Two Art-Science Talks in November
Biofaction founder Markus Schmidt has been invited to present the insights of our art-science collaborations in Vienna and London in November. ★ Bartlett International Lecture Series. The Bartlett School of Architecture. Living outside the box: the promises and perils...
Biofaction films at international film festivals
Two films produced by BIOFACTION are going to to be screened at two international film festivals. On June 29th 2017 the film "The Berrymakers" will open the 2nd Karlsruhe Science Film Days in Germany. Later in October "Synthetic Biology in Europe" is a...
Interview in Technology Review
The June 2017 edition of Technology Review (German Edition) featured a synthetic biology special. Biofaction's Markus Schmidt, who for many years advocated the development of better biosafety systems shares his thoughts in an interview with Technology Review on how to...
Vienna Design Week Video
We are happy to present a short film about POSSIBLE TOMORROWS, an exhibition we curated during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016. Possible Tomorrows introduced a selection of experimental and technical design applications hatched from the fields of biotechnology and synthetic...
BerryMaker Game App launches
We are pleased to launch BerryMaker - an exciting science game exploring the world of synthetic biology and berries through the eyes of a biotech start-up! or PLAY ONLINE! OUTLINE OF THE GAME: In BerryMaker, you’re the founder and CEO of a biotech start-up...
Do-it-yourself Biology Review
Victor de Lorenzo (CSIC, Spain) and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction) published a review about the potential of Do-it-yourself Biology (DIYBio) in the journal Microbial Biotechnology. The article highlights the potential of for innovation, but also explores the many other...
BIO·FICTION on Tour Report now online
The original BIO·FICTION Film Festival took place in Vienna from 23-25th October, 2014. Thereafter, we sent the festival on the road to other places around the world. In total, BIO·FICTION on Tour took place in 35 locations worldwide, from huge urban cities to far out...
Wetware: Art | Agency Animation
We are happy to see our former Artist in Residence Orkan Telhan's work in the Wetware: Art | Agency Animation catalogue, documenting the exhibition which took place last year at the Beall Center for Art + Technology, California. The exhibition catalogue features his...
Vienna Design Week Review 2016
We have recently received a copy of the annual VIENNA DESIGN WEEK REVIEW and are happy to share with you a glimpse inside the book, featuring a summary of Biofaction's mini exhibition 'Possible Tomorrows' during last year's Vienna Design Week:
Artists in Residence revealed!
Our Call for an Artist in Residence raised a lot of interest within the art-science community worldwide. Our jury panel had the difficult task of selecting from 80 applications from 29 countries. A jury panel, composed of members of the BIOPROCESS LABORATORY,...
New documentary film: The Berrymakers
We released a new documentary film about the international research and innovation project BACHBERRY that searched for valuable substances in plants, particularly berries, that could be beneficial for health and other useful applications. We travelled to the...
Call for Artist in Residence
at BIOPROCESS LABORATORY, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with BIOFACTION, Vienna CALL FOR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE The Bioprocess Laboratory (BPL), ETH Zürich in Basel, Switzerland – in collaboration with Biofaction, Vienna, Austria – is inviting...