re-orienting
2019
plastic bags, cord, turf-grass, plastic chairs, 14'x16'x9'
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
Plastic bags are commonly given out by stores to carry ones purchases and often times they are discarded or recycled after being used once in the United States. Single use plastic items can be found everywhere from cups and utensils to packaging. The energy and resources to recycle these plastics is tremendous and I am questioning how to bring awareness to the accumulation of these materials in our world and how our desires for convenience and control, influence how we value and perceive the natural world. China had been the largest recycler of our plastics and as of now (2018) are no longer taking the worlds plastics. This generated questions of where will our plastics go and what becomes of them after they are used? Can we decrease our use of single-use items and packaging? This piece aims to transform materials with inherent meanings into unexpected forms, like plastic bags into a tapestry, in order to question our human curiosity, empathy, and potential for change.
2019
plastic bags, cord, turf-grass, plastic chairs, 14'x16'x9'
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
Plastic bags are commonly given out by stores to carry ones purchases and often times they are discarded or recycled after being used once in the United States. Single use plastic items can be found everywhere from cups and utensils to packaging. The energy and resources to recycle these plastics is tremendous and I am questioning how to bring awareness to the accumulation of these materials in our world and how our desires for convenience and control, influence how we value and perceive the natural world. China had been the largest recycler of our plastics and as of now (2018) are no longer taking the worlds plastics. This generated questions of where will our plastics go and what becomes of them after they are used? Can we decrease our use of single-use items and packaging? This piece aims to transform materials with inherent meanings into unexpected forms, like plastic bags into a tapestry, in order to question our human curiosity, empathy, and potential for change.