In Situ Machines
Disestablishing the Assembly Line of Appliances
We need new narratives of production. Open and in situ. This exploration of electric appliances understands openness not as do-it-yourself, but as a network of independent producers: Could local ceramic studios manufacture electric appliances? Through clay 3D printing, standard components and reclaimed electronic waste, the cable-button-thermoswitch-resistor-machine becomes an electric kettle. A multi-socket. A coffee grinder.
«In Situ Machines» proposes an open vision of how apparatuses can be conceived when locality, reuse and repair are treated as inherent parts of production.
