John Coltrane once said, “You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.” By that he meant a true artist can see art anywhere and be inspired by anything, including the trash bag. As we produce more garbage and expand our cities we’ll certainly being seeing a lot more of it. Thankfully some creative people are teaching us to see beauty in trash bags, both by using the ubiquitous black bag as a material in projects and redesigning the bag itself. Check out six of our favorites after the jump.
Berlin artist Nils Völker has created a wall of 108 supermarket bags controlled by a computer to create what he called One Hundred and Eight. Originally he was aiming to create a “screen” of bags. “I thought I could use it to display words or video. But it’s just 108 pixels,” he said. When asked whether the work was a critique of consumer culture, Nils responded, “There’s no message. I just think it’s very cool.” It sounds like the ocean to us.
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wonderful!
Trash bag art = creative. Trash bag art using biodegradable bags = creative art I can get behind.
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