a Shelf, together
with Daniel Choconta
Excerpt
Having inherited materials which were otherwise going to be thrown away, we imagined how acts of care towards the things we hold in our hands could lead to a change in the way in which we produce things. Throughout the semester we drew lines, taped out dimensions, tested joints and considered fabrication techniques. We visited scrapyards, Industrial metal shops and our neighboring workshops.
We spent most of our time in the basement of the BEB, in the workshop where knowledge was held in common, not copyrighted, not licensed, not sequestered, not mystified, not closed - rather it was re-assembled, translated, reformulated, reverberated, transmitted and passed along. We hope that just as this artifact stimulated conversations and joy between ourselves, fabricators, custodians, and scrapyard workers that this artifact will continue to live with us and our peers throughout the spring. That it may serve as a point of sharing and displaying the many worlds we are going to dream of in the spring. After all, just like this bookshelf, discourse is created together through the inheritance of worlds.
Providence, RI
winter 2023
with Daniel Choconta
Excerpt
Having inherited materials which were otherwise going to be thrown away, we imagined how acts of care towards the things we hold in our hands could lead to a change in the way in which we produce things. Throughout the semester we drew lines, taped out dimensions, tested joints and considered fabrication techniques. We visited scrapyards, Industrial metal shops and our neighboring workshops.
We spent most of our time in the basement of the BEB, in the workshop where knowledge was held in common, not copyrighted, not licensed, not sequestered, not mystified, not closed - rather it was re-assembled, translated, reformulated, reverberated, transmitted and passed along. We hope that just as this artifact stimulated conversations and joy between ourselves, fabricators, custodians, and scrapyard workers that this artifact will continue to live with us and our peers throughout the spring. That it may serve as a point of sharing and displaying the many worlds we are going to dream of in the spring. After all, just like this bookshelf, discourse is created together through the inheritance of worlds.
Providence, RI
winter 2023
