Week 14

Idea #13: Art can be sustainable?

My idea was to show that there are things that will always have to be thrown away and you will have to renew some stuff that you use in your daily life.

The materials that I used was my dad’s old tv, an empty box of the new toilet that we had installed, an old heater, cardboard that I had to fold in order to make it look more artistic, plastic bags that were full of random stuff, old water gallon jugs, and the recycling bin to use as a stand to make sure that everything could stay in place.

I think that my piece was able to express my idea because I had to use a lot of old stuff and other stuff that we were throwing away and so using thrown away things to represent my idea that everything can go to waste was a good way of showing this idea.

The choice of materials influenced the experience of my artwork by making it fun because me and my family had to kind of clean the house and the backyard to get the thrown away stuff and it was fun that we did something together.

A kiss should last as long as your significant other wants.

A great meal should last until your whole family has a fun conversation together.

A work of art should last as long as it influences other people.

A marriage should last until death do us part.

A human life should last until the human has made his/her dream come true and is satisfied with all the things that he/she has done.

The fact that some things, like ephemeral artworks and human lives, have a finite lifespan and then are gone in a heartbeat does make a difference in how we experience them because it makes us want to spend more time with these things because we know that they disappear from our lives in the blink of an eye.

Other things, like clean water, air, and land should not be sustainable and long lasting because if that happens then we as humans will take everything for granted and never fully appreciate these things.

One person, like me, cannot make a difference in a global problem like Climate Change because everyone has to come together in order to make a positive change in the world and a single person will always need help from others in order to achieve such a great feat.