Amateuristic

Biography

Andreas Siagian is artist/engineer working with a wide range of practices in DIY electronics and interdisciplinary art. His practice began in 2004, when he decided to teach himself how to develop software for highway geometric design calculation and planning in Civil Engineering. Since then he has initiated and participated in a wide array of collective endeavours; breakcore_LABs, Lifepatch for instance. In 2018, he was the co-director of Biocamp Tokyo, artistic director of Indonesia Netaudio Festival, co-host of the Hacklab Nusasonic, and facilitator of Arisan Tenggara. In 2019 he co-hosted Musicmaker Hacklab – CTM Festival in Berlin, and was curator for contemporary audio visual performance at the Festival Kebudayaan Yogyakarta.

Project description

During the Covid-19 pandemic, gardening is one of the activities that keep me sane and calm me down. I figured that it's the same for many other people. So in this tutorial, I would like to share, how to make an anaerobic composter using upcycled and accessible materials. It is something that I have never done before, so I am an amateur sharing this tutorial. I have been renovating my backyard from concrete and turned it back to soil. Since then I have been learning by doing, learning by sharing, learning by exchanging. I found out that since it was concrete before, the soil is quite poor on nutrition. An anaerobic composter will help turn organic kitchen waste into fertiliser for my garden. I am no expert on plants and garden, so this tutorial is a result of combining what I learned from friends and the internet. Whatever the practical result turns out to be, I develop my own design and share it with the hope that everyone will also do so.

So, let's get started!