CHAPTER II.II-CRAFTING CARE

Digitally fabricated pH pad case for your DIY pH monitoring interfaces made from Metacrilato or perspex in 3mm and 5mm and 3D printed buttons to hold the case together After making some pH pad tests I decided to design a case for them tin Rhinoceros to keep them safe, dry and clean. I used 3 5mm pieces of metacrilato or perspex that I have also engraved the top.

You can also use a 3mm piece for the top and bottom and a 5mm for the middle one, which is the piece that essentially determines the depth of your case.

I extruded the surfaces and rendered them so I can have a digital prototype of the case as well as you can see here below.

The 3D printed buttons are like poles that are entering all 3 layers of the case and act like a fastener. On the bottom, the button acts like a stopper so the case has a starting/ending point.

I modeled some tiny circles (2) to glue on the bottom and top right side of the case so I can stabilise the left side of it since the buttons have a 1.5 mm base.

PART III

Chapter III

Performing the Open Source Body PERFORMING THE OPEN SOURCE BODY

In this section of the cookbook I have included still

images from the Open Source Body video. This is the

final part of the video where I take out all the contents

of the toolkit and I start performing my experi-

ments and my rituals using my tools, equipment

and materials.

I open the cabinet, and I wear my labcoat. There,

I am having a moment where I feel immensely

empowered to the point where I subconsciously make

a power pose. This has been a fantastic journey and

this is only the beggining. You can watch the whole

video here.

The future of the Open Source Body project

In the heart of the development of future health/care and biotechnology, lies biodesign, biohacking and biotinkering. Combining biofabrication techniques with digital fabrication allows us to dissemimate the care and knowledge for radical health/care. DIY Self health/care may be a speculative or science fiction scenario to some but it this is

not a new concept.

Through the processes of digital fabrication, biofabrication, biochromes and open source hardware we can autonomously craft, cultivate and design our own biotechnologies and determinie the future of health/care. In this way we can influence their future applications, instead of being mere consumers of these technologies. The proposed processes become part of the strategies in which we can become more active participants in our health/care and cultivate a culture of care through sharing biological know-how and demystifying biology and science.

To continue to openly share the knowledge, tools, protocols, materials and principles of the Open Source Body project is to care. Incrorporating these processes in our practise, allow us to autonomously craft, fabricate and cultivate our future health/care and also form in-

terspecies collaborations

Through the proposed processes and techniques we can start moving towards preventative care models, instead of focusing on the diagnosis and fixing broken and problematic bodies.

The future goal of the Open Source Body project is to move from DIY Biology practices to Do-It-With-Others, to collectively tinker with biotechnology and to amplify our communities through the cultivation of care practices.

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Open Source Body project links

Open Source Body project video

Full project documentation here

Fabricating care file with all downloadable files here

Giphy account

Vimeo account

hackteria.org, Open Source Biological Art, DIY Biology, Generic Lab equipment. It is a community, a webplatform and international network that has been active since 2009 in the field of Open source biological art. It tries to encourage the collaboration of scientists, hackers and artists to combine their experitise, write critical and theoretical reflections, share simple instructions to work with lifescience technologies and cooperate on the organization of workshops, temporary labs, hack-sprints and meetings. Hackteria operates on a global scale, and also offers ts own wiki for sharing knowledge, which enable anyone to learn but also test different ways of hacking living systems.

hackteria.org wiki, for sharing knowledge around DIY and DIWO biology on a global scale. The wiki page is based on a web platform or sharing knowledge, and enables anyone to learn but also test different ways of hacking living systems. Hackteria is not based in a physical space, and its goal is to allow artists, scientists and hackers to collaborate and test various biohacking and bioart techniques outside the official laboratories and art institutions, basically anywhere in the world.

Hackuarium, a community lab association in Switzerland, where biology, science and technology are being explored and participatory research is promoted.

JOGL, Just One Giant Lab. Just One Giant Lab is an international community, a non-profit, open-source, collaborative platform, and a bastion to open-science and impact innovation.

GOSH forum, Gathering For Open Source Hardware forum and movement. Itt serves the needs of the global Open Science Hardware community through convening meetings, publications, activities and providing a forum for the community. This movement seeks to reduce barriers between diverse creators and users of scientific tools to support the pursuit and growth of knowledge.

Biomenstual, Designing Multispecies Menstrual Care, by Nadia Campo Woytuk & Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard, in collaboration with Martin Ávila (Konstfack), Antonio Capezza (KTH). Biomenstrual is a collection of biomaterial experiments, rituals, and spells for imagining, designing and practicing menstrual care beyond the human body.

bioart coven, feminist bioart collective. This collective started off as a project and a class by bioartist WhiteFeather Hunter, as part of her PhD research at symbiotica, Witches in labs. This collective explores intersections of biotechnology and witchcraft and highlights how present-day witchcraft leads to important new practices of bioart, technofeminism and transhacktivism.

genspace, the world’s first community biology lab. Is it a place where people of all backgrounds and identities can learn, create, and grow with the life sciences. Since 2009, they have served the greater New York area by providing hands-on STEAM education programs for youth and adults, cultural and outreach events for the public, and a membership program to support New York’s community of creatives, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Their programs demystify scientific processes, provide a platform for innovation, and cultivate the next generation of life sciences leaders in emerging global technologies, such as biotechnology, neuroscience, epidemiology, genomics, and many more.

DIYbio, an institution for the Do-It-Yourself Biologist.DIYbio.org was founded in 2008 with the mission of establishing a vibrant, productive and safe community of DIY biologists. Central to their mission is the belief that biotechnology and greater public understanding about it has the potential to benefit everyone.

by Marisa Satsia