Solar Jam Workshop
Solar Jam Workshop
@ The ICA, London
15th September 2008
How can we turn our kitchens, homes and cities into community labs of researchers and non-experts sharing knowledge and experience?
The Solar Jam Workshop was designed to blur the distinctions between kitchens and laboratories and make people more familiar with a scientific heritage through celebrating the connections of traditional crafts to current research practices.
People were invited to experiment with the energy potential of berries, onions and citrus leaves to make fully functional solar cells, edible jam and beautifully patterned textiles from the dyes of foodstuff.
Substances have skillfully been extracted from plants for thousands of years for medicinal, nutritional and energy needs. It could be said that the very root of science can be found in these ancient craft traditions.
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Nobel Textiles is jointly funded by the MRC and Epigenome NoE and based at Central Saint Martins, London
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