The outer Space has always been a puzzling and captivating realm for human kind, who has constantly tried to understand it through generations of observation and exploration.

 

In the upcoming Dorkbot-HK#6: Launching Pico Satellite will feature a seminar and a workshop by Reni Hofmuller and Jogi Hofmuller. The seminar includes an in-depth talk on the perception in history, literature and within the arts of space and satellites. Workshop participants will choose a satellite and record its signals, and instructors will encourage the conceptions for possible building their imaginative pico satellite.

 

- Artist Profile

 

Reni Hofmüller:
Reni Hofmüller is a DIY artist, musician, composer, performer, organizer and activist in the fields of usage of (new) media, technology and politics in general, free software, engaged in development of contemporary art;, Radio Helsinki, mur.at, He is also a member of Eclectic Tech Carnival, Institute of Media Archeology, and the Artistic Director of ESC.

 

Jogi Hofmüller:
Based in Graz/Austria, Jogi Hofmüller currently works for mur.at – Verein zur Förderung von Netzwerkkunst. She is the co-founder of Radio Helsinki and mur.at and a member of 42 (an artist group focusing on media art). Hofmüller currently runs Plagiat and institute hofos together with Reni Hofmüller.