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"“I was a total headache for my parents growing up,” says Danish recycle artist
Thomas Dambo, perched on the trunk of a eucalyptus tree in the bushland of
Mandurah, an hour south of Perth. “I had so much energy and I loved building
stuff, but I was so impatient. If I had an idea, I had to build it right now
using whatever I could find around me.”
When Dambo was just seven years old, he bought a mountain of cushions from the
flea market to construct a games room in his parents’ basement. As a teenager,
he built a “crazy” fortress in his back yard, connecting two treetop houses by
a zip line and a series of underground tunnels.
The son of a theatre costume seamstress and a blacksmith, he grew up in a
commune with three other families in Odense, Denmark; an environment where
artistic expression was deeply encouraged, and sharing, play and creative
problem-solving were interwoven with daily life.
“That definitely had a big impact on me. I was always designing games and
creating something, even though we never had much money. It taught me that you
can create something amazing with very little, even with items from the trash,
that other people can enjoy and be a part of,” he says."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
