Saturday, September 17, 2011
Understanding Makers, a conversation with Anil Dash & Dale Dougherty
Boing Boing: In "Recognizing The Maker Movement," a 25-minute video in honor of the World Maker Faire in Queens this weekend, Anil Dash and Dale Dougherty talk about the significance of the Maker movement, its history, and what it means for American politics, civic engagement and society. It's a fascinating and insightful conversation, and got me thinking hard this morning.
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When I was about eight years old, my grandfather made a go cart from a lawn mower engine and gave it to my brother for his birthday. From this day on, I've always tried to view the world through the "maker's" perspective. Seeing this video reminded me of that mind set and why I do what I do. As a costume designer, my biggest joy is creating a garment from yards of fabric or taking an old gown and turning it into a new dress. Thinking like a maker is part of my every day lifestyle and it's something that I treasure. Being here at school, we are asked constantly to be makers however I find my biggest challenge is thinking and working like a maker when sleep is rare and exhaustion is heightened. However, this training is the best for makers because we truly get see how far we can go and meet the limits of our creativity and innovation. No matter what, I will always keep in mind the lens that my grandfather has passed down to me and make it a goal of mine to pass on the "maker mentality".
I would call my self a “maker” I came from a family of “makers” I grew up with a mentality that I should be able to fix whatever I own (within reason). I think that most of theater has that same mentality. We re-appropriate and hack almost everything. Rarely will you find a prop that that hasn’t been tweaked or a set that has some part originality designed for irrigation or car repair that ends up working perfectly for what we want. I just wish that this maker mentality would spread more. It would be great if company’s stopped giving us products with black box designs and started giving the public parts and tools to make there own objects that they can re-appropriate and hack to perfectly fit there lives like what we do in theater
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