{"id":6500,"date":"2017-09-14T20:01:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2017-09-14T20:01:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T00:01:28","slug":"tom-jennings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/tom-jennings\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7000\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6500-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/tomjennings.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/tomjennings.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/tomjennings.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_6661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6661\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6661 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=169%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=696%2C1237&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=1068%2C1899&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?resize=236%2C420&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-cleaning-roadster.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">tom jennings cleaning roadster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I make <em>things<\/em>, mostly technological, but don&#8217;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 &#8220;art&#8221; though that&#8217;s not always how I think of it, but saying so ends a lot of questioning. i am currently obsessed with <em>the road<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tom Jennings<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>For further reading, here is his essay on material philosophy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sensitiveresearch.com\/wts\/index.html\">wabi tek sabi<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The books mentioned in the interview are: PHILOSOPHY IN THE FLESH, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, 1999 and DHALGREN, Samuel Delaney.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6663\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6663 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=696%2C521&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=1068%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?resize=561%2C420&amp;ssl=1 561w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-roadster-panamint.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">tom jennings roadster panamint the roadster project on the road, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6664\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6664 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tom-jennings-ISEA-2012.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">tom jennings ISEA 2012 my installation, with Eve Andree Laramee, ROCKS AND CODE; mining and mathematics at ISEA 2012. http:\/\/isea2012.unm.edu\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/tomjennings.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list&#8220;I make things, mostly technological, but don&#8217;t hold me to that, consistency is not a human virtue. 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