art » Sift BlogPosts Tagged ‘art’Favourite Christmas PicksMonday, December 20th, 2010 by Admin Source - ReNest Recycled Star Craft Last week got away from us and we forgot to post the Friday Faves we normally do so here they are now:
Joanna Langford – Art out of WasteMonday, July 12th, 2010 by Admin
Joanna Langford – Up from the plainlands (detail) 2009. Recycled plastic bags, bamboo skewers, sushi grass, 12 volt LED lights, fans and electrical wiring. Commissioned for Brought to Light: A New View of the Collection 2009. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Jonathan Smart Gallery. Local Waste Art – Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space ChristchurchWednesday, April 7th, 2010 by AdminEvery couple of years for the past decade or so the Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space opens in Christchurch for a number of weeks showcasing “contempory art in public space” by a large and diverse group of artists from around the world. In the past they have showcased art works that have highlighted waste and/or sustainability issues and as we have showcased international waste artists before we thought it would be nice to see what has been showcased in New Zealand. In 2006 Happy Happy by Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa was positioned under the trees in the serene and picturesque Christchurch Botanical Gardens (lovely spot). It was an interactive piece that asked the public to bring in objects made of plastic in bright colours and attach them to a wire cage. The art was about recognising the number and types of synthetic elements in our lives, our plastic consumption and the “rapidly changing aspects of industrialised and consumer economies”. You can read more about the artwork here.  Happy Happy (2006) Choi Jeong-Hwa  Happy Happy (2006) Choi Jeong-Hwa In 2008 Tea Mäkipää produced an artwork called Petrol Engine Memorial Park that “honours” the oil and petrol industries and the impact that they have had on the environment and human beings. You can read more here. This artwork was in the Christchurch Art Centre and included an old car covered in vines as well as memorial plaques placed to highlight our species ability to be destructive both to ourselves, our environment and others. Not strictly a waste related artwork it still had strong environmental, sustainable living and human survival messaging.
 Tea Mäkipää, PETROL ENGINE MEMORIAL PARK: For Mouring the Oil Era and its Victims
 Tea Mäkipää, PETROL ENGINE MEMORIAL PARK: For Mouring the Oil Era and its Victims  Tea Mäkipää, PETROL ENGINE MEMORIAL PARK: For Mouring the Oil Era and its Victims  Tea Mäkipää, PETROL ENGINE MEMORIAL PARK: For Mouring the Oil Era and its Victims Tea Mäkipää, PETROL ENGINE MEMORIAL PARK: For Mouring the Oil Era and its Victims – images by Brendan Lee and copyright Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Friday FavouritesFriday, March 26th, 2010 by Admin No Frills Just Refills - WWF NZ Eco-Competition Winners It’s been rather a busy one this week. Lots of projects on the going that lets SIFT continue on its journey of being a catalyst for change in reducing how much of our waste goes here. But, from around the world, there have come up some inspiring, interesting, informative, innovative and impactful ideas including these:
Friday FavouritesFriday, February 12th, 2010 by Admin Source: Flickr Zenkatydid Here are a few good links that we have come across over the past week that you might be interested in:
e-waste art from artist Chris JordanThursday, January 21st, 2010 by AdminWhile looking for some images of e-waste art from around the world I came across artist Chris Jordan. His work is thought provoking and makes you feel a little ill at the massive amounts of consumption. The below images are from his Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption. He has just completed a new book called Running the Numbers which looks at the collective consumer behaviours of Americans. New Zealander’s collectively don’t consume anywhere near the same levels as the US but we do consume and for some products in the hundreds of thousands (and millions for cell phones). And where does it all go when it is no longer wanted? When it becomes waste?  Chris Jordan Circuit Boards Atlanta 2004 via Inhabitat  Chris Jordan Cell Phone Chargers Atlanta 2004 via Inhabitat
 Chris Jordan Cell Phones 2007, Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones disposed of in the US every day.  Chris Jordan Cell Phones 2007 Partial Zoom  Chris Jordan Cell Phones 2007 Actual Size E-Waste Competition WinnersWednesday, January 20th, 2010 by AdminJust before Christmas we chose the winners of our e-waste competition. For the most sustainable/commercial category the winner is Alan Leifting from Christchurch. His idea was to modify cell phone battery chargers so they can be used as DC power supplies for other electronic products.  SIFT CEO Linda Norris with e-waste competition winner Alan Leifting. And the winner of the most artistic/creative category was Jo Wynne who won our artistic/creative category for our last competition. Jo entered two really cool 3D pieces of art made from old electronic equipment. Our favourite is the one on she is holding. Love the copper elements mixed with black and silver and hanging down on wire.  SIFT CEO Linda Norris with e-waste competition winner Jo Wynne.  Jo Wynne's e-waste art Both winners received a 2008 iPod Nano which they were super pleased with. A nice end to the year. Awesome art from WasteMonday, November 30th, 2009 by AdminVia the lovely and informative blog Fake Plastic Fish we stumbled across the best bit of art from waste we have seen for a long time. As we have put the call out to Cantabarians on entering our e-waste competition which includes an artistic category it is interesting to see what others are doing. There is a great interview with Dianna Cohen on the Fake Plastic Fish blog about her work with plastics, cardboard, styrofoam and even plastic ties. But here are some photos of her arwork (via Fake Plastic Fish) and check out her website for more great photos.  Dianna Cohen via Fake Plastic Fish  Dianna Cohen via Fake Plastic Fish  Dianne Cohen via Fake Plastic Fish |
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