Coal-powered Craft: A Past for the Future
2011 (engelsk)Inngår i: Journal of Modern Craft, ISSN 1749-6772, E-ISSN 1749-6780, Vol. 4, nr 2, s. 147-160Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]
In the spirit of steampunk this paper juxtaposes ideas about craft, technology, and labor from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century to explore new ways of thinking about contemporary making. Richard Sennett's concept of open-source software as “public craft” is investigated through the history of free speech and free software, as a precursor to the integration of crafter and hacker culture. These concepts are embodied in the recent work Coal Fired Computers (2010) by YoHa, and FLOW, a watermill by Ed Carter and the Owl Project (2010–12). The integration of technology and the handmade is considered as a form of contemporary craft.
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Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. Vol. 4, nr 2, s. 147-160
Emneord [en]
Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Steampunk, free software, open source, sustainability, art, digital culture, poetical science, open source embroidery, Luddites
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-189792DOI: 10.2752/174967811x13050332209242ISI: 000292948900003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-80155166014OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-189792DiVA, id: diva2:1613118
Merknad
Ele Carpenter is Lecturer in Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London. This paper was written during a Research Fellowship at HUMlab and Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Sweden. Her research focuses on the relationship between social and digital materiality and networks in contemporary art and culture. Carpenter is the curator of the Open Source Embroidery project: www.open-source-embroidery.org.uk
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