Yashas Shetty Explained

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]

External links

• Official Hackteria website
• Official Indian Sonic Research Organization website
• Official (Art)ScienceBLR website

Notes and References

1. News: Nayar . Yimini . Raiders of the new art . 2 February 2018 . Mint.
2. Book: Glas, René . The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture . 2019 . Amsterdam University Press . 978-94-6298-452-3 . Amsterdam . 205.
3. Web site: Yashas Shetty 2018 . Global Community Bio Summit . 26 March 2020.
4. Web site: The Indian Sonic Research Organisation . TheISRO . en . 26 March 2020.
5. Kera . Denisa . 8 June 2018 . Science Artisans and Open Science Hardware . Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society . 37 . 2 . 97–111 . 10.1177/0270467618774978. 149789786 .
6. Web site: Hackteria . 26 March 2020.
7. News: Nayar . Yimini . Raiders of the new art . 2 February 2018 . 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 . 10.1007/s11693-011-9071-x . 22132049 . 3065590 . free.
9. Web site: Neurekar. Malavika. 7 April 2020. Radio Quarantine: Indian artists are trying to create a space for music and community in lockdown. 2021-01-04. Scroll.in. en-US.