{"product_id":"art-diy-electronics-isbn-9780262044936","title":"Art + DIY Electronics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA systematic theory of DIY electronic culture, drawn from a century of artists who have independently built creative technologies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the rise of Arduino and 3D printing in the mid-2000s, do-it-yourself approaches to the creative exploration of technology have surged in popularity. But the maker movement is not new: it is a historically significant practice in contemporary art and design. This book documents, tracks, and identifies a hundred years of innovative DIY technology practices, illustrating how the maker movement is a continuation of a long-standing creative electronic subculture. Through this comprehensive exploration, Garnet Hertz develops a theory and language of creative DIY electronics, drawing from diverse examples of contemporary art, including work from renowned electronic artists such as Nam June Paik and such art collectives as Survival Research Laboratories and the Barbie Liberation Front. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHertz uncovers the defining elements of electronic DIY culture, which often works with limited resources to bring new life to obsolete objects while engaging in a critical dialogue with consumer capitalism. Whether hacking blackboxed technologies or deploying culture jamming techniques to critique commercial labor practices or gender norms, the artists have found creative ways to make personal and political statements through creative technologies. The wide range of innovative works and practices profiled in \u003ci\u003eArt + DIY Electronics \u003c\/i\u003eform a general framework for DIY culture and help inspire readers to get creative with their own adaptations, fabrications, and reimaginations of everyday technologies.Series Foreword ix\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003eBeginnings An Introduction to the DIY Mindset 1\u003cbr\u003e0.1 A History of Electronic Art in the Twentieth Century 21\u003cbr\u003e0.2 A Definition of DIY: Do + It + Yourself 43\u003cbr\u003eTheme 1 Frugal Innovations 61\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Frugality and the \u003ci\u003eDemanufacturing Machine: \u003c\/i\u003eZombie Technology, Bricolage, and Hype Cycles 67\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Frugality and \u003ci\u003eTelephonic Arm-Wrestling: \u003c\/i\u003eJugaad, Finances, and Function 83\u003cbr\u003e1.3 Frugality and the \u003ci\u003eToaster Project:\u003c\/i\u003e Technical Disorientation, Device Paradigms, and Highlowness 97\u003cbr\u003eTheme 2 Exploring Technologies 109\u003cbr\u003e2.1 Exploration and the \u003ci\u003eIncantor: \u003c\/i\u003eBending Circuits, Depunctualization, and Unblackboxing 119\u003cbr\u003e2.2 Exploration and \u003ci\u003eWire Figures\u003c\/i\u003e: Technologies, Interactivity, and Radio Shack Cybernetics 133\u003cbr\u003e2.3 Exploration and \u003ci\u003e20 Oscillators in 20 Minutes: \u003c\/i\u003eTechnological Performance, Hedonization, and the Thrill of Impending Failure 145\u003cbr\u003eTheme 3 Building Identities 155\u003cbr\u003e3.1 Identity and \u003ci\u003eTaratter MI-03: \u003c\/i\u003eDevice Art, Chindogu, and Alternative Presents 161\u003cbr\u003e3.2 Identity and the \u003ci\u003eBarbie Liberation Organization: \u003c\/i\u003eCulture Jamming, Technical Detournement, and Mediagenics 173\u003cbr\u003e3.3 Identity and the \u003ci\u003eStock Market Skirt: \u003c\/i\u003eGender, Telerobotics, and Clothing as Conversation 185\u003cbr\u003eTheme 4 Anti-institutional Disobedience 199\u003cbr\u003e4.1 Disobedience and \u003ci\u003eRobot K-456: \u003c\/i\u003eWabi-sabi, Electronic Arte Povera, and Beautiful Mistakes 209\u003cbr\u003e4.2 Disobedience and \u003ci\u003eHairbrain 2000: \u003c\/i\u003eBurlesque Technologies, Highlowness, and Neoretroism 221\u003cbr\u003e4.3 Disobedience and \u003ci\u003eFeral Robotic Dogs: \u003c\/i\u003eHardware Activism, Communities, and Planned Obsolescence 235\u003cbr\u003eTheme 5 Selling Out and \u003ci\u003eGraffitiwriter \u003c\/i\u003e245\u003cbr\u003eConclusions The DIY Mindset 259\u003cbr\u003eNotes 269\u003cbr\u003eIndex 309“This was so fun to read, especially for an academic book. Hertz’s punk\/hacker\/kludge perspectives provide a truly fascinating and valuable ride through the history of the DIY scene. Read it and be inspired!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mitch Altman, Hacker and Inventor; Cofounder, Noisebridge Hackerspace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“In this groundbreaking study, Hertz argues that the DIY electronic artists who 'kludge' their own technologies constitute an important artistic countercultural practice that is an urgent response to the escalating failures of our technological infrastructures.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Tina Rivers Ryan, Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Co-curator of \u003ci\u003eDifference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A ‘DIY Native’ who has been perverting technological correctness since 1996, Hertz is the ideal guide for connecting art and DIY culture. This book is a treasure trove of ideas and a joy to read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Edward Shanken, Professor, UC Santa Cruz; author of \u003ci\u003eArt and Electronic Media \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGarnet Hertz is Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts and Associate Professor of Design at Emily Carr University. The recipient of a Fulbright and the Oscar Signorini Award in robotic art, he has exhibited his work in eighteen countries and been profiled by such media outlets as CNN, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301962535141,"sku":"NP9780262044936","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262044936.jpg?v=1767721800","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/art-diy-electronics-isbn-9780262044936","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}