#A.I.L – artists in laboratories, episode 28 (the London Hackspace)

The new episode of #A.I.L – artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired this afternoon at 4pm (London time.)

Designers and biohackers Raphael Kim and Funk are in the studio with us today to talk about the London Hackspace, a community owned, non-profit organisation where members come to meet, create and fix things individually or together. A hackerspace obviously involves much coding but there’s a lot more going on: there’s also laser cutting, soldering, drilling, woodworking, sewing, 3d printing, learning, tinkering, repairing and pizza eating. The space even welcomes a small bio-hacking lab.

A few weeks ago, the London Hackspace moved to a new, brighter and much bigger location on Hackney road. HSL is the largest hackerspace in the UK, with hundreds of members. And if you’re not one of them the space opens its doors to visitors every Tuesday evening.

0i8hackspace02541bc.jpgImage by Raphael Kim

0i0Lukas.jpgDI Biohack Workshop 2013 at the (old) LHS. Image by Raphael Kim

0i0participant2.jpgDI Biohack Workshop 2013 at the (old) LHS. Image by Raphael Kim

0newespacemetp18707_z.jpgNew space for the LHS, just before moving in. Image by Raphael Kim

The show will be aired today Wednesday 1st May at 16:00. The repeat is next Tuesday at 6.30 am (yes, a.m!) If you don’t live in London, you can catch the online stream or wait till we upload the episodes on soundcloud.