Electronic Craft
Craft is technology, and technology is craft. And yet.
I have a background in textiles, yet I didn't know that the precursor to the computational machines we have today is the jacquard loom. Computing and crafts have a lot in common, beside the mechanical similarities- including the terminology associated with the two, and the ways in which processes, resources and labour is organized. I thought of my own associations with digital technology- sleek interfaces, fancy finishes- that completely disregards the physical circuitry and fabrication- which is an essential part of the phone. I wanted to use electronic components to make a craft collage, of sorts. This raises important questions- about form vs. function, aesthetics, beauty, utility.