Repairing and salvaging is not a new concept, in fact it is quite common. The concept has become more mainstream in the U.S. over recent decades in response to a culture and economy overwhelmed by growth.
The title is a nod to:
1. the people and communities who work with second hand things, the dirt and dust of consumption
2. the attitude with which I approached sourcing and valuing C&D waste and tools based on availabilty and cooperates with non-standardized materials
3. the coordination required for community engagement.
Through the framework of repair, reuse, and sistering, the project recognizes the body’s capacity, labor, and performativity in the design process. I embrace the workshop format as a recursive research and learning strategy. The project responds with and facilitates a series of events that gather around play intended to familiarize individuals with tools and to delight in the tactility of working with scrap. At the same time, connecting participants with communities doing similar work and suggesting other reuse oriented workshops for others to adopt.
LILY’S PARAMETERS & PROJECT CONSTRAINTS
The container, the body, the car, the availability, the desk as a work metric.