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
"Ahmed moves between code and prose the way a photographer moves between light and shadow — each clarifying the other. A genuinely original space on the web."
— Teju Cole*
— Teju Cole*
"Every page here feels assembled in the dark, by hand, the way all honest making does. You can feel the seams. That's the point."
— Ocean Vuong*
— Ocean Vuong*
"The fragment is not a failure of completion. It is, for those willing to look, the most truthful unit of thought."
— W.G. Sebald*
— W.G. Sebald*
* blurbs intended solely for illustrative purposes
Experiments in Bricolage
Nawaaz Ahmed
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