Miha TuršičSpace Lab Lead & Project Developer

Miha Turšič works at Waag as the Space Lab lead, as well as a concept and project developer. He focuses on international collaboration and initiates projects that explore themes such as art-science, space art and culture, planetarity, biotechnology, digital fabrication, and open-source hardware.

As part of the European S+T+ARTS collaboration, Miha works at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts, specializing in research and methodology of collaborative innovation. He has been involved in several key Waag projects, including OpenNext, which addressed community and concern-driven innovation through open-source hardware, as well as VOJEXT and Better Factory, which fostered collaboration between artists, technologists, and industry. He also serves as the initiator and coordinator of the More-than-Planet European project.

Miha studied Industrial Design at the University of Ljubljana. He is the co-founder of Asobi Design Studio and KSEVT, the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies. In collaboration with space and cultural organisations, KSEVT has produced cultural programmes on the International Space Station, introduced space architecture to the Venice Biennale, and publicly presented the Voyager instruments for the first time. Miha is also the founder and a member of the Postgravityart group, which created the first-ever theatre production in zero gravity and is working on the 50-year performance project Noordung 1995-2045.