Trash Project Sikkim
Sculpture-Painting Project, 2011
"Modern life has given us great comfort and convenience. But the same comfort and convenience has made us forgetful, and worst yet, disconnected from the mass amount of trash we create on a daily basis. of course it seems absurd to ask anyone to live in our own junk, but not knowing where our trash go has created the mind set that they all just disappear. well, hate to break it to you, they don’t disappear.” - Mike HJ Chang
Artist-Colleague Mike HJ Chang did a performance, Personal Trash Project, which involved carrying his personal trash for 60 days to come face to face with his own environmental accountability and to promote how much junk humans create. An extension of of this work involved installing a "Not-Trash Can" at LASALLE College of the Arts to complement a performance piece where Chang talked about food and the waste that comes with food packaging, and cumulated in a public trial on the crimes of our food.
Being inspired by the "Not-Trash Can", the trash project was taken to India, in a collaboration with Chang with the Sikkim Global Outreach Project, with the idea conceptually changed according to the community there - The trash cans there are to promote a cleaner school environment.
Three trash cans were built out of wood, then decorated by the children at the local school in a painting project. The wooden trash boxes protect the plastic bags from been torn apart by dogs and other animals, and also gives the kids a sense of ownership to the trash they produce, as well as to educate them about keeping their forest environment clean.
Being inspired by the "Not-Trash Can", the trash project was taken to India, in a collaboration with Chang with the Sikkim Global Outreach Project, with the idea conceptually changed according to the community there - The trash cans there are to promote a cleaner school environment.
Three trash cans were built out of wood, then decorated by the children at the local school in a painting project. The wooden trash boxes protect the plastic bags from been torn apart by dogs and other animals, and also gives the kids a sense of ownership to the trash they produce, as well as to educate them about keeping their forest environment clean.
Mike HJ Chang's website
Blog post about Trash Project Sikkim by Chang
Sikkim Global Outreach Project 2011
Blog post about Trash Project Sikkim by Chang
Sikkim Global Outreach Project 2011
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