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Lucas Evers - portret door Jimena Gauna

Lucas EversPrincipal Researcher Art, Science and Society

Lucas Evers is principal researcher Art, Science and Society (KWS) at Waag Futurelab. Lucas joined Waag in April 2007 and formerly lead 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. 

Lucas Evers is trained as a visual artist and teacher at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and studied political science at the University of Amsterdam.

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

Amsterdam waters aerial view
Urban Ecology Lab

A broader view on knowledge (STOWA)

Waag Futurelab is working with STOWA to create the broader knowledge base that is needed to achieve a resilient water system.
Een man die een schort draagt staat bij een machine en geeft uitleg.
Open Design Lab

Maakschap Amsterdam: Sustainable & Circular

Dit project heeft als doel om het netwerk van Maakschap Amsterdam te versterken en te verduurzamen en makers te activeren en te ondersteunen op het gebied van circulariteit.
BioHack Academy
Open Wetlab

BioHack Academy

Apply for BioHack Academy 2025, and extract your own biomaterials using only Open-Source hardware you fabricate yourself.
Een vrouw met een velgekleurd jasje houd een apparaat vast. Achter haar is een sterrenhemel geprojecteerd tegen een muur met gele en paarse sterren.
Future Internet Lab

EXCENTRIC

EXCENTRIC ontwikkelt en implementeert een Collaborative Data Practice door de uitvoering van vier sectorspecifieke en twee cross-sectorale pilots onder echte werkomstandigheden.
HAMLET
Open Design Lab

HAMLET

HAMLET’s mission is to make the benefits of generative AI accessible to organisations of all sizes, in order to promote a sustainable digital transition. The project focuses on theater, dance, and game design.
Foto van zeewier onderwater
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION

S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION is a two-year S+T+ARTS initiative that brings together artists, scientists, policymakers, and communities to tackle urgent water challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and artistic experimentation.
VOICE Work
Open Wetlab

VOICE

Within VOICE, Waag explores the intersection of art, technology, and society to drive social and environmental change.
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.
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.
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

starts4water2
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS4WaterII

S+T+ARTS4WaterII focused 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 adressed a crisis of planetary imaginary.
Health and DNA
Open Wetlab

GeneConsent

GeneConsent gives genetic research participants complete control over their data by providing a dynamic informed consent service.
S+T+ARTS Prize trophy with logo
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS Prize

The STARTS Prize was an annual recognition of two innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.
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.
Female Farm beauty products
Open Design Lab

Better Factory

Better Factory provided 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 addressed human-robot interaction that contributed to today’s societal and also environmental challenges.
Reflow Pilot Textile
TextileLab

Reflow

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