Piksel is proud to present DIY Thread, a curated exploration of the do-it-yourself tradition in electronic art, at STWST48x11: FOG MANIFESTO. The program premieres during Ars Electronica, September 3–7, in Linz, Austria.
DIY Thread traces connections between art, activism, and technology by revisiting 23 years of the Piksel archive. It highlights projects where artists took tools into their own hands—modifying, reinventing, or even destroying technology to open new cultural and political perspectives.
From the playful to the critical, DIY Thread reveals how artists engage with media, software, and hardware as materials for experimentation and resistance.
Themes from the Archive
The showcase is organized around thematic strands that reflect the breadth of Piksel’s history:
- DIY Radio – hands-on broadcasting and independent media
- Performative Coding & Code Art – live code as performance and artform
- DIY Bioart – merging biology with creative practice
- Self-Destructive Hardware – devices that resist permanence
- Radical Networks – alternative infrastructures and community-driven systems
- Electronic Literature & Critical AI – writing machines and questioning algorithms
Together, these works highlight how critical art, joy, and science continue to intersect within the Piksel community.
The DIY Thread can visited online at STWST: https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/diy_thread
