Bricolage

Bricolage:
The practice of working with whatever materials are at hand, “making do” with what one has. As a cultural practice, bricolage refers to the activity of taking consumer product and commodities and making them one’s own by giving them a new meaning. This has the potential to create resistance meanings out of the commodities. For example the punk practice of wearing safety pins as body ornamentation is one of the most well-known examples of bricolage.

(safety pins as a body ornamentation)

**sources:**

 * Sturken, M. and Cartwright, L. (2001). //Practice of looking: an introduction to the visual Culture//. New York & London: Oxford University Press
 * http://www.punk77.co.uk/graphics/punkfeatureindexericapunksafetypin.jpg