Life themes shortlist I’m considering for next year 1. Instruments and measurement 2. Repairs (kintsugi and non) 3. Valuation habits 4. Mansions 5. Scavenging 6. Jury-rigging 7. Chindogu 8. Design fictions 9. Tooling 10. Reuse/repurpose/reclaimhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1295175082910785538 …
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I’m tending towards a phenomenological but borderline impractical theme. Some mix of kintsugi, chindogu, design fiction, Rube Goldberg machines... but not on the elaborate and campy end. Fix/repair/build stuff to embody appreciative views. Like the materiality equivalent of 2x2s.
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I know what I *don’t* want to do or write/think about - Maker subculture - Arts and crafts - soulful shopcraft doer-waldenponding - actual home improvement handyman stuff - stunts/clever hacks/prowess - blue collar larping - “critical practice in materiality”
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The wooden pendulum clock I’m building now out of a laser cut kit is a good example of the energy that attracts me right now. I’d like my next project to have a the time theme maybe, but I wouldn’t necessarily get deeper into laser cutting or build other mechanical things.
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Maybe fix a broken digital bedside clock? Retire a clock to run on Mars time?
I did order a lens to make my own telescope out of some scavenged cardboard tubes. It’s mainly about using the tubes but also I’m curious about telescope building.Show this thread -
Inspired a bit by
@niftynei moon clock project https://moon.supply/about.html That has the right theme energy tooShow this thread -
Here are details of the moon clock https://basicbitch.software/posts/2018-01-02-Moon-Clock:-The-First-Lunar-Timepiece.html …
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Ok this take has turned me off kintsugi as an element in the mix. https://twitter.com/kureshii_/status/1295212753116782592?s=21 …https://twitter.com/kureshii_/status/1295212753116782592 …
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I think if
@niftynei and I turned@scorpioseasontv into a sort of junkyard makers show (which we’ve talked about a bit) it would be a bit like the fictional show Tool Time within the old Tim Allen sitcom, Home Improvement. I’d be Tim, Lisa would be Al. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Improvement_(TV_series)#Tool_Time …Show this thread -
Like Tim, I’d be the blowhard who talks a big game but screws up every project he attempts. Lisa would be like Al. Actually knows what she’s doing and makes stuff which works.
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The risk with this theme is it could easily get very expensive. Will have to set a careful budget.
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