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bardicspirit · 4 months
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I welcomed the new year with a painted rock 🪨
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monikahmakes · 2 months
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Metamorph II
Mixed media including recycled paper (my own junk mail and debris), cedarwood (remnants from a mill), and brass (scraps from a manufacturer).
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Teresa Murak, 'Silencing the storm', 1985/2016, photo by M. Musiał @abwwia
The artist is the most important representative of land art in Poland. She was born in 1949 in Kiełczewice. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1976) via culture pl
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knithacker · 1 year
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Friends in Los Angeles, this is show is a must-see!
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eco-diary-by-poli · 23 days
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Agnieszka Brzeżańska, "Bez tytułu", 2011, c-print, 21,8 x 16,3 cm, fot. Agnieszka Brzeżańska / dzięki uprzejmości Galerie Kamm
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kiapickeringart · 2 years
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Here’s a zine I made about sea otters, and the poster that folds out from the inside!
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mask-of-pan · 1 year
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littlegreenlog · 2 years
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sciencestyled · 6 days
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When Mother Nature Met Picasso: A Tale of Trash, Treasure, and Trippy Terrariums
Alright, class, buckle up and sip your overpriced, triple-shot, no-foam lattes because today we’re diving headfirst into the mad world of eco-art in environmental education. It’s like if Banksy and Bill Nye had a baby that was really into compost. Imagine turning your old, sad flip-flops and last year's iPhone into a modern masterpiece. It’s not crazy—it’s eco-art!
First off, let’s address the elephant in the room—or should I say, the recycled plastic elephant sculpture that’s currently residing in the middle of campus. This eco-art is not your grandma’s watercolor painting of the garden—unless your grandma is using biodegradable paint on fallen leaves. These artists are the MacGyvers of the art world, turning your discarded dental floss into highbrow cultural statements about decay and renewal. Seriously, one person's trash is another’s gallery feature.
Now, the whole shebang operates on the premise that if you teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a day, but if you teach him to create an art installation from the fishing nets and plastic bottles he finds, suddenly, he’s got a sustainable business model and a feature on Vice. This is where environmental science moonwalks into art class and starts a conga line. We’re talking about projects that slap harder than a meme about Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating habits.
Consider this: someone figured out how to make gorgeous dyes from algae. Yeah, algae—the stuff you scraped off your roommate’s unwashed dishes. Now, it’s not just pond scum; it’s Pantone’s Color of the Year. And let’s not forget the sculptures in public parks made of recycled metals that look like something straight out of a Transformers movie. Instead of Optimus Prime saying, "Autobots, roll out," he’s probably like, "Recyclables, break down!"
These artworks are not only a treat for the eyes but also a nifty tool for education. Picture this: a school field trip to an art exhibit where the floor is literally lava—because the artist wants to talk about global warming. It’s a clever ruse to get kids to leap from tile to tile, dodging the ‘lava’ while learning about carbon footprints and renewable energy. They're literally jumping into action!
And for the interactive enthusiasts, imagine a VR experience where you can swim through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It’s like playing Subnautica, except it’s depressingly real and the sea creatures are judging you for your plastic use. This is how we turn apathetic Instagram scrollers into eco-warriors. They're not just double-tapping on nature pics; they're learning that every plastic straw could be the villain in a sea turtle’s survival story.
But let's zoom out for a moment. The big picture here is about merging science education and art to craft a narrative that sticks harder than the gum under your theater seat. It’s storytelling with a purpose. The same way Rick and Morty expose the absurdity of existence through burp-laden dialogues, eco-art exposes the absurdity of waste by making you stare at a chandelier made from beer bottles.
Now, if you think this all sounds a bit too idealistic, like believing you’ll actually use your gym membership, consider the alternative. A world where art is just pretty and doesn’t make you feel like you could be the hero in a Captain Planet reboot. Boring, right? So, we need this oddball fusion of creativity and environmental savvy.
So next time you’re about to throw away your Starbucks cup, think: could this be part of a mosaic in a hip downtown gallery? Could my old textbooks become an installation about the death of print media, hauntingly lit in the corner of the library? The answer should be a resounding yes, louder than the sound of influencers finding a new trend to jump on.
And as we wrap this up, remember: eco-art isn’t just about making you feel guilty for your carbon footprint. It’s about seeing potential and beauty in the discarded, the overlooked, and the everyday. It’s a conversation starter, sitting you down at the cool kids’ table and whispering, “What if saving the world was just a matter of perspective?”
So, class, as we leave today, ask yourself: Is your next project just a class assignment, or is it the seed of an eco-art piece that’ll land you on the front page of Reddit? With a hot glue gun, a vision, and a weird amount of bottle caps, you could literally build a better tomorrow—or at least a killer art project.
There, lesson adjourned! Don’t forget to recycle your thoughts—and your coffee cups!
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Sarah Sze | The Last Garden | Venice
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mrpollution · 3 months
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Trash Transformed: Urgent Eco-Art Projects for Family Fun
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2dye4neisha · 6 months
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10 Art Ideas that can be done with recycling:
Use your imagination! 1. Create a recycled sculpture using discarded materials such as plastics, metal, and paper. 2. Make a recycled mosaic artwork using discarded glass or ceramic tiles, or other materials like old buttons or bottle caps. 3. Create wall art using recycled cardboard, newspapers, or magazines. You can use these materials to create a collage or paint over them to make…
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atompowers · 6 months
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What I'm Reading: Poems on Climate Justice
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knithacker · 2 years
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Laurel Roth Hope's Crochet 'Biodiversity Reclamation Suits' for Extinct Urban Pigeons: 👉 https://buff.ly/2EpkyQp
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eco-diary-by-poli · 5 months
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OLGA ZIEMSKA, How I learned to listen, 1998
Sculpture: Conch shell, epoxy-clay, paint; Photograph: Thermal wax-transfer print
Sculpture: 5 elements, Dimension varies; Photograph: 24 in x 36 in @abwwia
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chiquitaprincesa420 · 6 months
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