In this Masterclass, Miranda and Urs will unfurl their art-science research practice of kitsch kitchen bioelectrochemistry, which aims to agitate knowledge hierarchies and shift collective imaginaries around science, technology and sustainable futures. After a walkabout and ritual at their installation, ‘Esotronic Altar to Bind Capatriarcolonialism’, participants will learn how to make their own creative electrochromic device with colour changing materials. Together, and through hands-on art&design work, we’ll consider alternate electro-futures based on compassion, tenderness and care, instead of extraction and exploitation.
Miranda Moss is an artist, researcher and educator from Cape Town, South Africa. Her undisciplined practice, which focuses on the problematics and hopeful possibilities of technology from a socio-ecological and anticolonial feminist perspective, has seen her exhibit, teach and perform research across the globe in various art, science, community, academic, public and hacker spaces. For the last 2 years, she has been deeply immersed in the research project Regenerative Energy Communities; creative and collective energy experiments for resilient agriculture, alongside Helen V. Pritchard, Daniel Gustafsson and Eric Snodgrass, and funded by the Swedish Energy Agency.
Urs Gaudenz is an engineer and interdisciplinary scholar working in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a founding member of Hackteria International Society, and is the founder of GaudiLabs, a third space for third culture. Gaudenz makes use of various forms of work and expression such as prototype development, open scientific research and collaborative workshops, combining his different backgrounds to explore new technological and cultural fields.
Lead:
Gaudi Labs
Miranda Moss & Urs Gaudenz
When?
4 October 2025
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Where?
N.N.
Toni-Areal
Zurich University of the Arts
Website:
mirandamoss.com
gaudi.ch
mechatronicart.ch
Ticket:
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