Sofia Ella Quimbo is a maker and design researcher whose work engages with historiography, postcoloniality, and the limits and possibilities of language. More info.

︎ MFA Candidate at Pratt Institute
︎ Fellow at Pratt Center for Community Development



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Sofia Ella Quimbo is a maker and design researcher whose work engages with historiography, postcoloniality, and the limits and possibilities of language. More info.

︎ MFA Candidate at Pratt Institute
︎ Fellow at Pratt Center for Community Development



︎︎︎ Email
︎︎︎ Instagram
︎︎︎ LinkedIn

Puppet


Last updated November 2023
A marionette crafted from repurposed and recycled materials salvaged from old projects


This is a meditation on the word ‘manipulate’. What does it mean to ‘manipulate’ something? What feelings does it inspire: indifference, caution, fear, delight?

It varies. ‘Manipulate’ can assume a negative connotation in politics or advertising, yet it takes on a more benign meaning in design or engineering, often describing the ways humans tinker and modify.




© Sofia Ella Quimbo