT, un réseau téléphonique parallèle a survécu après la Libération. Espace de communication et de rencontre dans les années 1970, il constitue le chaînon manquant entre les agences matrimoniales du XIX e siècle et nos applis contemporaines.
Le Réseau, ou lorsque nous étions intraçables
Créé par des résistants des PTT, un réseau téléphonique parallèle a survécu après la Libération. Espace de communication et de rencontre dans les années 1970, il constitue le chaînon manquant entre les agences matrimoniales du XIX e siècle et nos applis contemporaines.
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Nous étions cet été au summercamp HomeMade, organisé par la Société des Arts Mécatroniques Suisse. 👉 www.makery.info/2025/09/21/s...
Oscillations depuis le « supercamp » HomeMade en Suisse
HomeMade est un camp annuel de recherche en mécatronique. Du 1er au 10 août, le camp a réuni 109 participants. Chrysa Chouliara partage ses impressions sur cette édition unique.
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Entretien avec Simon Berz, batteur et artiste multidisciplinaire qui dirige le centre d'art Combination Space dans les Alpes suisses. Réalisé avec P-Node radio au summer camp Home Made 2025.
Interaction, improvisation et transdisciplinarité : entretien avec Simon Berz à Home Made 2025
Simon Berz, batteur et artiste multidisciplinaire, dirige le centre d'art Combination Space. Nous l'avons rencontré à HomeMade 2025.
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We met Simon Berz at the 20th edition of Home Made summer camp, organized by #SGMK #Bitwäscherei. The famous drummer and multidisciplinary artist spoke to us about his past, present and future projects, and introduces his art center #CombinationSpace. Interview. 👉 www.makery.info/en/2025/09/0...
Interaction, improvisation and transdisciplinarity: interview with Simon Berz at Home Made 2025
Simon Berz, famous drummer and multidisciplanary artist, runs its own art center Combination Space. We met him at Home Made 2025, the summercamp of SGMK (Swiss Mechatronic Arts Society), where Makery ...
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L'œuvre (primée) K-9 Topology de l'artiste Maja Smrekar a été détournée dans une campagne d'extrême droite en Slovénie. Partout en Europe, les artistes font face à des menaces similaires. Comment résister collectivement ? Interview.
Combat juridique contre l’utilisation abusive de l’art à des fins politiques : entretien avec Maja Smrekar
Le travail de l'artiste slovène Maja Smrekar a été détourné lors d'une campagne d'extrême droite. Comment résister ? Interview.
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Maja Smrekar’s internationally acclaimed work K-9 Topology was highly misused in a far-right campaign in Slovenia. Across Europe, artists face similar growing threats. These issues will be addressed at the 2025 conference Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT). Interview.
Legal battle against political abuse of art: interview with Maja Smrekar
In this interview, Slovenian artist Smrekar reflects on how her work was recently misused in a far-right political campaign and the need to build collective resilience against censorship. These pressi...
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Chrysa Chouliara, chroniqueuse en résidence à Makery pour l'été 2025, nous livre son récit des deux semaines passées à ArtLabo Retreat, le summercamp organisé par Makery en Bretagne. www.makery.info/2025/08/12/e...
ArtLabo Retreat, du bleu au vert
Chrysa Chouliara, chroniqueuse en résidence à Makery pour l'été 2025, nous livre son récit des deux semaines passées à ArtLabo Retreat, le summercamp organisé par Makery en Bretagne.
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ArtLabo Retreat 2025 was a two week-long camp organised by @makery in West Brittany, France, bringing together artists, scientists, designers, performers and mentors students to explore fashion, sound, gastronomy and storytelling. www.makery.info/en/2025/08/1...
ArtLabo Retreat, from Blue to Green
ArtLabo Retreat 2025 was a two week-long camp in West Brittany, France. Chrysa Chouliara, the 2025 Makery summer chronicler-in-residency, reveals her chronicle of the two weeks spent at the ArtLabo Re...
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From the 30th of June until the 6th of July, the 3rd ArtLabo Retreat took place on Île de Batz, France, inviting artists, designers, scientists, and students to explore the unique landscapes and experiment with possible materialities of coastal ecosystems. (EN / FR) www.makery.info/en/2025/07/2...
ArtLabo Retreat: A Journey to the End of the World
From the 30th of June until the 6th of July 2025, ArtLabo Retreat took place on Île de Batz, Finistère, France, to explore the unique landscapes and possible materialities of coastal ecosystems.
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