2.2.4. Confronting motives; the DIY method
This section describes the colliding and hacker approaches and DIY as the assumed self-sufficient method for artistic ‘Wild Thinking’, comments, provocations and intended confrontations.
In this section, the self-sufficient artist and the cultural activist are discussed as those who value ideological independence as a basic condition to criticise the existing power structures and raise awareness about social political issues in our technology-driven society. Their objectives and working methods are analysed and from there, parallels with hackers, FLOSS approaches and DIY approaches are drawn. The theoretical background of this approach is often rooted in critical theory and deconstruction, and the latter refers to an often-applied development approach. The colliding method is a difficult one for collaboration and collaboration is often not desired as it threatens the independency of the self-sufficient artist, unless the collaborator shares the political or activist interests.
