“I make things, mostly technological, but don’t hold me to that, consistency is not a human virtue. Electronics and software, cast iron, plastic, software, faux historical machinery that could (not) have been; finely crafted, rigorously rugged, reliable. A lot of what I make now gets called “art” though that’s not always how I think of it, but saying so ends a lot of questioning. i am currently obsessed with the road.”
– Tom Jennings
For further reading, here is his essay on material philosophy: wabi tek sabi.
The books mentioned in the interview are: PHILOSOPHY IN THE FLESH, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, 1999 and DHALGREN, Samuel Delaney.
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