How to build a Telescope / Carlos Trancoso

‘How to Build a Telescope’ is about technology in a rural context, reflecting on the topics of curiosity and the need for invention. It also explores the complexity of science and the laws of physics, showing how they are closely related to the everyday experience of being alive. The narrative is constructed around a found book and set in a small and isolated village where technology can find its maximum expression of freedom. The project addresses the importance of reshaping the future of technology against mass production, proposing a reconnection between user, creator, and creations.The photos were taken between 2018 and 2023 and the title, directly translated from the found book, embodies the concept of a specific type of technology (a telescope) that is originally designed to be used outside noisy urban areas. The idea of building an amateur telescope evokes the juxtaposition between cosmos and mundane life. The project explores language by intentionally erasing written text from the scanned books, transforming it into an essay on the importance of visual communication in human connections.