bri.co.lage noun /bree-koh-lahzh/
(in art or literature) construction or creation from various materials on hand.
also: something constructed this way, such as life.
bri.co.leur noun /bree-koh-ler/
a person who engages in bricolage
also: a fancy french word for tinkerer
"Bricolage is, at bottom, a book about attention — how rare it has become, how much it costs, and what it might still unlock. Ahmed writes, and codes, as if both matter."
— The Paris Review*
— The Paris Review*
"A one-man refusal. While the web collapses into platforms, Ahmed builds his own thing, by hand, on his own terms. Read it like you'd read a notebook left open on a table."
— n+1*
— n+1*
"What does it mean to make something, publicly, incompletely, on your own terms? Experiments in Bricolage holds the question open and lives inside it."
— Claudia Rankine*
— Claudia Rankine*
* blurbs intended solely for illustrative purposes
Experiments in Bricolage
Nawaaz Ahmed
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