From 16 to 18 October, CARADT researcher Risk Hazekamp together with artistic researcher and PhD candidate Miki Ambrózy convened a three-day open laboratory titled From Wonder to Disposal at Ūmėdė – post-media and related matter research festival, held at SODAS2123 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ūmėdė festival, now in its third edition, brought together artistic practices across art, technology, biology and post-media research. The festival participants and audience entered into a symbiotic relationship with media, art, research, the location itself, and each other.
In From Wonder to Disposal, Risk Hazekamp and Miki Ambrózy created a three-day situated open laboratory, where collaborative research practices could be witnessed at variable time frames and frame rates. The lab was a hybrid of biolab and photographic light- and darkroom, where they raised questions about ethics and worldviews, protocols and techniques, blind spots and chemical waste. Rooted in light-sensitive materials and plant-based processes, their research practice was shared in real time through conversations with scientists, pagan knowledge keepers and other artistic researchers, performing stories and experiments, building set-ups, drinking tea, sharing sources, and taking responsibility for the waste as well as the output produced.
Pictures taken by Martyna Kairaitytė and Risk Hazekamp
Risk Hazekamp, researcher from the Regenerative Art and Design group (previously the Biobased Art and Design group, 2018-2024) has received funding from Regieorgaan SIA for their PD project – Unlearning Photography: Listening to Cyanobacteria.
‘It is through the “not-knowing” that a stimulating and caring environment can be created to confidently share vulnerability.’
Risk Hazekamp is researcher in the Regenerative Art and Design research group of the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (Avans), the Art & Sustainability research group of the Research Centre Art & Society (Hanze) and the Centre of Design Research for Regenerative Material Ecologies (DREAM) at the Technical University Delft.
The Regenerative Art and Design (RAD) research group seeks to contribute to a new generation of regenerative designers and artists who address the pressing need for transitions that support planetary health. By taking whole systems responsibility through collaborative practices, the group aims to create transformative pathways for reimagining design futures grounded in care and ecological integrity.
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