Arai-eek Lab
🌴 Cyber-Tropical Hardware, Software & DIY Bio-Innovation 🌴
Arai-eek Lab - The Chiang Mai Chapter (April-May 2026)
Welcome to the Arai-eek Lab. “Arai-eek” means “what else?” in Thai — a simple question that opens infinite possibilities. Both programs are built on that question: What else can art become when it grows like an organism? What else can we create with living materials, waste, microbes, and time? What else is possible when technology is not only digital, but ecological, handmade, and shared?
Arai-eek Co-Laboratory & Arai-eek Lab Residency is a format of mutual learning and knowledge exchange rooted in a shared fascination with biology — from ecological science to synthetic biology — merged with digital technologies and traditional craft. We grow, ferment, decompose, hack, observe, and listen. From small experiments to shared meals, from silent observation to chaotic collaboration — this is a living lab where ideas evolve through people, place, and time.
Part of Technobiological Futures Co-Laboratories
The Arai-eek Lab is a key node in the Technobiological Futures Co-Laboratories programme (2026-2027), a multi-phase initiative spanning Thailand, Switzerland, Indonesia, and India. Built upon 15 years of deep collaboration, experiments, and Do-It-With-Others (DIWO) methodologies developed by the Global Hackteria Network and SGMK (Swiss Mechatronic Art Society), this programme catalyzes South-South exchange. Locally in Chiang Mai, this chapter is co-hosted and made possible by our main partners tomorrow.lab and Pa Rang Cafe & Art Stay. It is co-funded by “Synergies” via the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Read the full Manifesto
Check the official Hackteria Wiki Page for the most updated information!
Lannafuturism Themes
What happens when centuries-old Lanna craft knowledge meets open-source technology, biological materials, and experimental art practice?
Craft
730 years of living knowledge. Weaving, ceramics, and woodwork merging with digital fabrication.
Science & Tech
Partnering with universities to explore DIY biology, nanoscience, and appropriate open-source tech.
Art & Community
Building on Chiang Mai's 30-year history of independent artist-run spaces and maker collectives.
Food & Farm
Rethinking agriculture, microbial fermentation, and the transformation of waste into bio-material.
✨ Stikka Factory
Check out our sticker art graphics in the design repository, or try printing remotely to our local label printer via the Parang Stikka Platinum!
The live link connects directly to our printer station in Pa Rang Cafe & Art Stay, Chiang Mai. You can send designs remotely to print dithered images, custom labels with QR codes, DIY PCB etching masks, AI-generated text-to-image art, Poster cut puzzle and even cats, dog and random image—all printed on-site in Chiang Mai! The latest version of Parang Stikka Platinum was developed in Chiang Mai. This development was inspired by the printit station (originally an experiment from CCC camp).
🚀 Open Repositories
forever4093geeking
Deep-dives into the 4093 CMOS NAND synth universe.
stikkarai-eek-factory
Production files from the printit via Yair and Tillo.
design
Visual assets and branding for the Arai-eek ecosystem.
arai-eek.github.io
The main website repository. Contains the code for this site and various web experiments for all of us!
The People
A diverse network of hackers, farmers, bio-artists, and noise performers.
Arai-eek Residensi
- Muzeian (Pasuruan, ID)
- Drc3p0 (Portland, US)
- Luis Sanz (Zurich, CH)
- Wendi Wu (Shanghai, CN)
- Anang Novianto (Pasuruan, ID)
- Nguyễn + Transitory (Berlin/CNX)
- Arbor (Taipei/US)
- Kiran (Kochi, IN)
Co-Laboratorians
- Arnont Nongyao (Lamphun, TH)
- Luca E. Lum (SG)
- Adeline Seah (SG)
Hosts & Geng
- Wave Pongruengkiat
- Bora Hong
- dusjagr
- Boss
- Adam Zaretzky
🌡️ Local Environment Data
Live conditions at Pa Rang Cafe & Art Stay in Chiang Mai
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A DIY hardware project developed by dusjagr in February 2025.
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