-5 - 14 March 2010  

Returning outdated software manuals to useful organic matter.

By shredding proprietary computer manuals and mixing the paper with coffee grounds we take the two staple components in a geeks day and turn them into a useful growing medium.

Originally devised as part of the geekosystem project, TheShredder is revisited by Polytechnic as an example of open modification working with open source concepts whilst at the same time drawing attention to the environmental impact and energy consumption of constant technological upgrades.

Commission
The Shredder has been commissed by Kate Rich' s Feral Trade Cafe to provide cafe ingredients.

Talks:
Dominic Smith from Polytechnic will be giving a talk in The Feral Trade Cafe's Cocktail hour on:
Thursday 11 March, 5 -6 pm at the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle as part of the AV10 Festival.
Free, no booking required.

References:
http://geekosystem.org/TheShredder

Thanks to Kate Rich, Julian Priest, David Merritt, and Adam Hyde

In collaboration with:

Feral Trade commission at the AV10 Festival : trading goods along social networks