WASTEFUL THINKING
A CONVERSATION ABOUTTEXTILE WASTE & SOLUTIONS
Experiential Installation premiered at Black Mountain College {Re}HAPPENING 2022 on April 2, 2022
Out of sight, out of mind. How much can shove away until it bursts at the seams? Daunting as it might be, we were born to create solutions.
In these times, art will be a third voice in many conversations – we want this piece to have a voice as well. We have to take care of our Earth & each other so that we not only have the space to create, but to keep living, too.
It’s a conversation about the indirect. A conversation about how we have pushed things out of the way. How we haven’t heard all the stories or seen on all humans behind so many things that make the world go around. We are pulling things forward, sorting things out. Listening to new voices.
Often when we think about sustainability, our brains lead us straight to bamboo toothbrushes and reduce, reuse, recycle but we also hope this provokes what sustainability looks like for us as humans. How do we create better systems so that basic human rights are honored & respected? How do you rebuild communication and unlearn more than just what to do with an old t-shirt? Outdated policies? Harmful systems? Our wish is that you harness your creativity to take what we’ve shoved away and bring it back out to make something different.
To carry on the legacy of Black Mountain College – to use what we have, to create, and to inspire others to do the same – is the greatest gift. Long Live the Artist.
DO NOTHING WITHOUT INTENTION
A special thanks to our crew of talented artist & friends:
Honey Simone
Maxwell Sauls
Devyn Vasquez
Julianna Chioma
Wyatt Roper
Allyson Seifert
Dani Giannone
Glenda Romualdo
Roxanne Snider
Garnet Fisher
