The Lace Mill

Felix Olivieri in the downstairs living room of his two bedroom apartment. His “maker” art includes recycling old furniture and converting it into video game consoles (and teaching others how to do the same). He made the cafe sign on the wall from recycled cardboard and christmas lights. “I have a thing for old technology; I go hunting for pieces with actual sensors, tiny speakers—things like that—then I use parts for my artwork,” he explains. “You want to bling out your bike?” he asks. “I can teach you to do that.”