Inspired by the process of matching organs from those donating to those receiving them, Anna Macdonald challenged Maker Jammers to explore the potential of technologies for matching and different processes of searching (scrolling, tracking, reading, pattern matching) and to explore what might be matched with what.

Artist duo boredomresearch were exploring cycles of cellular overreaction known as ‘cytokine storms’ and invited Maker Jammers to play, experiment and gamify these cellular interactions. Participants were provided with resources, software tools and simulation code examples, developed from Conway’s Game of Life, as a starting point to create their own visual expression of a dysfunctional immune system.

Baum and Leahy asked participants to consider how we can use our senses as entry points to navigate our cellular bodies. Maker Jamers were asked to explore ways to support encounters with scientific data on an emotional and spiritual level, whilst honouring the donation process that has helped build this new knowledge.

Stacey Pitsillides’ challenge was to explore how we can map our personal emotional responses to donating our bodies and data post-death using simple tools that allow interaction through space and geography.

Maker Jammers interpreted the challenges through a range of media from code, technology and maker-based experiments responses through to artistic, craft, narrative and multimedia works.