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Lucas EversHead of Make Programme & Lead Open Wetlab

Lucas Evers joined Waag in April 2007 and is currently leading Waag's Open Wetlab and Make programme (FabLab, TextileLab and Open Wetlab). He is actively involved in several projects that concern the interactions between the arts and sciences, arts and ethics and the arts in a contemporary makers culture. The Wetlab is a laboratory where arts, design, sciences, engineering and the public meet to research biotechnologies and their impact on society and ecology.

Lucas Evers is trained in fine arts and teaching at Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design and he studied politics at the University of Amsterdam. He worked De Balie Center for Culture and Politics and Melkweg in Amsterdam, programming cinema, new media and politics.

He organized a retrospective of French cinematographer Chris Marker was involved in projects such as 'net.congestion – international festival of streaming media', Next 5 Minutes, e-culture fair, an Archeology of Imaginary Media and a number of programs related to the societal debate about the life sciences.

From 2010 until 2013 he was advisor at DasArts, second phase theatre and performance education, mentoring students. He has been commission member at Mondriaan Fund and is currently commission member at Amsterdam Fund for the Arts.

At Waag he worked and works on projects such as Trust me I'm an Artist (ethics of art and science collaboration), Future Emerging Art and Technologies, Hack the Brain, Do It Together Bio, Critical Making and initiated Designers and Artists for Genomics Award (now Bio Art & Design Award).

His interests lie in the way we can learn from the interactions, the differences and similarities, between artistic, scientific and other cultures of research.

Labs

Current projects

BioHack Academy
Open Wetlab

BioHack Academy

Apply for BioHack Academy 2025, and extract your own biomaterials using only Open-Source hardware you fabricate yourself.
Musumnacht 2023
Open Design Lab

HAMLET

HAMLET’s mission is to make the benefits of generative AI accessible to organisations of all sizes, in order to foster a sustainable digital transition.
starts4water2
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS4WaterII

S+T+ARTS4WaterII focuses on clean water as a basic right for all people and the preservation of life in our oceans, seas and marine life.
Asunder - Silicon Valley
Space Lab

More-than-Planet

The way people imagine the planet substantially impacts the environment. More-than-Planet will address a crisis of planetary imaginary.
Waag opent haar deuren
Future Internet Lab

Tactical Media Room

The Tactical Media Room aims to support independent tactical media, journalists, newsrooms and civic initiatives from Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.
DNA
Open Wetlab

BioCommons

In BioCommons, we investigate how we as a society can deal with our biological and genetic data, and how this data can be seen as a commons.
S+T+ARTS Prize trophy with logo
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS Prize

The STARTS Prize is an annual recognition of two innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.
PublicSpaces Conference 2024
Future Internet Lab

PublicSpaces

Waag is a co-initiator of the PublicSpaces Foundation, a coalition of now 70 public organisations working together on a digital ecosystem based on public values.
Female Farm beauty products
Open Design Lab

Better Factory

Better Factory will provide methodology and opportunities for manufacturers to collaborate with artists at developing new and personalized products.
Cyberspecies Proximity by Anna Dumitriu & Alex May
Open Design Lab

Vojext

By collaborating with artists, technology partners and manufacturers, Vojext addresses human-robot interaction that contributes to today’s societal and also environmental challenges. 
Artsformation - Digital Shadows
Open Design Lab

Artsformation

Mobilising the arts for an inclusive digital transformation: a response to societal challenges proposed by the fast-pacing digital transformation.
Biohacking - CRISPR-cas workshop Waag
Open Wetlab

Hybrid Lab Network

Hybrid Lab Network is a European consortium that improves and innovates STEAM education, particularly in the field of biosciences.
Reflow Pilot Textile
TextileLab

Reflow

Reflow was a three-year European research project, looking into the flow of materials through our cities.
Transfigurations Agatha Haines
Open Wetlab

3Package Deal Bio Art & Design

Waag gives biotech artists and designers the opportunity to use our facilities and to present their work within our public programme.

Closed projects

Health and DNA
Open Wetlab

GeneConsent

GeneConsent gives genetic research participants complete control over their data by providing a dynamic informed consent service.
UNBORN0X9, a project by Future Baby Production collective Art4Med
Open Wetlab

Art4Med

Art4Med builds towards stable relationships between artists and medical researchers, incorporating open science and technology.
Planten voor de toekomst
Open Wetlab

Smart Hybrid Forms

Addressing ecological challenges by blurring the lines between biology and technology: together with artists, we are working on Smart Hybrid Forms.
FEAT-Parting the waves
 

European ARTificial Intelligence Lab

The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab brings AI related scientific and technological topics to general citizens and art audiences.
Astronomy in Deep Space 8K
Open Wetlab

Human outer space activities

Can we learn about ourselves by studying outer space? The further we go, the more we get confronted with the unknown of ourselves.
Gene.coop at DDW 2017
Open Wetlab

Gene coop

DNA is the most personal data available. Where is your DNA stored? And with whom do you want to share it? We believe citizens should remain owners of their genetic data.
Critical Making - expo at Ars Electronica
Open Wetlab

Critical Making

The project Critical Making will bring together practices in contemporary art, design and technology with artistic research.