Thursday, February 9, 2012

Spiriting Waste

During the Sowing Seeds International Artist in Residence Camp at Gelawas Village, Rajasthan, India I developed the following 2 projects in my ongoing visual research series: For A World Without WasteMany thanks to Sowing Seeds, the Kaman Art Foundation and the Asia:NZ Foundation.

1. ‘Spiriting Waste’  / Performance and video project with Asharam Kumar and a sacred village cow / Materials: 400 solar powered LED lights, 4 general waste rubbish bags, assorted tape and welcome necklaces. Dec 2011 - Jan 2012.
Photographer: Vagaram Choudhary
2. ‘For A World Without Waste’ / ‘Gelawas Project’ and ‘Farewell Installation’ / Materials: 160 reusable rubbish bags, village plastic clean up action. Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Images courtesy of Brydee Rood 2012