Junkyard Art: The Art of Recycling
Erik Demaine, Jeff Smith, Justin Adams, Martin Demaine
Mon Jan 10 thru Fri Jan 14, 12am-05:00pm, N51 Plaster Studio
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Hands-on activity to learn about and create works of art from discarded objects. Interactive lecture/video/slideshow by artist Jeff Smith on his art, the ethics methods of collecting discarded objects, and processes he uses to create art from found or discarded objects. Object hunting at MIT and throughout Cambridge, collaborating on projects and ideas, and creating a work of art from found objects. Goals: to use art as inspiration to recycle, reuse and conserve resources, and to challenge the imagination. Collaborate on new ways to think about our discards and make an important statement on ubiquitious wastefulness witnessed and overlooked. Reception/Display open to MIT Community. Tools provided. Bring one found item to first class. Also spons. by CSAIL and LFE.
Web: http://theory.csail.mit.edu/classes/junkyardart
Contact: junkyardart@theory.csail.mit.ed
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Environmental Programs Office
Latest update: 13-Dec-2004
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