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Inflatable Bag Monsters Arise from New York Subways

Rhonda Winter — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:07:56 +0000

Innovative artist Joshua Allen Harris has created a menagerie of inflatable monsters that are ephemeral, whimsical and utterly delightful. All of his different creatures are made from old plastic bags, and magically come to life from the air generated by New York city subway vent exhaust.

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Steven Psyllos interviewed Harris recently for New York magazine to discuss his inspiration, artistic process, and to unveil a new animated plastic bag beast; the video was shot by Jonah Green.

Trash into Treasure: Reuse and Upcycle your way to a SMART Future

Kelly Rand — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:30:53 +0000

Adventure Ecology is taking to the sea and setting sail from San Fransisco and heading to Australia. The catch? Their boat is made from water bottles. How cool is that? They are also teaming up with Sculpt the Future Foundation to challenge you to come up with something just as awesome to do with trash.

So get your thinking caps on, brush up on your upcycling and take that trash and turn it into treasure for the SMART Art ‘Trash into Treasure’ competition. Your sculpture, functional item, photograph, video or music could net you fame and fortune, or a winning cash prize, as long as you can show reuse.

Google’s Project ‘10 to the 100th’ Deadline Is Oct. 20

Adam Williams — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:57:31 +0000

Google is holding a Project “10 to the 100th” competition to offer opportunity to all of the unknown geniuses out there who have something world-altering to contribute.Serve up an idea that can improve the planet for the most people you can imagine.

It’s simple to submit an idea online. Check some boxes, fill out some blanks and click the “Submit” button before Oct. 20 to participate.

Source: Google

Solar Poetry

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:53:08 +0000

Light passing through the One Day Poem Pavilion’s perforations creates a poem that changes according to the solar calendar. During the summer solstice, the poem is about “new life”. During the winter solstice, the poem’s theme is the “reflection and the passing of time.” Each hour, a new line of the poem is revealed by the passage of the sun.

Via: Monster-Munch