Exploring E-Waste

Project description

Exploring E-Waste is a project focused on salvaging and working with obsolete consumer and household electronics, aimed at gaining an understanding of their characteristics and impact on our surroundings. It is a set in a fictional world where a breakdown of supply chains has resulted in a severe shortage of electronics on the market, consumers have found a solution by hiding their leisure in essential appliances. The outcome is a set of fully functioning “devices” that play music by stealth, whilst remaining disguised as useful kitchen appliances. A salvaged cooker was repaired, fixed and rewired to double as a record player, a salvaged toaster as a cassette player and a salvaged oven as a speaker!

Toaster

A toaster, modifed to function as a cassette player.

Stove

A stove, modified to function as a vinyl player.

Oven

An oven, modified to function as a bluetooth speaker.

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