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stevod1Thin sandwich slices trying to rain on half of a triple layer licorice cake hiding under a red hot chair.<br> <br> Wood, acrylic paint, paper, linen string, wire | 15 x 7 x 3.5 inches (38 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm) | September 2024<br> <br> Another one for the June 2025 show.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblages?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblages</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblageart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblageart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmedia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmedia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmediaart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmediaart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/stevedaytonart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stevedaytonart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/kunstwerke?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kunstwerke</a>
stevod1Some noble donkey dudes behind the prickly deluxe sofa acknowledge the departure of their disposable ghosts.<br> <br> Wood, acrylic paint, paper, wire, small nails | 10 x 13 x 3.5 inches (25.4 x 33 x 8.9 cm) | September 2024<br> <br> Another one for the June 2025 show.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblages?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblages</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblageart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblageart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmedia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmedia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmediaart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmediaart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/stevedaytonart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stevedaytonart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/kunstwerke?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kunstwerke</a>
stevod1Suddenly wrenched in and out of blue DIY dream.<br> <br> Wood, acrylic paint, dollhouse window, laser cut wrenches and sofa chair, popsicle sticks, sandpaper, wire<br> <br> I made the sofa chair by laser cutting it in separated flat pieces at the local makerspace then stacked the pieces by gluing them together to make a three dimensional piece. I designed and created the sofa chair pieces and tiny wrenches/spanners outlines with Inkscape.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblages?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblages</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblageart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblageart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmedia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmedia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/stevedaytonart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stevedaytonart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a>
stevod1I think there's a naked red velvet birthday cake hiding up there somewhere.<br> <br> Wood, acrylic paint, laser cut MDF, recycled wire | 24 x 7 x 2.5 inches (61 x 17.8 x 6.3 cm) | November 2022<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblages?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblages</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/assemblageart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assemblageart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmedia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmedia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/mixedmediaart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mixedmediaart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/stevedaytonart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stevedaytonart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/humour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>Today, I finished a new one of my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BiodiversityShrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityShrines</span></a> feat. Jordanita subsolana, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterfly</span></a> now extinct in our region. My <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrines</span></a> are a mixture of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paperArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paperArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>, elements of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturalHeritage</span></a> materials and "civilisation" <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a>, like the 8 cm wide cheese box and the precious <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a>-cement-waste. My inspirations come from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/klosterarbeiten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>klosterarbeiten</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reliquaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reliquaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/naturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> and my brain.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/perlage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perlage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BiodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityLoss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artActivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiredByNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspiredByNature</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>1/ O holy laziness! I decided not to go to the museum because rainy 14°C is not so much comfortable for sitting outside. I will enjoy the pleasant coolness in my studio before the heat returns. My excuse: So many <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BiodiversityShrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityShrines</span></a> for the exhibition in October are not ready yet. (Look on the hashtag for more). So I'm going to skewer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> species (don't worry, it's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaperArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaperArt</span></a>). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NatureArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artistsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EcoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BiodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityLoss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FolkArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolkArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kinship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kinship</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>2/2 Another one of my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cigarette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cigarette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BiodiversityShrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityShrines</span></a> The article in the box is about Ectopistes migratorius, a wild pigeon extinct in 1914: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenge</span><span class="invisible">r_pigeon</span></a> A history of colonisation and commercialisation!<br>For the materials read the AltTexts. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assemblageArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblageArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artActivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversityLoss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/klosterarbeiten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>klosterarbeiten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mixedmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixedmedia</span></a></p>
John V Willshire<p>After moving here to assemblag.es I was due to post an <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>… </p><p>Then didn’t, then had more specifically on *here* in particular, and so after a brief intro are *other thoughts* (YMMV, as always).</p><p>HELLO! My name is John V Willshire, and with my wife Helen I run Smithery (smithery.com), a Strategic Design Unit in the UK. </p><p>Interest: <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strategy</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/futures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futures</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/futurethinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futurethinking</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> vs <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a>. Also revisiting writing <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> as a hobby again.</p>
David Ribes<p>Philosopher Manuel deLanda writes </p><p>‘the emergence of an ecosystem is a blind groping from stable state to stable state in which each [...] assemblage creates the conditions that stabilize the next one'</p><p>There is some insight there for the present of mastodon and its fore-bearers... </p><p><a href="https://hci.social/tags/STS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STS</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hci.social/tags/STSQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STSQuotes</span></a></p>
Uli Beisel<p>Hi, quick <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>: I'm a human geographer at FU Berlin, working on the intersections of <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/naturecultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturecultures</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/globalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalhealth</span></a> and <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/inequalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequalities</span></a> with <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/sts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sts</span></a> approaches and <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/qualitativemethods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qualitativemethods</span></a>. Fascinated by <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/mosquitoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mosquitoes</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/infectiousdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infectiousdisease</span></a> and socio-political/socio-ecological <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a>, <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/commited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commited</span></a> to <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/VaccineEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VaccineEquity</span></a></p>
Robert Heinze<p>I am interested in <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a>, especially <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> theory and <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> studies, as well as theoretical approaches to <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> and <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a>. My current theoretical obsession, which I will post about, is critical approaches to labour, subjectivity and agency. Confession: I like <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/articulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>articulations</span></a> more than <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/assemblages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assemblages</span></a> ;)</p>