Recycling Alter

Chris Givens

Recycling Alter

I’ve been interested in appropriated or found art lately, I made an installation of leaves hanging from fishing line, and soon plan on creating furniture out of found objects outside. So while contemplating those projects in my room I look over at my recycling bin, over flowing, what could fit a Dia de Los Muertos assignment better than recycling, it is a modern day functional alter to death an rebirth in everyday life. You may try and pass this off as trash, an everyday object but, we are in a green movement now a days, where people show off and try and be greener than the next guy. Recycling logos are all over the place, restaurants and other establishments advertise that they recycle and reuse, and recycling bins are scattered around everywhere in shades of bright green and blue, they are almost just as much for show, as they are for their utility. As a society we tend to these alters daily; we give them or old, they come back as new, as a functional alter to reusability they succeed in spurring a green movement. They stand for more than a band wagon to hop on, each object that enters enters with a small death, and represents rebirth in a digestible and practical sense that we can grasp in our daily lives [plastic, glass, and metal leave and come back in new forms], it is truly a functional realistic alter for Dia De Los Muertos.