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The Story of Stuff has been subject to public discussion, especially after The New York Times published a front-page article about the video on May 10, 2009. [20] Even before The New York Times article, The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook pointed to The Story of Stuff as a successful portrayal of the problems with the consumption cycle, [21] and Greyson (2008) says it is an engaging attempt ...
The IX International "From Waste to Art" exhibition took place on May 27, 2024, in Baku, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and supported by Temiz Sheher OJSC, the IDEA Public Association, the Office of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve ‘Icherisheher,’ and the Q Gallery art gallery.
Aina Onabolu was born in Ijebu-Ode in 1882. [1] His father was a successful merchant and his mother was also a trader. He started painting at the early age of 12, inspired by the cheap re-produced illustrations of Western arts which were prominent in many Nigerian magazines and religious books.
Waste Not (Chinese: 物尽其用; pinyin: Wù jìn qí yòng) is an exhibit by Chinese artist Song Dong that displays over 10,000 domestic objects formerly owned by his late mother, who refused to throw anything away if she could possibly reuse it. She had suffered poverty during China's turmoil in the 1950s and 1960s and had acquired a habit ...
In 1992, she testified in front of the US Congress on the topic of international waste trafficking. [3] The work of Greenpeace and other organizations led to the 1992 Basel Convention, an international treaty to protect less developed countries from the dumping of hazardous waste by transnational corporations based in developed countries. [5]
Marina is included in the Bondi Story Room, [54] which is owned and managed by the Waverley Council. DeBris also partners or works with various anti-pollution organizations, such as Friends of Ballona Wetlands , [ 51 ] 5 Gyres , [ 55 ] RuckusRoots , [ 56 ] the United Nations Special Assembly on Climate Change [ 57 ] Heal the Bay [ 58 ] and ...
Joseph Cornell Untitled (Dieppe) c. 1958, Museum of Modern Art, (New York City).. Cornell's most characteristic art works were boxed assemblages created from found objects. These are simple shadow boxes, usually fronted with a glass pane, in which he arranged eclectic fragments of photographs or Victorian bric-a-brac, in a way that combines the formal austerity of Constructivism with the ...
Ladi Kwali or Ladi Dosei Kwali, OON NNOM, MBE (c. 1925 – 12 August 1984) [1] was a Nigerian potter, ceramicist and educator. [2]Ladi Kwali was born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was an indigenous occupation among women. [3]