How can we give our old discarded electronics new poetic reuses and potentials? How can we create installations and objects that take the counterpoint of our current society driven by technological progress and growth?

During this one week workshop, participants of the Refunct Media Modular workshop were invited to create “Refunct” Modules using various e-waste, especially hand held electronics, while also collaborating with others to connect their modules to the line. Designing systems and installations that were voluntarily complex and unstable, participants addressed themes gravitating towards questions of e-waste, planned obsolescence and sustainable design strategies. Rather than proposing answers, they freely explored practices of hacking and subversions: addressing through unchallenged possibilities of ‘obsolete’ electronic and digital media our relationship with technologies and consumption. How can the logic of “new” media be questioned through arts and design methodologies? How can we give our old discarded electronics new poetic reuses and potentials? How can we create installations and objects that take the counterpoint of our current society driven by technological progress and growth?

Students:

Léonie Courbat

Emile Demerliac

Marine Faroud-Boget

Flore Garcia

Mariia Gulkova

Narges Hamidi Madani

Amaury Hamon

Margot Herbelin

Elie Hofer

Dorian Jovanovic

Tomislav Levak

Hannah Mackaness

Louka Najjar

Camilo Palacio

Faust Périllaud

Michelle Ponti

Hanieh Rashid

Nathan Zweifel

Teachers:

Nicolas Nova, Benjamin Gaulon