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BYRD ON REPURPOSING & ‘CLUDGING’

“This is about working with things at hand; the use of resources. Walking the highway for me used to be about slowing that journey – surveying –asking what is there?  What can I do with what I find here?”

“A lot of what catches my interest is ambiguity & repurposing. ‘kludging’ is a derogatory term for a bad fix.  (e.g. a bike-frame repaired with broomstick). The amount of effort gone into a bad fix is [impressive, but it is] still a bad fix. I am interested in stepping around received expectations.

‘kludging’ is the world passed through someone’s hands, is remade, reimagined, unfettered by expectations… it bucks control ….fresh eyes, to achieve these things is to buck the consumption – not “why did you do that”??

- In the same moment that you see it, the question is not why?, because you can immediately see the purpose of a built solution – but instead you ask –HOW DID YOU COME TO CHOSE THAT SOLUTION???

Non-sensical production, invention, redirecting of use and re-engineering of purpose - That comes in the context of our super affluent society, where gadgets are mainstay - The first world is over serviced and under active”