Monday, October 24, 2011

plastic!

Today a girl at the cash of Coles supermarket asked me if I want double amount of bags!

These are notes from todays brainstorming and thinking things related to plastic and our project:
Today we argreed that we're going to use plastic(s) as our material.

We are experimenting and trying different techniques with cups, straws and plastic bags.
We'll meet up in 3 days and see the results and then decide which way we're going.














Here are some topics of our conversation:


plastic bags are now banned in many countries but not yet in Australia


recycling

making a performance or a performative sculpture, interaction with the shape, changing or moving shape(s)

two sides, something revealing when you look closer or when you look the shape from another side, the variation in the shape

cheap vs expensive

the feel of the material

use of plastic for hygienic reasons, multi packaging

garbage mountains, the plastic ending up to the animals, seas and nature

to be surrounded by plastic

polypropylen plastic in australian money


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Interesting blog posts and use of the material:

Pascale Marthine Tayou and his installation of plastic bags
http://21cblog.com/behind-the-scenes-pascale-marthine-tayou-plastic-bags-2001%E2%80%9310/





Tara Donovans installation of plastic cups:




Olafur Eliassons interesting installations with light and space:





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