Trash Trap

by Laurene Ifergan

Inspiration from Environmental Artists

• ATM (Artful Trash Management) and RiverCubes

• Trashformaciones• Nico van Hoorn• Steve Bradley

ATM and RiverCubes

Trashformaciones

Nico van Hoorn: Trashlog

Nico van Hoorn: Crime Scene

Van Hoorn explains: “As an artist I am not living in an ivory tower, I am aware of things that bother me that I would like to change,the idea of ‘Illegal Trash Dumping Is a Crime’ really needed to be worked out, so I made a crime scene out of what (trash) came across me and I took photographs of it” (Morgan, 2008). Like van Hoorn, littering bothers me and I would like to promote a change in this behavior. At this point I thought there should be a direct message on my environmental art piece like the crime scene ribbon on van Hoorn’s piece.

Steve Bradley

Steve Bradley: <net>deposit

List of steps and sketch of Trash Trap

1. Collect as much trash as possible in large garbage bags using rubber gloves.

2. Buy a net that the trash can be easily attached to.

3. Secure net to a couple trees not too high at eye level.

4. Attach trash to the net making a web of trash.

5. Make a sign indicating that all the trash was found on this day in the streets of Allston.

Trash Collecting

Attaching the screening

Securing the litter to the screening