Theo Kamecke was for many years a filmmaker of award-winning documentaries whose subjects ranged from astronauts to coal miners, rodeo cowboys to nuclear scientists. He was in NASA's Mission Control during the first moonwalk and has been attacked by wasps in the heart of the Amazon. In the course of making films he often encountered objects and materials that fascinated him. While perusing some stacks of discarded electronic circuit boards one day, his life changed course.
During the nearly 30 years of working with the circuitry he has collected, Kamecke's creations have found their way into numerous private collections, selected museums, and even a spot just outside James Cameron's office. Reclamation Nation caught up with Theo Kamecke and got to hear first hand about the evolution of his unique art form...
