DIY Solutions to Hack Contemporary Technologies

DIY Solutions to Hack Contemporary Technologies is a workshop focused on imagining DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. This workshop will be taking place online, so it’s main focus will be sketching and conceptualizing the various low-tech solutions, in order to create a discussion around the impact technology has on our physical and mental health.

If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!

workshop outline:

• presentation of the project Center for Technological Pain and of the specific workshop (20 min)
• discussion of the tech pain experienced on an individual level (20-30 min)
• brainstorming + sketching out ideas of possible objects + suggestions on how to realize the objects (20-30 min)

Total duration: 1-1.5 hours