SKIRMISHER

It is a salient character of our modern age that the producers of things we consume make their products easily disposable, making us a species driven by a “bigger-better-newer obsession.”

In San Francisco’s Artist in Residence program, artists are given “permission to dig through Bay Area residents’ trash to find beauty and create art.” And this year, featuring artists Sudhu Tewari and Nome Edonna, it’s all about “e-waste”

For four months, Edonna and Tewari spent 20 to 40 hours a week at the city dump, wading through discarded motherboards, electric toasters, ancient CRT monitors, and other gadgets galore, looking for materials for their projects.

The process of inspiration can be “serendipitous” or more random, said Tewari, who’s also a musician, educational toymaker and former computer programmer. “There’s so much stuff here,” he said, that he easily lost himself for hours at a time, hopping from one mound of cast-offs to the next, pulling out eye-catching treasures. Sometimes it meant dodging forklifts and bulldozers to claim the gems that got his creative juices flowing. “If you’ve got a pile you’re really into, (the forklift drivers) will give you a break,” Tewari said jokingly.

For some reason, one fine “goat-driven” art project comes to mind.

via CNET

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