Never before has been such ABUNDANCE. As José Luis Pardo said in his talk named Never was trash so beautiful: “Book One of Marx’s ‘The Capital’ opens thus: ‹‹The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as “an immense accumulation of commodities”››. Today, we would have to say […]
When we take off our feet from the floor, extraordinary things happen. When we get out from this ground we are used to stay, we also get out from our confort space and we notice thing we usually don´t notice. We open the dors and windows of learning. This is the aim of ‘Gatos’, an […]
Chainwork Reverted is an audiovisual project on consumption, waste and recycling. The shopping cart is chosen as symbol of consumption that relates buyers and recyclers, the transport of newly-purchased products and materials salvaged from trash. The consumer is a key part in this mechanism, which extends the production chain to the landfill. Consumption and waste […]
The exhibition ‘Urban Provocations’, organized by SESC (Brazilian Commerce Chamber Social Service) in Sao Paulo, put together heterogeneus works related to city contemporary penhomenons as ‘right to city’, public space or equal right to play. ‘City for Children Under 99 Years Old’ is the interactive installation designed by Basurama with reused metal barrels and advertisement […]
Second collaboration stage with Escuela Ideo. “Improving the orchard of Escuela Ideo”. March 2016. Click here for more pictures of the project. Click here to see the first stage. As part of Basurama line of work “Autocoles”, that tackles transformation proccesses in school´s yards. -and the informal education that comes with it-, several construction workshops about setting up […]
more photos One of the main problem that Taipei city is facing today in relation with city development and urban planning is that common infrastructures such as playgrounds and other public spaces are been replaced by new ones made by plastic and with same pattern and same style. We have identified several citizen movements against […]
A cardboard mountain with the shaped of a Christmas tree, which objective is to visualize overconsumption. The tree was illuminated by pedaling in several bikes of CiclaLab. The TreeTrash was exhibited from 22 December 2015 to 4 January 2016 in Madrid City Council. In Madrid tons of cardboard are discarded daily. The streets of the […]
During 2015 we have been developing an important creative line of work based on reused cardboard. We carry out several workshops, covering both formative and experimental aspects, with this waste material. The cardboard used in these workshops was harvested from Trash Safaris around the city, gathering the material from the main commercial streets. Cardboard is […]
more photos We are what we throw away! Our trash defines us, it is the shadow of what we are, part of our memory. During three months the Gulbenkian Foundation and Museum have carefully collected all inorganic waste produced, both by its employees and visitors. From the tips of the pencils, to bottle caps, […]
Invited to the exhibition “Haushalten in den Meisterhäusern: Wie leben wir morgen gesund und wirtschaftlich?” (“Householding” in the Master houses: how we will live healthy and economically tomorrow?) the first exhibition of contemporary interventions happening at the houses that Gropius designed for the teachers of the Bauhaus in Dessau. It was open from June, 12th […]