All* Kinds of Makers* – My Tool My Choice***

Talk @ Kulturverein zur Schießhalle
Thursday 27 Nov
18:00 ‑ 20:00

Austrian Sign Language interpretations available.***

Project Description

all*makers*(All* Kinds of Makers*) is a joint research project of the University of Salzburg, Happylab Wien, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, and Mz*Baltazar’s Lab (Jan 2023 – Dec 2025)

In this research project we are investigating how a diverse group of people can benefit from making. We want to better understand which people see themselves as makers*. We are identifying characteristics of makers* and presenting them in the form of makers* profiles. We are developing makers*-centred strategies so that as many people as possible can recognise the available infrastructures as relevant opportunities for them. We examine these strategies for their effectiveness for the target group. We investigate the ecological impacts and strategies for more sustainable Making.

https://all-makers.at/

Florian Sametinger

Artist Bio

Florian Sametinger(DE) is a participatory design practitioner and professor of design research and design theory at the University of Arts Linz. In his work, he intensively explores the intersections and friction points between design and sustainability, regenerative cultures, and participation. His research incorporates critical perspectives on the role of design in addressing complex societal and environmental challenges, questioning dominant paradigms and exploring alternative, more holistic approaches.

Online Links

web: https://www.kunstuni-linz.at/designresearch
bluesky: @sametinger.bsky.social

Olivia Jaques

Artist Bio

Olivia Jaques is concerned with site-specific, feminist, artistic framing as a potential for action. In this context, she deals with the question of how artistic ways of working, especially those outside the conventional exhibition context, contribute to a critical confrontation of habits and social orders and to what extent these can promote emancipatory ways of acting as well as a critical discourse. As part of her artistic engagement, she devotes herself to the conception of artistic framing as socio-political practice (in the form of workshops, collective artistic work or within the framework of teaching and experimental, performative, discursive, collective formats). She is part of the artist and artistic research duo Performatorium together with Marlies Surtmann, the Mz*Baltazar’s Collective and artasfoundation – the Swiss Foundation for Art in Conflict Regions.

Online Links

web: https://all-makers.at/
fedi: mastodon.art/@Olivia