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    Seeker [LV<sup>6</sup>]


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    		Seeker [LV6] video by Iwona Pom


    Seeker [LV6] has been created for the Arenberg Festival 2018 in Leuven. The festival honors the noble history of the site, while also looking at the future via it’s current use as a campus for the Faculty of Engineering Sciences (University of Leuven). Over the course of a month Seeker [LV6] was conceptualised and built by a local team of 40 participants and with the support of local organisations. The creation process of Seeker [LV6] followed an interdisciplinary bottom-up approach to bring together the technical, ecological and societal aspects in an integrated system. This resulted in a modular honeycomb architecture with hydroponic systems and a locust colony to grow food, waste treatment systems, living and sleeping quarters to provide basic amenities and a monitoring system to be able to track the vitals . During the opening weekend of the Arenberg Festival an isolation mission took place, during which the participants needed to rely on the systems that they created and could only communicate with the outside world through a mission command centre situated elsewhere on the festival grounds. Visitors were able to monitor the participants daily activities and vital signs and could communicate with them via text messages.

    Seeker [LV6] Isolation Mission 48 hours

    Jorge Guevara Larrota (M1), Frederic Van Broeck (M1), Ploy Thongchamnan (M2), Elim Haesaerts (M2), Robin Berrewaerts (M1.M2), Pieter Steyaert (M1.M2).

    Participants

    Seeker [LV6] was realised by Arno van Haastregt, Bianca Dre, Bishwas Bhatta, Christophe Neixkens, Claudia Neys, Frederic Van Broeck, Giovanni Zenga, Hilde Christiaens, Iwona Pom, Johan Krist, Joke Hellemans, Jonas Van Eyck, Joni De Borger, Jorge Guevara Larrotta, Marie-Hélène Deploige, Mieke Noorts, Nils Faber, Oswald Vanhaelen, Pieter Steyaert, Ploy Thongchamnan, Preetham Kumar, Reine Spiessens, Robin Berrewaerts | Redingenhof Leuven; Elim Haesaerts, Jannik De Venter, Jordy Aelbrecht, Yoran Arnoets |Multec Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel; Bjorni Janssens, Bram Moons, Ilhan Unal, Jalle Van Goidsenhoven, Jelle Van Dooren, Lennert Vanden Herrewegeh, Markian Vroublevsky, Nicole Horward, Sandie Vervondel, Sandy Verbruggen, Titus De Maupéou.

    A special thanks to Facilitaire Diensten KU Leuven, Dienst Cultuur, KU Leuven & KU[N]ST LEUVEN.




    Seeker

    Seeker is a worldwide series of co-created starship sculptures that evolve over time. In this community art project participants are invited to fundamentally rethink the future of human habitation and survival. Participants build self-sustainable systems simulating interstellar exploration using the methodology of co-creation. This is achieved by radically interconnecting technology, ecology and people, while at the same time tapping into local traditions

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    Participating SEADS members

    Pieter Steyaert

    Pieter Steyaert is an artist and transdisciplinary researcher who explores collaborations within artistic and scientific communities. His work particularly focuses on the context of astrophysics and exoplanets. Pieter is one of the co-founders of SEADS and has worked on a wide range of Biomodd, Seeker and Ēngines of Ēternity projects in Europe, the USA and SE Asia. He leads the development of tools and platforms that support the global SEADS community.

    Pieter is fascinated by the possibilities, ethics, and shortcomings of the techno-realm. He shares and explores insights as an educator and researcher. His interests include artificial life, data-driven experience design, and art-science interactions. Pieter conducts research at CHAMELEON, an exoplanet research group which is affiliated with both the University of Antwerp and the University of Copenhagen. His research aims to use artistic methodologies to advance scientific ideation and research.

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    Nils Faber

    Nils is a creative mind who is focussed on turning ideas into reality. He gets his kicks from enabling a better future by providing people and organisations the means to communicate their vision through tangible concepts. Nils co-creates concepts for art installations, academic research and mainstream products through his multidisciplinary skill set. From making initial visualisations throughout 3D modeling and soft- and hardware prototyping to 3D printing functional models, he makes abstract ideas real and tangible. By working on a wide variety of topics, like healthcare, space ecosystems, gaming and fashion, he continually seeks to apply insights across different fields of expertise. Within the SEAD collective Nils has collaborated on Biomodd and E|A|S.


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    Ann Peeters

    Ann has a background in performance arts and has earned her spurs in the Brussels social sector, focusing on playful and engaging language learning techniques, as well as digital inclusion and social innovation.

    Until 2018, she coordinated Fablab and Medialab Brussels. Her enthusiasm inspires (young) innovators to explore new technologies and take on (social) challenges, preferably through a co-creation approach.

    She currently works at a local Brussels ngo TADA to enlarge impact for a more inclusive society.

    She has been involved in several SEADS projects and enjoys the overlap of tinkering and social interaction, as well as the new horizons a transdisciplinary approach offers.

    You could also bump into her on a swing dancing event or at a game table. Ann loves Brussels for its diversity and unexpected encounters. Her hidden agenda is somewhat anarcho-feminist.


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    Jorge Guevara

    Jorge is a Colombian choreographer, experience & interaction designer based in Brussels whose work lies in the intersection of interface technologies and sociology. His choreographies propose playgrounds where the body in time-space becomes a source of non-binary knowledge. He creates frameworks with a responsive/interactive/relational aspect where the subject of attention is the public, where the people come together. His focus is on decolonizing knowledge where the body is a source of healing.


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