The third BOL X Hybrid Platform Symposium will focus on exploring and implementing new materials and transformative working methods, in order to shape more sustainable and desirable futures.
Researchers and artists from the Berlin Open Lab (UdK Berlin) and the TU Berlin will address a wide variety of topics – from 3D-clay printing in architecture, AI optimisation in the baking industry, microbiomes and multi-sensory experiences with sourdough, the social recognition of mycelium architecture, to velvet fabrics as e-textiles and the digitalisation of knowledge about ancient craft techniques and materials.
The symposium intends to highlight hybrid and interdisciplinary practices from the art and science domains that pose the question of materiality in the intersection of the analog and the digital.
We expect an exciting and lively exchange of research results and experiences!

Event in German and English. The panels will consist of keynotes and Q&A sessions. The venues are the rooms of the BOL and the garden at Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin. A live stream will be available on Zoom.

Participation is free of charge.

Program:

13:00 / Welcome and introduction: Sustainable Futures / Prof. Dr Gesche Joost, UdK Berlin
13:15 – 14:15 / Panel 1: Digital transformation of traditional techniques / Saqib Aziz, Emma Woods (BOL/UdK)
14:30 – 15:30 / Panel 2: Materiality, digitalisation and socio-ecological transformation / Julia Wolf (BOL/UdK), N.N.
15:45 – 16:45 / Panel 3: Neurological perception, sensory qualities and sustainability / Maciej Chmara (BOL/UdK), Gudrun Rauwolf (TU), Klaus Gramann (TU)
17:00 – 18:00 / Panel 4: Waste utilisation and circular economy / Sam Hill, Aeneas Stankowski (BOL/DFKI), Johannes Scholz (TU)
18:00 – 18:30 / Aperitivo @ the BOL Garden

Further information about:
the program https://berlin-open-lab.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/A1-Programm-3.pdf
the research platform BOL https://berlin-open-lab.org/about/
and the hybrid platform https://www.hybrid-plattform.org

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tonia Welter (Berlin Open Lab)
Anne Kurr and Michael Fowler (Hybrid Platform)