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Research:
River Cubes – Bob Johnson
The cubes that Bob Johnson creates with the help of students and other artists are all made out of trash and things collected from public places. All the things that form part of the cubes have been prevented from becoming part of a landfill or prevented from polluting rivers and the environment. Ironically the cubes have been placed in the same places that they were collected from or places where the contents of these cubes could have ended up in. Such as river sides and city walkways. But now they hold a new purpose. Their new purpose is to raise eyebrows and make people walking by wonder as to what are these cubes doing there. The cubes make people wonder as to why the cubes are made out of trash and undesirable things such as tires, wood and rusty metal. Every cube serves as reminders as to what could have become of its contents and that just because we bury and don’t see our trash, it does not mean it is not still in existence.
Citation:
Bob Jonhson. “River Cubes.” RiverCubes.net :: Public Art :: RiverCube Bios, RiverCubes.net, www.rivercubes.net/site/publicArt/bios.htm.
Dirty dining installations – Robin Lasser
The large utensils that Robin Lasser uses in the representation of his ideas are very interesting. He creates the utensils using materials that are found in the area that he wishes to bring attention to. The utensils ingredients include things like oil, wood and any other resource being consumed from the area. The utensils are then placed in the area and are photograph and later removed. The artists purpose is to represent the uncontrolled consumption of resources. He also is trying to represent not just the consumption of the resources but the consumption of our future as species.
Citation:
Lasser, Robin. “Dirty Dining installations .” Robin Lasser: Artwork, Robin Lasser artwork, robinlasser.com/artwork/index.html.
Pick up your pencils – Julie K. Hanus
Harriete Berma focuses on social issues and addressing them by using EcoArt to represent her ideas. In the pick up your pencils collaboration with volunteers, she uses pencils in order to address the issue of education. She is worried that school systems are not allowing for imagination and creativity. Instead the schools are creating a factory like educational system by employing standardized testing and ruling out anything that is different. The pencils used in her art work were contributed by students. The pencils formed a curtain that recreated a normal distribution, which is used in standardized testing.
Citation:
Hanus, Julie K. “Pencils Make a Point.” American Craft Council, American Craft magazine , 21 Nov. 2011, craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/pencils-make-point.
River Cubes – Bob Johnson
The cubes that Bob Johnson creates with the help of students and other artists are all made out of trash and things collected from public places. All the things that form part of the cubes have been prevented from becoming part of a landfill or prevented from polluting rivers and the environment. Ironically the cubes have been placed in the same places that they were collected from or places where the contents of these cubes could have ended up in. Such as river sides and city walkways. But now they hold a new purpose. Their new purpose is to raise eyebrows and make people walking by wonder as to what are these cubes doing there. The cubes make people wonder as to why the cubes are made out of trash and undesirable things such as tires, wood and rusty metal. Every cube serves as reminders as to what could have become of its contents and that just because we bury and don’t see our trash, it does not mean it is not still in existence.
Citation:
Bob Jonhson. “River Cubes.” RiverCubes.net :: Public Art :: RiverCube Bios, RiverCubes.net, www.rivercubes.net/site/publicArt/bios.htm.
Dirty dining installations – Robin Lasser
The large utensils that Robin Lasser uses in the representation of his ideas are very interesting. He creates the utensils using materials that are found in the area that he wishes to bring attention to. The utensils ingredients include things like oil, wood and any other resource being consumed from the area. The utensils are then placed in the area and are photograph and later removed. The artists purpose is to represent the uncontrolled consumption of resources. He also is trying to represent not just the consumption of the resources but the consumption of our future as species.
Citation:
Lasser, Robin. “Dirty Dining installations .” Robin Lasser: Artwork, Robin Lasser artwork, robinlasser.com/artwork/index.html.
Pick up your pencils – Julie K. Hanus
Harriete Berma focuses on social issues and addressing them by using EcoArt to represent her ideas. In the pick up your pencils collaboration with volunteers, she uses pencils in order to address the issue of education. She is worried that school systems are not allowing for imagination and creativity. Instead the schools are creating a factory like educational system by employing standardized testing and ruling out anything that is different. The pencils used in her art work were contributed by students. The pencils formed a curtain that recreated a normal distribution, which is used in standardized testing.
Citation:
Hanus, Julie K. “Pencils Make a Point.” American Craft Council, American Craft magazine , 21 Nov. 2011, craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/pencils-make-point.
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