Today good friend, Lyn Jeffrey brought me to the First Shenzhen Maker Faire, which was organized by Eric Pan. I experienced the enthusiasm of open source creativity and entrepreneurship, albeit of a strongly electronic variety. Of particular note this Happy Easter, the Egg Bot, which could be programmed to color patterns on eggs.
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About Mary Ann O'Donnell
I have conducted ethnographic research in Shenzhen since 1995, aiming to make legible the shifting cultural landscapes of China’s oldest and fastest growing “Special Economic Zone.” My interests and interventions include theorizing the cultural logics of postsocialist urbanization, photography and creative documentation of the changing cityscape, and ongoing collaboration with Fat Bird Theatre, Shenzhen. More generally, I attempt to document, understand, and critically participate in the post Cold War production of industrial cosmographies, with an eye to imagining cross-culturally resonant forms of sustainable globalization.
Highly creative machine which eliminates the need for much creativity. Hmm…
Like you, my sense is the fun is in the inventing…