DISCO Lab invites you to join the Autumn Lab
From 14 to 18 September, DISCO Lab invites students, researchers and the artistic community to step outside the laboratory and explore the local ecologies of Noord-Brabant through a week of seasonal walks, workshops and hands-on activities.
How can a bio lab become more connected to the landscape and ecosystems that surround it? The Seasonal Lab Walks explore this question by bringing laboratory practices into conversation with local soils, organisms, materials and seasonal cycles.
Throughout the academic year, DISCO Lab will organise four seasonal weeks: Autumn Lab, Winter Lab, Spring Lab and Summer Lab. Each programme combines field-based activities with work in the laboratory, exploring how locally sourced and seasonally dependent materials can contribute to more regenerative ways of working.
The first edition, Autumn Lab, takes place from 14 to 18 September.
Autumn Lab programme
- 14 September: Mycology walk with Pim van de Noort in Mastbos, Breda
- 15 September: Foraging with Roos Konings in Sint-Oedenrode
- 16 September: Compos(t)ing at the Goodbye Garden at St. Joost, Breda, including contributions by Machteld van de Voorde and Niels van Rijbergen
- 17 September: Processing foraged materials in the DISCO Lab, Den Bosch
- 18 September: Making pots from foraged clay in the DISCO Lab, Den Bosch
Learning from the seasons
The Seasonal Lab Walks combine exploring and learning from local environments with giving something back. Activities range from supporting organic farming and collaborating with forest rangers to participating in reforestation projects.
The walks are organised together with local experts, foragers and alumni, including Roos Konings, Pim van de Noort, lichenologist Willem Bosma, Niels van Rijsbergen and Melike Karaslan. The programme is arranged by DISCO Lab coordinator Michaela Davidova.
Students and researchers are welcome to participate. Exact times and locations will be shared with registered participants prior to the activities.
Interested in joining the Autumn Lab? Sign up and explore the local ecologies surrounding the DISCO Lab.
