Mathias Gmachl is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher. He is a founding member of farmersmanual, a pan-European, multisensory disturbance conglomerate that presents a stream of constructions since 1995, continuously expanding their practice from music concerts to interdisciplinary cultural, aesthetic and political experiments. Opposed to companies shifting the balance of fundamental rights and liberties he is using alternative collaborative structures based on sharing information, skills and resources among the partners.Mathias is currently developing a sound research program together with Jon Wozencroft and Len Massey at the Royal College of Art. Accessed 24.10.06 from http://loop.ph/bin/view/Loop/MathiasGmachl