Yashas Shetty
Yashas Shetty is an Indian contemporary artist, biohacker and musician who "creates art, music and musical instruments with scientific materials like biotechnology, visual programming languages and interactive media."[1] [2] He is most well known for his work with (Art)ScienceBLR[3] and the Indian Sonic Research Organization (ISRO).[4] In 2009 he founded Hackteria, with the artists Andy Gracie and the biohacker Marc Dusseiller while all three were in residence at Medialab-Prado in Madrid.[5][6]
He is a faculty member of the Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology and a founding member of the Center for Experimental Media Art (CEMA).[7] His students have successfully constructed low cost innovation products microscope from Web cam, a low speed centrifuge from egg beater and low cost incubator designed from cardboard and have won awards at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) competition.[8] He is also a host at the Bangalore station of Radio Quarantine.[9]
References
- Nayar, Yimini (2 February 2018). "Raiders of the new art". Mint.
- Glas, René (2019). The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-94-6298-452-3.
- "Yashas Shetty 2018". Global Community Bio Summit. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "The Indian Sonic Research Organisation". TheISRO. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- Kera, Denisa (8 June 2018). "Science Artisans and Open Science Hardware". Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 37 (2): 97–111. doi:10.1177/0270467618774978.
- "Hackteria". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- Nayar, Yimini (2 February 2018). "Raiders of the new art". Mint.
- Krishnan, Remya; Manjaly-Antony, Lijo Anto; Dhar, Pawan K. (23 February 2011). "Building momentum for systems and synthetic biology in India". Systems and Synthetic Biology. 4 (4): 237–240. doi:10.1007/s11693-011-9071-x. PMID 22132049.
- Neurekar, Malavika (7 April 2020). "Radio Quarantine: Indian artists are trying to create a space for music and community in lockdown". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.