With the SCREW LOOSE toolbox through the Long Night of Science in Berlin - 22 June 2024

On June 22, 2024, the Chair of Machinery Systems Design—which is affiliated with Blue Engineering at TU Berlin—opened its red doors wide for the Long Night of Science. Together with other departments, the Machine rySystems Laboratory was transformed from afternoon until late at night into a “house of machines” to showcase the teaching and research that takes place here. As the Blue Engineering team, we presented our SCREW LOOSE, SHORT FUSE toolbox.

The toolbox contains a set of 24 tools for dismantling technology and society. From the ladder of higher-faster-further to the beard of patriarchy to the straitjacket of nature, the tools reveal how automobility, industrial agriculture, petroleum, soccer, and urban development are connected—and how they can be critically questioned. Visitors were invited to take the tools with them and continue using them in their everyday lives: for dismantling, reflecting, and discussing.