Designed as a space for experimentation across disciplines, the Hacklab brought together artists, musicians, coders, composers, biologists, dancers performers, and researchers through an annual open call, inviting them to collectively explore hybrid systems of the human body, biology, technology, and sound, to bring collaboration into new zones and realise together what we cannot alone.
Over the course of a week, participants engaged in hands-on workshops, skill-sharing boot camps, and collaborative development sessions, working in response to CTM’s annual festival themes. Each year, the lab culminated in a public performance showcase where participants debuted new instruments, tools, and live works forged in the lab’s intensely creative atmosphere. The public was invited throughout the week to observe the process, attend free Hacklab Input talks together with lab fellows, and engage with the ideas and technologies under investigation.
With its emphasis on open collaboration, embodied practice, and critical engagement with technology, MusicMakers Hacklab demystified complex systems and empowered participants to reimagine their relationships with the tools and media they use, placing the focus not on innovation for its own sake, but on collective discovery and autonomous improvisation.
Throughout the 12 editions of the MusicMarkes Hacklab more than 250 particpants, speakers and hosts contributed to what became an ever-growing netwoork of similar minded practitioners.
