JUNKWARE-VENTURE BOOK SPRINT

CALLING FOR CREATIVE CONTRIBUTORS

On October 15, Professor Roger Lafleche from France will bring together 15 people from different backgrounds and cultures to produce a book on the subject of “JUNK-VENTURE”. In this workshop, scientists, artists and designers and professionals from other fields will discuss together the changes in today’s and future’s product design and production.

In human DNA, only 1.5% of DNA has genetic functions, the scientists named the rest 98.5% “Junk”, because their functions have not been found. Canadian writer Thierry Bardini defined “Junk” in his book “Junkware” as this: “Almost all culture and nature, including ourselves, are made of useless but recyclable materials. These materials are called Junk”

In fact, our daily lives are surrounded by useless products, the world is filled with Junk.

Are we really using Junk to make things? Will we ever become Junk one day? Is Junk completely useless or will they give us hope?

In this book we are about to write, We hope to collect, share and edit information on Junk and discuss the above questions. We will use text, image and visualized data to record the discussions on art, design, innovation, technology, production, consumerism, patenting and recycling in the future. We will use the method of co-writing and noting, using English and Chinese, to write this book in two days.

DATE: Oct 15, 7-10pm

LOCATION: One Space, 5-201, 831 Jiang Ning Lu, Jiang An District, Shanghai

LANUGAGE: English

REGISTRATION (required):

We are looking for creative contributors in all fields, including artists, designers, writers, scientists, engineers, etc. to help write an open-sourced book on the future.

Please bring a Laptop, and prepare a 5-15 minutes presentation on the following:

How does the concept of “JUNK” resonate with your life/artistic/research practice. You may present your previous work, ideas, words, or what you have seen or heard.

You are also welcomed to join us in the PUBLIC PRESENTATION and JUNK PARTY on October 16 at 7pm! Free for all and no registration needed.

CONTACT: info@makeplus.org if you have any questions.

ORGANIZERS: Make+ & Crossed Lab

MAKE+:

Founded in 2013 by artists, designers and engineers, Make+ helps organize events and activities, so that these different communities can exchange ideas and methods, and collaborate by working on real projects together.

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CROSSED LAB:

Crossed Lab is a production agency in digital arts. Crossing styles, genres, and territories, Crossed Lab works on a renewed conception of production. Placing us as an innovative writing incubator, we set up a hybrid place between artistic issues, research, experimentation and transmission of our knowledge. We stick to a contemporary process crossing bridges of practices and creative process through a multimodal and trans-disciplinary approaches.

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WORKSHOP SUPPORT: One Space

ONE is a creative experimental space located in Shanghai Jingan district. It is open to all company and creative individuals. Participants are welcomed to take part in creative thinking process and space experimentations through workshops, talks and exhibitions.

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写书跑酷－创意参与者招募中

10月15日至16日，法国的Roger Lafleche教授邀请到15位来自国内外的精英人士共同撰写一本主题名为JUNK-VENTURE的书。届时，到场的所有科学家，艺术家和设计师，以及各领域的人才将会一起讨论当今与未来的产品设计与生产模式的变化。我们工作坊的开放时间为10月15日晚19:00-22:00，欢迎各界朋友前来参与到我们的话题当中。

在我们人类的DNA当中，只有1.5%以下的成分有遗传功能。而其他98.5%的成分被科学家们取名为Junk，因为在这些基因成分中并没有发现它的具体用处。

加拿大作家Thierry Bardini在他的书《Junkware》中对“Junk”一词是这样解释的：

“几乎所有的文化与自然，包括我们人类本身，都是由无用但可回收的材料制作而成的。这种材料叫做Junk。”

其实，我们日常的生活也总是被无数无用的产品和多余的东西包围着，造成了整个世界到处都是Junk。

难道我们真的是用Junk在做东西的？有一天，我们会不会也变成Junk？到底Junk是完全无用还是会给我们带来希望？

关于我们将要撰写的这本书，我们希望收藏，分享和编辑关于Junk的资料和对于这个话题的各种思考。我们想用写字，图像和数据可视化的方式记录下对未来世界中的艺术，设计，创新，技术，生产，消费，专利以及回收等话题的讨论。我们会结合协作与注释的写作方式，运用英文与中文，与来自国内外的参与者在2天的时间里写出这本书。

时间：10月15日，7-10PM

地点：ONE，上海静安区江宁路831号5号楼201室

语言：英文

预约链接（必须预约）：

我们在寻找各行各业的创意参与者，包括艺术家，设计师，作家，科学家，工程师等等，一起来写一本关于未来的开源书。

请带上你的手提电脑，并准备一个5-15分钟的介绍关于：Junk这个词如何与你的生活／创意／研究相关。你可以介绍你的作品，想法，词语或者你听说过见过的事。

欢迎大家来最后的公开展示和Junk派对。10月16日晚上7点开始，免费开放，无需预约。

任何问题可以邮件：info@makeplus.org

组织者：Make+ & Crossed Lab

MAKE+

于2013年由艺术家、设计师和工程师创立，Make+组织线下活动让来自不同行业的人士可以面对面交流，并通过实际的项目做到进一步合作。

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CROSSED LAB

Crossed Lab 是一个数字艺术的生产机构。Crossed Lab通过跨越形式，行业和内容来重新审视生产的可能性。作为一个创新写作孵化器，我们建立了一个创意事件，研究，实验和知识传播的桥梁。我们从多方面专注于跨学科和跨创意的过程。

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工作坊支持：ONE

ONE 是一个形式自由的创意實驗空间，坐落于上海静安区，面向任何一所公司与任何一位创意人。参与者可透过不同形式的工作坊，座谈会与展览举办, 进行创意思维碰撞与空间体验。

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