Notes: Course Repeatable for Credit. Open to all NYU students no permission required. Please be advised, ITP / IMA courses are assigned a $269.00 Media Fee, which applies to ITP / IMA students as well as non-departmental students. The fee is charged on a per-class basis for Summer 2022 for each individual ITP / IMA course registration (for both departmental and non-departmental students alike). This fee grants students Equipment Room check-out privileges, as well as access to the physical computing shop and machines in our departmental space in 370 Jay / 4th floor. The Media Fee is non-refundable. Topic course description: In this course, students will learn various methods of maintaining and fixing objects as a form of fabrication. From textiles (darning, patching, shishiko, sewing) to physical object repair (furniture fixes, diy joinery methods, electronics repair), the class will explore the act of care as a creative practice (which also increases the value of an item). These methods will become a means for not only making things new, but also making new things. Through these mending processes, we will re-situate the existing ecosystem of produced objects and “waste” things to be instead precious and durational companions. While learning forms of physical mending, we will also consider some of the theoretical resonances of mending and fixing through texts such as Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and We Have Never Been Modern. No specific prerequisites are required but it is strongly recommended that you have taken a foundational level fabrication course or some experience