Unmaking
Screwdrivers in hand we will take apart old computers and other electrical cadavers and find the treasure inside, and then we learn how to easily and safely turn it into mechanical, acoustic and electromagnetic instruments that we use to make glorious noise machines.
Unmaking is great because:
1- It’s fun to break things. There is no better way to re-establish the natural relationship between human and technology than by taking a hammer to it (although we tend to use screwdrivers in a workshop setting).
2- We learn how the technology hardware works The workings of these magic boxes are usually hidden from us, but it’s just physical stuff that follows Maxwell’s equations. Some of the best inventors started by taking things apart, and we can often start to figure out the basics of what is going on quite quickly.
3- We gain new skills We get better at fine motor skills as we use precision tools to open up the boxes.
4- We get TREASURE! Organ-harvesting the free resources and components inside bears many wonderful fruits.