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n. 1 (context uncountable English) construction using whatever was available at the time. 2 (context countable English) Something constructed using whatever was available at the time.
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In the practical arts and the fine arts, bricolage ( French for " DIY" or "do-it-yourself projects") is the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work created by such a process.
The term bricolage has also been used in many other fields, including philosophy, critical theory, education, computer software, and business.
Bricolage is a 1997 album by the Brazilian electronic music artist Amon Tobin. It was Tobin's second album, the first released under his own name, and his first on the Ninja Tune label. The album was a departure from his first album, Adventures in Foam (as Cujo), incorporating a heavier blend of jazz melodies and intense jungle rhythms. The album was followed by Permutation in 1998.
The album art for Bricolage depicts part of Alexander Liberman's Olympic Iliad sculpture, located at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
Bricolage is a content management system (CMS) written in the Perl programming language.
Bricolage has been described as an Enterprise Class CMS, competitive in features and capability to high end, high cost proprietary products. Examples of organizations whose web sites use Bricolage include the World Health Organization, Rand Corporation, Macworld, and The Tyee.
Originally authored by David Wheeler to manage content for Salon.com, Bricolage is now maintained by a small group of core developers. Released under the revised BSD license, Bricolage is free and open source software.
Bricolage is construction using whatever was available at the time. The term Bricolage may also refer to:
- Bricolage (album), an album by Amon Tobin.
- Bricolage (software), a content management system.
Usage examples of "bricolage".
That's what bricolage is—it's using the clutter and rubble to make something worth having.
Not Utopian social engineering, but experimentation and bricolage -- with all the silly and obnoxious, as well as useful and beautiful, consequences that may ensue.
Well, it wasn’t really a bookstore anymore -- it still had a couple of tall cases of books, but the rest of the store was a bricolage of bric-a-brac, from plumbing fittings to football helmets.