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Aart van Bezooijen
Material of the Month (2013 – 2020)
Material of the Month is an ongoing project where MAKE. offers new or unconsidered materials to be used in the projects of our BURG students. The only condition to document and share the ideas and experiments which have been realized with the sponsored material. For current or upcoming “Material of the Month” editions, please check our Weblog.
Suggestions?
Of course we would like to get your opinion. What is your substance of desire? Feel free to send your suggestions to make(at)burg-halle.de and we will do our best in getting your stuff at the BURG for future experiments.
What happened so far
2020
– Material Vending Machine: Corona created the “Materialautomat”
2019
– Material of the Month: Scrap Glass
– Material of the Month: Hanji Paper
– Material of the Month: Piñatex Vegan Leather Alternative
– Material of the Month: ThermHex Honeycomb Panels
2018
– Material of the Month: RELEA Recycled Leather
– Material of the Month: Precious Plastic
2017
– Material of the Month: Corn-based Bricks
– Material of the Month: Stone Paper
2016
– Material of the Month: Dutch Design Trash (Reuse)
– Material of the Month: Concrete Canvas
2015
– Material of the Month: Used Truck Tarps supported by FREITAG
– Material of the Month: Seaweed (with Julia Lohmann)
– Material of the Month: Mushroom (Die Welt)
– Material of the Month: 3D Printing (at the Digitale Werkstatt)
2014
– Material of the Month: Salt (Video)
– Material of the Month: Polycaprolactone (Video)
– Material of the Month: Beeswax (Video)
– Material of the Month: Tyvek (Video)
2013
– Material of the Month: Latex (Video)
– Material of the Month: Bamboo (Video)
– Material of the Month: Acrylic One (Video)
– Material of the Month: Kraftplex (Video)
Precious Plastic x Burg
Platform MAKE. initiated and facilitated the building process of a shredder, injection molding and extrusion machine with a dozen art and design students during the Wintersession in 2018. Since then these machines have been used in educational projects and workshops creating awareness for the reuse and up-cycling of valuable plastic materials. Dedicated students and workshop technicians have been involved to create and upgrade this self-made recycling factory.
Read more at
“Precious Plastic x Burg” 02/2018 – at burg-halle.de
“Lecture: Precious Plastic by Katharina Elleke” 02/2018 – at burg-halle.de
“Rückblick auf die Wintersession 02/2018” – at burg-halle.de
“Einsteins Spürnase – Ein transdisziplinärer Forschungstag zu Smart Materials” 02/2018 – at syn-stiftung.org
“Die 1. Mini Maker Faire in Bildern” 07/2018 – at openlab-halle.de
“Trash Jam Session” 11/2018 – at halle14.org
“Landkarte sozialer Innovationen im Land” since 2018 – at sachsen-anhalt.de
“Plastic Recycling Community” since 2018 – at davehakkens.nl
Get involved? – Please write us at make(at)burg-halle.de
Materialautomat @Burg Galerie
