ARTWORKIVISM:
"ART FOR TRASH" INITIATIVE
AIM:
to stimulate ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS and RESPONSIBILITY in the professional sphere, spreading the belief that they are pervasive and necessary in all aspects of our lives
BENEFITS:
Helping people to understand and to get into the habit of sorting out the rubbish, and recycling properly
Stimulating re-thinking by providing a different perspective on waste: our rubbish could be someone else's treasure. It could be re-used / re-purposed / upcycled (if not, ideally, reduced)
Adding some fun and teamwork spirit in the office - hopefully even pride in the result
Getting a bespoke artwork for the office in return. It will be original, eco-friendly, hopefully striking both for the message and the material, and definitely trendy!
HOW:
- Contact me! I will need to see:
- your work environment and / or the non-organic waste your office produces more often (e.g. coffee cups, teabag labels, pen caps, nails, broken pencils, empty pens, milk carton lids, safety pins, shirt pins, actimel bottles, corks, toothpaste containers, shredded papers, old business cards, ...?)
- the wall space you would like to use for the artwork (it will help deciding the size of the artwork and the amount of material needed)
- Select the items to set aside. I will give you an idea of which kinds of waste are best to collect. The criteria are likely to be availability, colour, texture, and size. But really, I love a good challenge!
- Set up a collection point / bin in the office (make sure the cleaning force knows about your project)
- Invite all staff to collect these items, until the bin(s) is/are full. This is likely to take a few weeks or months (depending on number of staff and waste efficiency)
- (team-building tip: You could set up different teams in the office: the one which collects most efficiently wins! Up to you to decide what the prize can be)
- Once ready, give the contents to me (I can come to collect if in London)
- Get the ARTWORK and hang it up!
COSTS:
The first 3 commissions will be FREE (one is already in the pipeline). After that, I will ask for a flat fee, depending on the size of the artwork, as follows:
- Up to 50x50cm - £500
- Then £800 x sqm
50% of the costs to be paid upfront (to cover costs of additional material: board/adhesive/hanging system), the balance upon receipt of the finished artwork
Lastly, PLEASE NOTE that 10% of the amount received will be donated to an environmental charity for an environmental cause: whether the "Save the Arctic" campaign by Greenpeace, the "Make your postcode 10xgreener" by Friends of the Earth, or the Jane Goodall Institute UK (to give a few examples), it will be donated either to the environmental cause which I believe to be more pressing at the time of the payment, or to the one which you most believe in (you could have a vote in the office)!