The Death of Creation Culture
Creature Culture; The art that was stolen from south-aisa due to Neo-librialism and the delusion of power pleasure and profit.
South Asia's history is filled with the idea of expression, either for the display of power, strong emotions towards others by the creation of Qilas (forts) and Durga.
This form of art, it didn't have any attachment with a sense of “identity”. That is important, as it led to people approaching it not from the perspective of titles, rather the perspective of “I want to do it”.
People weren't confined to words like; blacksmiths, forgers, real state builders, jeweler, traders or something more recent like engineers. The concept of profession is inherently modern, and it is sadly a disorienting and damning idea.
Today if someone says “I want to make a car” but has a degree in computer engineering, the first thing people point out is that he isnt a mechanical engineer. Here is the disorientation. The first person to create a computer didn't pursue formal education in computer engineering, he pursued mathematics. The first person to come up with the idea of modern day algebra, didn't have formal education in mathematics, no he was a guy that had an obsession with observing the stars.
The idea of identity ( which is a made up selfish and confining concept ), is inherently sad, as it has created a society where if you want to do anything outside of what you have formally studied, you will be called out to be “confused”.
That is also the juxtaposition of Asian “progressive” families in our society. They will be the first one to say, “Jaou beta jo parhna hai parho”, but the moment they pivot, the same people will say “beta kuch decide karlo, loog bolain gai bacha begra howa hai, usko pata nahi zindagi mei kia karna hai”.
That is where I believe the solution is incredibly simple, Eco-socialism coupled with de-growth. The idea that we make everyone around us believe that they are capable of creation, without the need of being confined to any identity. We eradicate the idea - “Yar mei nahi cheez nahi bana sakta, mei nei eske bare mei kabhi taleem hasil nahi ki” - and instead make everyone a strong believers in "agar mei sooch sakta hoon, tou mei usko bana sakta hoon.”
Below is the first ever 3d printer I created. It took me around 2 years, and it was nothing but a clone of an old discontinued printer. It induced a belief in me that I can create, and then also enabled me to bring everything I can think of to material life. Below are some more pictures of another printer I am working on ( a delta printer ). Along with some images of props that I create to test the limits and capabilities of my printer.
I believe that this technology should be available to everyone in the masses, something as essential as a phone. The phone is a tool that allows you to consume most of the time, and hopefully a 3d printer could be a tool that will allow you to create something new out of what you have consumed.
Currently I am in the progress of making a design of a 3d printer that I would be able to sell for as cheap as Rs 40k-80k -so price is no more a barrier to entry in the art of creation- that would be comparable to the Rs 130k-200k printers in the market (The price decrease is mainly thanks to locally sourced parts, where as the other printers are imported as one value added product making them more costly). The delta printer that you can see, would have a total cost of around 36k and it would be able to print things of around 70mm x 80mm. The clone that I made can make parts up to 200mm x 200mm x 200mm.
The aim for now is the find people that are interested in the art of creation and are willing to help, along with finding people in general that are interested in 3d printing, and making the world better from the perspective of Eco-socialism and not Neo-liberalism. The goal is not profit, its allowing people to not be miserable.
