ABSTRACT
Founded in 2008, Baltan Laboratories explores what the lab of the future could look like. Baltan’s identity and ambitions are closely connected to the history of NatLab and developments on Strijp S, the former industrial area of Philips previously known as the ‘forbidden’ city. The strength of Baltan is her strategic positioning amongst local and international networks to foster art and technology collaborations.
The organisation proven model for the development of structural connections between art, design, science, technology has become the premise for innovative artistic collaborations. This chapter elaborates on the role of the lab and how it continuously keeps reinventing ideas, methods and tools on the edges of disciplines.
