it is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices contains not only plastics but also conflict minerals such as copper and gold. technology is not neutral! we researched on fair-traded, ethical, biodegradable hardware for environmental justice, building circuits that use ancient community-centered crafts. our artistic outcome is an ethical hardware kit with a pcb microcontroller at its core. our pcb is an open source microcontroller made of wild clay retrieved from the forest in austria and fired on a bonfire. our conductive tracks used urban-mined silver and all components are re-used from old electronic devices.

patricia j. Reis is a media artist and researcher whose practice encompasses various formats and media to examine the human relationships with technology with a particular focus on feminism, sensuality, and haptics. she is currently principal investigator of the project “hacking the body as the black box” at the university of applied arts in vienna. stefanie wuschitz is an arts-based researcher investigating strategies to decolonise technology. her publications evolve around feminist hacking. her artwork has been exhibited and screened at international venues. she is currently principal investigator of a project on digitalcolonialism in indonesia affiliated to the academy of fine arts vienna.