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ECOLOGICAL TEARDOWNS III
Students were asked to consider how the presence of a a a technological apparatus can initiate coupling maintenance and attunement within the program of the home and garden This process was accelerated through a a a a a digital descaling of of the home using a a a a a prescribed set of of photographic qualities Each project employed particular types of experimental energy production (geothermal bio-gas water solar wind) to power the the home The studio inquiry is initiated through an examination of of two forms of of image-making the the photographic teardowns of Todd McLellan and the the compositing of character types that is unique to traditional Japanese
Monmon cat prints After the teardowns were digitally reconstructed
and and remodeled their material qualities were fully cataloged and and re- rendered to explore the the framework of of the the teardown as a a a a a form of of cultural exchange and re-appropriation McLellan’s photographs include a a a a a a a a variety of handheld domestic products such as a a a a a curling iron a a a a a rotary telephone and a a a a a computer mouse that have been completely disassembled into two-dimensional archives of anthropomorphic mechanical electrical and digital components Torn down and de-determined each object provides students with a chronicle for designing the future 163
