Review of Garbology by Edward Humes Chapter 9

In this chapter, Humes presents information in which trash is being utilized as art. Trash as art? Well, it may seem weird at first, but is quite interesting. In 1990, A.I.R. in Southside San Francisco was considered, "the dump with the art studios". For instance, Composer Nathaniel Stookey in his art, Junkestra, he conducted the San Francisco Symphony in which they played instruments made out of trash. Andrew Junge created a super-realistic life-sized Hummer made of plastic foam. In San Francisco's central Recycle Center, an architectural centerpiece created by Hector Dio Mendoza, was a seventeen foot tall tree constructed out of paper. Within each piece of art, each piece definitely symbolized not only how much waste we dispose, but not comprehending the creativity we could have with our trash. Another artist named Jo Hanson, suggested that the trash company sponsor artists in order to advance the arts and educate public waste. You would think at first it's easy for artists to go through piles of trash and pick up anything they wanted, but honestly it isn't true. Sometimes they see what people consider "trash", but are actually treasured items. Humes' purpose of this chapter, in my opinion, would be how to not necessarily make less waste, but see how our trash can be used to create things that would seem impossible. Now, I have more appreciation for art.