Also the municipal library donated old computer equipment to be used in the workshop.

Creative re-use of plastic waste: a keyboard base is used to sprout alfalfa and water cress seeds.

Thomas, Pieter and Mathias starting to assemble individual components into working combinations.

Left: overview of part of the recovered computer components after the first workshop day. Right: waste materials such as scrap metal and plastic were put aside to be re-used or recycled.

Checking out all collected used computer equipment at the beginning of the workshop.

First day of the workshop. Participants took apart all collected used equipment in just one single morning session.

Angelo Vermeulen - Biomodd Workshop Sint-Niklaas, 2010. Eisa working on her sculptural assembly of re-used computer…

Announcement of the Biomodd Workshop in Sint-Niklaas in the popular science magazine 'Eos'. This publication proved instrumental in attracting participants.

Biomodd Workshop Sint-Niklaas, 2010. Giving an introduction during the first day of the workshop.

Biomodd Workshop Sint-Niklaas, 2010. Thomas and Mathias opening up a used computer at the start of the workshop.

Biomodd Workshop Sint-Niklaas, 2010. Participants exploring the water cooling system and algae culture.

Basement of the municipal library of Sint-Niklaas before the onset of the workshop. The space has a distinct underground laboratory-like character that works well with the Biomodd concept.

Angelo Vermeulen - Basement of the municipal library of Sint-Niklaas before the onset of the workshop. The space has a…

Municipal library of Sint-Niklaas.

Angelo Vermeulen - Municipal library of Sint-Niklaas.

Biomodd Workshop New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2011. Once again, the same - traveling - algae culture was used. A living and immortal witness to different times, places and people.

Biomodd Workshop Maribor, Slovenia, 2010. Installation view.

Biomodd Workshop Maribor, Slovenia, 2010. The algae culture that was used in the Biomodd Workshop in Sint-Niklaas was being re-used here, as a living coolant liquid for the server of the network.