Dancing rubbish
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Litter can manifest a poetic side - think of the plastic bag being tossed by the wind in the film American Beauty. Sir, you dropped something! collects litter with the help of the wind and sends it in a big glass tube. The rubbish gets sucked up into the tube and performs a dance on a current of air for the person who’s just dropped it on the street. This piece calls attention to a problem (and to individuals who contribute to it) at the same time as it makes something temporarily beautiful from it. By David Graas who seem to favour garbage: Afval Herwaardering Station (Garbage Revaluation Station). Sir, you dropped something! is one of the entries of Positive Alarm, an open call to designers to send statements, products and projects that turn something negative into a positive message or solution. Related: Rubbish drawing. |
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There’s also a long established ‘Artists in Residence’ project organised by Norcal Waste Systems ( a.k.a. Sunset Scavenger / Golden Gate Disposal ) – all the artworks are created by local artists, and formed from, based on, and inspired by rubbish from San Francisco’s waste stream – to which the artists get ‘unlimited access’.
See:
http://www.sfrecyclinganddisposal.com/AIR/pdf/brochure0305.pdf