4 June 2015 - 31 August 2015
This exhibition explores the connections between craft, technology and community. From 3D printing prosthetics, to handing over your garden to a robot, these four new commissions showcase the potential of skill-sharing and collaborative making in the real world.
Will Shannon and Turner Prize 2015 nominees Assemble’s Homework will set up a concrete casting factory in the backyard of a newly refurbished house in Toxteth, Liverpool, turning construction waste into mantelpieces to be installed in refurbished houses.
The hacker and entrepreneur community DoES Liverpool will set up a production line of 3D printers at FACT for their project Desktop Prosthetics, supplying the components for prosthetic hands for local people with real needs, and invite visitors to get involved in testing and building the prosthetics.
Linda Brothwell will restore missing letters in iconic building signs in Liverpool with a new handcrafted alphabet that combines traditional English and Polish Wycinanki designs for her project Acts of Care: The Lost Letters of Liverpool.
Rachel Rayns’ project Neurotic Machines, developed with the Raspberry Pi Foundation will show us how an ‘Internet of Things’ machine – a Raspberry Pi greenhouse - can help us take care of our gardens.
A Crafts Council and FACT exhibition, in association with Norfolk Museums Service. With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union
Exhibition Design; Simon & Tom Bloor.