The Stack

This research lab is a platform for artistic research and critical inquiry at the intersection of art, science,
and technology. We operate as an open-source commons, documenting and sharing the technical
frameworks (“The Stack”) required for artists to work independently of major tech corporations. Our
mission is to reclaim the means of production for both digital and physical artifacts. We provide a space
for focused experimentation where the outcomes, such as code, datasets, and material workflows, are
archived and shared.

Rather than positioning technology as a purely technical domain, the lab approaches it as a cultural,
material, and political field. Computation, tools, infrastructures, and materials are treated as sites of
investigation through which broader questions about ecology, labor, knowledge systems, and collective
futures can be explored. The lab operates as a research-creation environment, where critical making,
experimentation, and reflection are inseparable.

A core concern is the relationship between technological development and ecological conditions. We
examine how systems of production, computation, and resource use are embedded within environmental
realities. This includes critical attention to waste streams, material afterlives, and the physical
infrastructures that sustain contemporary technological life. Equally important is the commitment to
bridging different forms of knowledge. Scientific methods, craft practices, situated knowledge, and
experimental artistic processes are brought into dialogue, valuing forms of intelligence that are embodied
and relational alongside the computational.