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

  1. Nayar, Yimini (2 February 2018). "Raiders of the new art". Mint.
  2. Glas, René (2019). The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-94-6298-452-3.
  3. "Yashas Shetty 2018". Global Community Bio Summit. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. "The Indian Sonic Research Organisation". TheISRO. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. "Hackteria". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. Nayar, Yimini (2 February 2018). "Raiders of the new art". Mint.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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