https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2021-03-05 11:55:13 UTC 2026-02-20 22:14:48 UTC hello@padlet.com edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273250997 2021-03-05 11:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273250997 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273252352 2021-03-05 11:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273252352 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273256934 he makes objects to explore the psychological and social impacts of technology. he often weaves his research and making process into a story, told through live performance-lectures, published books, moving image and in exhibitions. ]]> 2021-03-05 11:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273256934 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273257926 he used the toaster project, to have the opportunity to find how depended we were on technology on doing something, and he proved it by making a toaster himself entirely from scratch. ]]> 2021-03-05 11:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273257926 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273259636 2021-03-05 12:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273259636 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273260331 in this process he found all of the raw material by himself in mines and whatnot. He cheated a little and admited to it by using methods of the pre industrial era.]]> 2021-03-05 12:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273260331 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273269183 2021-03-05 12:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273269183 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273269985 He researched and found out that the last point in history where a single person could smelt iron by themselves was in the 15th century. I can't really believe that due to knowing that in countries like japan the art of swordmaking is still alive, and smelting iron by themselves is a must.]]> 2021-03-05 12:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273269985 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273275249 2021-03-05 12:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273275249 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273303477 2021-03-05 12:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273303477 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273303971 he also decided to try on being a goat for a project just to prove how far we could get at becoming an animal with the technology we currently have.]]> 2021-03-05 12:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273303971 edwingeralfx https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273307458 REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM 
A mode of argumentation or a form of argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its implications logically to an absurd conclusion. This project from Thomas is a good example for this type of argumentation.]]> 2021-03-05 12:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/edwingeralfx/6s4yxnpxoc6xzy50/wish/1273307458