Yashas Shetty is an Indian contemporary artist.[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 webcam, 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 the host at The Radio Quarantine, a Bangalore based community radio that ran during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.[9]
References
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- ^ 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. S2CID 149789786.
- ^ "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. PMC 3065590. 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.