HOME MADE 2025

2th - 10th August 2025, at ¡ǝʇɐᗡ ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐS

We are still trying to make a deal to start HOME MADE alreday on the 1st of August, depending on the vacancies of the venue.

About

The Homemade summercamp is a week that is open for beginners as well as experts and everyone in between interested in exploring ideas in art & technology or creating objects for sound, light or movement. The participants can bring their individual projects or work in groups and get inspired by related topics from all other participants. During this self-organized research week we will do workshops and talks, run experiments, cook & eat together, go hiking and there will also be time for party and relaxing.

See an Overview of 20 Years of Homemade

As 2025 also marks the 20 years anniversary of HOME MADE, this is a great opportunity to bring together more new and old friends to join our summer activities, share and celebrate with us the do-it-yourself (DIY) & do-it-with-others (DIWO). And also a unique opportunity to join double-camp in colaboration with our friends from Bretagne. See more here.

Home Made is a summer camp centered on open-ended research, sharing ideas and skills, and fostering a sense of community in a relaxed, collaborative environment. Organized by the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society, the event emphasizes DIWO (Do It With Others), especially in experimental electronics projects used in sound, light, kinetic art, and music. However, the camp celebrates a diverse array of practices, including Bio-art, Ceramics, Mushroom and wild herb foraging, Hiking, Crystal growing, Hobby horse dressage, Microscopy, Textile art, Fermentation, Metal and woodwork, Model airplane construction and flying, Videography, Comic art, and writing.

The philosophy of the camp is that everyone has something valuable to share and something new to learn, regardless of their background. It’s a space for curiosity, creativity, and connecting with others who love making things. This year’s edition is extra special, as it is the 20th Anniversary of Home Made! We have also secured a larger house than usual (so feel free to share with friends who would be interested to join!), which is also situated on the bodensee – so lots of swimming and water geeking opportunities. Visit and edit our wiki for continous updates on the programme, participants, projects and dreams.

There will also be the collaboration with our friends from Bretagne, who will be hosting the Artlabo Retreat, “a week of creating in and with nature”, June 29 – July 14 2025, on Île de Batz, off the Roscoff coast in France.

Date

2th August-10th August 2025

We are still trying to make a deal to start HOME MADE alreday on the 1st of August, depending on the vacancies of the venue. Or whoever wants to start celebrating our national holiday with us, we can also use the rooftop of our Lab in Zürich, if we cannot go to Wartburg already.

Venue

Wartburg

„weit, aber traurig. Dieser Blick beherrscht den Konstanzer Untersee, der nichts ist als eine Erweiterung des Rheines auf überschwemmten Wiesen. Auf der anderen Seite des Sees erblickt man düstere Wälder, Überbleibsel des Schwarzwaldes, und weiße Vögel im Fluge unter grauem Himmel, von eisigen Winden getrieben.“ - François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848)

Loisenbergstrasse 20, 8268 Mannenbach-Salenstein or for our friends of OpenStreetMap

For the first time with HOME MADE 2025 we go to the lake! We found a nice location on the banks of Untersee, near Salenstein (TG), and already have reserved the Wartburg for us to spend a week of geeking and celebrating, soldering and swimming. The location consists of houses, the big one with outdoor terasse and professional kitchen and dining rooms, and many many small rooms for sleeping with 2-4 beds each. The second place "Waldhaus" a few steps down can serve as additional working spaces, music rooms, outdoor barbeque and laboratory.

Finally, we also have a small "private" spot down by the lake for water experimentations and cooling down in the lake, including a port to land your boat!

Fee

Cost for participation (full 9 days):

SGMK Members CHF 295.-

non SGMK Members CHF 345.-

daily fee 50.-

The fee includes food, accommodation and basic materials. Please get into contact with us, if you need to find support for your travels, invitations letters for grants, or discuss other means to help you to be able to participate!

The camp is family-friendly and welcoming for children. Non-human companions are also warmly welcomed. 🐕🦜🐌

Registration

Mail to homemade@sgmk-ssam.ch

Also feel free to join our Telegram group: https://t.me/+JLUdETpgPiAzMTg8

Directions

See the map

By Boat

From Schaffhausen, Stein am Rhein, Kreuzlingen, Konstanz (DE) or Radolfzell (DE) you could do a nice boat ride to Mannenbach.

By Train

There is a train station Mannenbach-Salenstein only 9 Minutes from Kreuzlingen. Trains from Zürich via Schaffhausen or Kreuzlingen using local TURBO train (don't get confused about the name... it's not thaaaat fast!). If you come from Germany consider to go via Konstanz, or Singen/Radolfzell and take the boat. From Austria, there is the whole Bodensee for you to travel on...

By Plane or Zeppelin

The nearest airports are Zurich, Basel or Stuttgart.

By Car

There is a parking 50 meters above Wartburg. Please put your car there, only short term for unloading in front of the house.

On Foot

Thomas? Already planned your route?

Programm

Communal KitchenLab, Spontaneous AV Jams, Open Program including workshops, talks, performances, and nature excursions.

Final Concerts and Party: A celebratory end to the week.

Workshop Programm

Kitchen Lab

20 Years HOME MADE All-stars Super Party

Friday, 8. August 2025

20 Years HOME MADE Public Day: Presentations and Workshops

Saturday, 9. August 2025

Workshops

A dense and inspring programme of workshops will be co-developed collectively throughout the week.

Infrastructure

Tools and Infrastructure provided by SGMK:

Basic wood and metalworking tools (drills, screwdrivers, bandsaw, etc.)
Electronics tools (soldering irons, reflow oven, circuit board etching station, binoculars) and basic materials (generic components, solder….)
3D printers, laser engraver
Sound system, speakers
…

If you have some cool equipment you want to bring, or wish there was some infrastructure for the project you want to work on, feel free to share your ideas and needs on this wiki.

Main House / Wartburg

Terasse mit Ausblick zum Arbeiten und Essen
Kleiner Arbeitsraum
Typische Zimmer 3-4 Betten
Fancy Schlafzimmer aka Leiterzimmer
Mehrere Duschen auf jedem Stock

Kitchen

Gastro Profi-Küche
Geile session!
Genug Zeug
Abwaschstrasse
Where does the beer go?

Waldhaus

Waldhaus aka Partyplace
OG grosser Raum
kleiner Raum im OG
Hauptraum Waldhaus EG mit Cheminee
Starkstrom-Stecker

Area

AussenstauRaum und Pingpong-Tisch
Treppe runter von Terasse zum Waldhaus
Sportplatz mit Grillplatz
Grillplatz bei Waldhaus
Kleinere Grünfläche neben Sportplatz

Participants

HOME MADE 2025 Participants

Documentation

See the video of the HomeMade 2024 week by krautmovies:

https://makertube.net/videos/embed/cb772913-4246-4817-9568-c08a9519aaf1

Links

Earlier HOME MADE summercamps

More about earlier editions of our summercamp on Archive HOME MADE

Other summercamps accross the globe

“The Feral Labs Network is a network of temporary dislocated hubs for research in art, technology and communities. It’s members share a common interest in art-science research and contemporary do-it-yourself (DIY) & do-it-with-others (DIWO) communities.“ We are happy to be part of this extensive network across Europe!

See more about all those friends on the website and check their nice publications available on their website: https://ferallabs.net/

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