Radiona.org / Makerspace – Association for Development of ‘do-it-yourself’ Culture has been founded in order to enhance the visibility of makers’ open source culture and self sustainable production, as well as with an aim of connecting all possible fields of art, science and technology. The objective here is to create new realities of networked and collaborative intermedia and new media practices in line with world trends such as DIY (do-it-yourself) and DIWO (do-it-with-others). Radiona.org focuses its activities on education, research processes, artistic projects, curatorial practices, international and domestic inter-sector collaborations, renewable systems and social awareness related issues…
contact: radiona.org
Igor Brkić graduated at the Electrical Engineering and Computing Faculty in Zagreb, currently working there as an expert associate while doing research for his doctorate. He has specialised in the area of the digital processing of audio signals. He deals with embedded programming, open code, Linux, music, construction of MIDI devices and taking anything he gets his hands on to pieces. He has taken part in many exhibitions and projects and for a number of years has run successful workshops with a special focus on Arduino and the creative use of sensors in interactive installations. He has created many robotic and electronic solutions for museums, exhibitions, theatre productions in Croatia and abroad as well as for television broadcasts.
contact: hyperglitch.com
Igor Petrović studied at the Velika Gorica Polytechnic, information systems major. He makes MIDI controllers based on the implementation of Arduino functions, and in the last few months has been dealing with the making of an open-source/open-hardware MIDI platform that enables the building and configuration of MIDI controllers via a graphic interface called OpenDeck. He has shown his MIDI controllers at many festivals and art fairs, as well as within the context of Radiona’s exhibition programme.
contact: shanteacontrols.wordpress.com
Deborah Hustić media artist, project manager and curator of Radiona.org. She is into wearable technology and sound art (open source hardware, sound boxes and synthesisers) and educational development via workshops, supporting the STEAM concept of education. She has taken part in many festivals, exhibitions and conferences in Croatia and abroad in the domain of DIY and DIWO electronics, new media, intermedia and hybrid art. She has run a series of workshops concerned with creative electronics and eTextile for children, young adults and adults.
contact: bodypixelstudio.com, textiletronics.org
