I have been thinking about sifting through trash (don't know what kind of trash yet) and letting it tell me a story. Interestingly enough, I am way behind on my house chores so maybe this is an opportune time! I know all of this sounds sick but let's just concentrate on the possibilities... the rich visual narrative that trash can tell.
I just took out the trash and recyclables, in hopes of some inspiration. Given the icky-sticky hot summer we've been having, trash is at its most fierce, so the thought of sifting through heaps of it in hopes of finding a story is upsetting. I think I just got a hive.
Great blog Christine! Found it via twitter. It's motivating me to write in my blog again http://lepouletfrit.posterous.com
ReplyDeleteMy trash says I like Nongshim products way too much. Anyway, this post made me think about Chris Jordan and his albatross project. He took photos of dead albatross carcasses on a remote island in the pacific. They were dying from ingesting drifting plastic. The "story" isn't that deep but the idea of bird/flesh as container and the indelible nature of plastic trash was interesting to me. There's a couple videos online of the project and the photos can easily be found on google image search.
-eric