I incorporate methods of bricolage, not limited to the definition given to it in the artistic world; a method for creation using the things that happen to be around, a sort of cross-over between improvisation and DIY (do it yourself). It’s the combination of definitions given in all scientific fields that attract me. Bricolage is not only a mode of physical creation; it’s a way to create a new cultural identity, the cognitive process of combining unrelated knowledge to form new solutions, and most notably, bricolage describes the method of mythological thought, antagonistic of engineered thinking.
I combine this technique with an interest in, or an urge to understand, technology and its dogmas. Specifically, the open-source movement because that not only gives me the ability to tinker with technology. It helps me bricolage-ing, as a means of creation, by being a platform for unrelated knowledge, and by making room for mythological thought. I also identify it as a social movement that encourages sharing (without expecting anything in return). Because bricolage-ing doesn’t assume a route from goals to means, and it does not pursue usefulness, I can use it to make room for hesitation, retardation, and intervention. I silently resist capitalism and its tendency to commodify anything by sharing freely, by embracing unusefulness, and by making room for others to do the same.
