Final Installation

Installation impressions

individual application research

A homeless guy from china, who got famous in fashion world for    his "look" and attitude. Next to it is a piece of D&G, inspired by him. Also Vivienne Westwood had a collection inspired by homeless people.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1081045/Bubble-wrap-baby-The-tiny-premature-child-kept-alive-little-packaging.html

Bubble wrap beeing used in hospitals --> insolation

 Artist / Dancer Meghan Snow, wrapping her feet in bubble wrap and dance with them.

http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/2010/09/ohio-artist-with-ld-combines-dance.html

concept

NAME OF THE INSTALLATION: Disposable
GROUP: plastic fantastic

The installation work is constructed from disposable common object(s) of everyday life. By transforming an ordinary object, a plastic cup, into a visual and physical installation and using it in a new context we are changing the meaning of the original object. The installation uncover unexpected qualities of the material. It invites to look closer for the most obvious things which we take granted for.

Transforming the plastic cup into a hexagram to create hyperbolic space we’re presenting the growing consuption of plastics. Like hyperbolic space the over-comsuption of disposable materials is increasing: in terms of infinity the use of material is expanding and growing. We are culturally drawn to certain habits that do not promote sustainable lifestyles. ”a pattern of over-consumption leads to inevitable environmental degradation and the eventual loss of resource bases.” (Wikipedia) Plastic is a material that should not be taken for granted nor to be used careless in disposable objects. With our work we are questioning if these every-day materials should be appreciated more and to be used more effictively?

Plastic is present every where in our surroundings; we’re so used to plastic that we don’t notice it or appreciate it. It’s every where in our environment, even so much that it has become a natural thing for us. Our society is depended on plastic and it’s impossible for to live with out it. Plastic cups used for the final installation are made of Polypropylene which is one of the most common plastics used today. PP is a type of fibre which is mainly plastic but can also be found as fabric. It has a high hardness, strength and consistency compared to other plastics yet it’s still light. Because it’s imperishable character it’s a material that the world ’s literally built around. Polymer is also used in the Australian banknotes.

The original inspiration came from nature; honeycombs which bees naturally produce when they are storing in the gathered nectar are hyperbolic. The six sided combs are connected on the sides and the saddle points to each other and if not fixed together could be moved into any direction. Bees are able to build and adapt their honeycombs to any shape and it makes surfaces of their beehives very flexible. Also the principle of a nearly infinite possibility of growth in any direction reflects the hyperbolic form. The character of the installation reminiscent of geological or biological forms mimicking the way of nature, the way things grow. Its has a subtle character: gentle waves that suggest an artificial surface that mimics nature. It’s natural but artificial at the same time.

We are creating a form which is transformative to show the different sides of the use of plastic. Creating a 3d space that is interactive and changeable we want to show the variety of the use of plastic and bring attencion to its negative and positive sides. Our aim is to create a surrounding and tranformative closed space to visualise how we’re surrounded by plastic. The installation work invites closer looking and bigger thinking about the everyday materials that surround us. Transparency of the object is our relation to plastic: we know we’re consuming it but we don’t acknowledge the consiquenses.

My individual work --> Linnea.

Plastic bottles becomes life jackets.
In connections with floots Thiland they made life jackets for the civilians out of plastic bottles.

http://www.ywamthai.org/news/infocus/3140-rice-bags-plastic-bottles-and-a-piece-of-string.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIptPq-I5ws

I find the idea of transforming somthing old into something that can saft lifes very intersting. How to transform somthing old not just into somthing new, but into somthing that can safe lifes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQgOL7t9i0

Bodi Bill - "What"

Beautiful video with great colours etc. and sounds that remind me of bubbles/ bursting bubbles, which reminds me as well of our final installation :) check it out

Process

idea sketches sketches from the process

these sketches were done during the whole process. They are our discussions about the concept, ideas behind our work, thinking on different materials we could use and the final form, the movement with in the installation, the growing element of the sculpture.

-Sanna

one liter of light in a plastic bottle and a house made from plastic botlles

Recycling and plastic waste is a major problem in the developing countries. I found interesting point of views and solutions for re-use of the material that we take granted for.

Sang Litrong Liwanag - one liter of light

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

Inspiring example how this common everyday material usually considered to be waste is solving a problem effectively and an sustainable way. A house build from plastic bottles filled with sand in Sabon Yelwan village in Nigeria.

In Nigeria population with over 160 million people more than 3 million plastic bottles are consumed and thrown away every day. Costs of building a house from these 14 000 recycled plastic bottles is 1/4 of a one made from bricks or other commonly used building materials.

how other artists use plastic or recycled materials in their work