I created my molds from a bar I picked up from the Bournville factory but making the chocolate turned out to be an intensely difficult process.
Due to the industrial secrecy of the company and all chocolate producing companies,the machine I made was designed to imitate a ‘Malanger’, the traditional method of making chocolate. In contrast, I tried to make my machine transparent and self evidencing so wherever possible I used recognisable components.
Just like the Peckham Pale Ale, all the ingredients, processes, people and packaging will go on a wiki for people to view, edit and contribute however the complexity of the project makes it very inaccessible. This project is to illustrate the lengths we can reach reclaiming culture when we push the idea and open up the production process.
The underlying idea throughout the reclaiming culture project, is that we need to shatter our illusion of politics. It’s not about Cameron or Milliband, it’s about you and me and how WE choose to do things.
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