Proposal

I found it enjoyable and interesting to work on:

• Bioplastics: especially to think about future applications.

• Electronics.

• 3D modeling and printing.

From the 3 themes i'm most interested in:

This part is hard to choose for me because they all have aspects that are interesting. I will look through the resources to get some inspiration and to make a choice.

I explored the resources and will work on:

After getting some inspiration I've decided to choose for theme 2: Material Activism & Archiving. For the idea i have in mind it will have a slight piece of the Covid theme.

I got inspired by these resources:

• Radical Matter, by Kate Franklin and Caroline Till, 2019.

• Biofabricating Materials by, Cecilia Raspanti, 2019

• Blood Bio Leather, by Shahar Livne Design

I want to contribute by:

Due to the current Covid-19 situation we have to sit at home and facilities such as gyms and physio practices are closed, we are limited in material with which we can exercise or move. I want to see if it is possible through material properties of bioplastics to be able to make exercise material at home in order to be able to do exercise to stay physically active.

This is relevant because:

As is described before due the current Covid-19 situation. Because we have to stay at home, we do not exercise enough so that you can start to feel down and possibly become depressed. By exercising this is a way to counter such a thing and to stay in shape physically and mentally.

My first experiment will be:

I want to recreate a balance cushion i have at home by making one from bioplastic and to look at the material properties that it will be the same as what the balance cushion can do.

List of tools i will need:

• Moulds

• Recipes (have to do further research in what kind of recipe)

• Agar

• Glycerine

• Water

• Gelatine

Local suppliers that are open during the Covid-19 situation:

• Holland and Barrett

• Albert Heijn & Vomar

• Action

• Sligro (I don't have a card for it)

Other source that can be helpfull is my physio therapist. The physiotherapy practice is in the same building where I live in.