Synopsis
Critical Making is a handmade book project by Garnet Hertz in the field of
critical technical practice and critically-engaged maker culture. Critical
making is defined by Ratto as exploring how hands-on productive work – making –
can supplement and extend critical reflection on the relations between digital
technologies and society. It also can be thought of as an appeal to the
electronic DIY “maker movement” to be critically engaged with culture, history
and society. More info: http://conceptlab.com/criticalmaking/
Bio
Doctor Garnet Hertz is a Fulbright Scholar and contemporary artist whose work
explores themes of technological progress, innovation, do-it-yourself culture
and interdisciplinarity. His work often involves building real-world
technologies that are designed to take his audience into a speculative future
gone humorously astray. In the process, Hertz’s work inverts the idea that
technology needs to be faster, more efficient or higher resolution: innovation
is born out of human emotion, historical tradition, and creative obsession.
Hertz is Co-Director of the Values in Design Lab at UC Irvine, is Artist in
Residence / Research Scientist in Informatics at UC Irvine and is Faculty in the
Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design. He has shown his work at
several notable international venues in thirteen countries including SIGGRAPH,
Ars Electronica, Transmediale and DEAF and was awarded the prestigious 2008
Oscar Signorini Award in robotic art. He is founder and director of Dorkbot
SoCal, a monthly Los Angeles-based lecture series on DIY culture, electronic art
and design. His research is widely cited in academic publications, and popular
press on his work has disseminated through 25 countries including The New York
Times, Wired, The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, NBC, CBS, TV Tokyo and CNN
Headline News. More info: http://conceptlab.com
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