Bodies of Trash on Bodies of Water: Thanks!! It was a blast

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Thanks!! It was a blast

Our performance was a real party.

I want to give a huge thank-you to everyone who came to help out and make it so special. I'm posting a bunch of pictures below of all the crazy happenings.

We were out there all day both Saturday and Sunday and it was a freak show. The festival itself was wonderful. There were all kinds of nutcases who did all kinds of silly projects, and also a lot of really good art.

In addition to the bodies, which came out pretty well, our other sculptures were really nice. A number of both friends and strange strangers came and did work with the trash we had provided.

The shoes that Kate picked-up on Tench Island were a really powerful statement about ocean trash.

This picture is when I got a bit carried away. I was telling somebody that my "artistic vision" required the bodies to be further out in the river. Kate caught me out on it, and somebody captured it on film.

Here are few highlight pictures. Thanks to the people who sent them to me:

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Project Proposal Text

Title: Bodies of Trash on Bodies of Water

The oceans of the world are being choked in trash discarded by careless people. This exhibit is designed to raise awareness about trash in the sea with a disturbing and stimulating sight of floating bodies along with piles of trash that was actually removed from the water. There will be two distinct components to the work.

Land/Sculpture Component:

Trash recovered from the harbor will be incorporated into ad-hoc, impromptu sculpture exhibits by the artists. The general public will be encouraged to make their own sculptures or add to the existing sculptures. Through interacting with the trash, participants will relate to the items; through recognizing common consumer items that they have used throughout their lives, they will realize their possible role in contributing to the trash in local waterways and, by extension, consider their responsibility as consumers to limit their contribution to this problem.

Assorted trash removed from the ocean will be available for the sculptures. All items will be safe for people to handle. Trash will be made free of sharp items, food items, and unhygienic materials. Most trash brought in for the piece will be plastic or foam in origin such as bottles, toys, ropes, buoys, and shoes. A huge amount of strange objects can be found on a casual beachwalk. A recent beach trash performance featured a mobile made from a duck decoy body, with a doll’s head and arms, suspended by rope from a lobster pot, with a pendant made from a child’s game. (see picture).

All of the artwork will be created from actual trash found in the ocean and brought to the island. At the end of the performance all of the trash will be removed to be buried in landfills.

Water/Performance Component:

A floating community of bodies will be towed by kayaks in the water, the bodies can be viewed from the walkway/bikepath that surrounds the island.

The bodies will consist of discarded clothes that are stuffed with floating trash and objects collected from the New York Harbor. Everything in the exhibit will be made from trash. Unfortunately there are beaches all around the city that are overflowing with plastic bottles, Styrofoam floats, crab trap buoys, flip flops, etc etc…

The bodies will be tightly sown shut, with just a 2-liter bottle or Lobster Float for a head. No new trash will be introduced to the water and at the end of the exhibit all of the bodies will be interred in a landfill in a non-denominational ceremony.

Volunteer expert kayakers will tow the bodies around. Nothing will be anchored or left to drift in the water. A certified professional kayak guide will be on hand at all times to supervise.

Bodies of Trash on Bodies of Water

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Thanks!! It was a blast

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