www.resource.coop/art-from-trash
Established in 1993, the ART FROM TRASH exhibition is the first and longest running exhibition of its kind and an iconic and much loved exposé of creativity. Attracting over 120 artists and 5000 visitors annually, this event has proved itself as a powerful and much needed change agent for a better future.
EXHIBITION OPENING FRIDAY 26 MAY from 6pm
with Acting Lord Mayor Ron Christie and the pasta-ifierous MAMA Rosa
We invite you to share the word of our success and champion these local initiatives of global significance … and admire the great works of art made by discarded and rejected materials.
Artists exhibiting include Jon Kudelka, Gay Hawkes, Nick Adams, Dragan Rad
EXHIBITION CLOSES 4 JUNE
Makers of all ages, styles and stages, from emerging talent to established practitioners, schools and community groups exhibit alongside each other in an exhibition of increasingly accomplished and thought-provoking works of art. The popularity and broad appeal of ART FROM TRASH continues to grow and we once again look to expand the event to keep our artists and audiences free of limitations.
Re-use Arts
In modern western culture, the things we regard as waste are the abject – abhorrent, intolerable, and quickly hidden from our view by the dissociative processes of disposal, collection and landfilling. Although they were once things of use, purpose, subjectivity and meaning, our current approach to waste means they are largely destined to be cast out of the cultural world forever. Nevertheless, the material reality of these objects remains. Buried, forgotten, and largely unseen, they cause untold pollution and disruption to ecological processes.
Re-use art presents us not with a horrific dystopian vision of this situation, but with an articulation of alternative possibilities and a celebration of the transformation of wasted things into works of cultural significance. A globally significant phenomenon, re-use art encompasses practitioners and projects such as the Mutoid Waste Company, the Museum of Contemporary Rubbish, the Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things, the Narrating Waste project and the Significant Objects project, to name but a few.
Resource Work Cooperative’s Art From Trash exhibition is a proud part of this significant body of arts practice, and approaches the subject with a community focus that situates the exhibition, and the works created therein, firmly in the social and cultural context of Tasmania.
Resource Work Cooperative
Resource Work Cooperative is a non-profit Worker’s Cooperative, established in 1993 with the goals of reducing waste, creating sustainable employment, and promoting waste minimisation in the community through creative and engaging educational projects. We operate the South Hobart Tip Shop, the Deconstruction service, the Community Pick-Up Service, and the annual Art From Trash exhibition. We also hold stalls, workshops, and community tours of our operations all year round. We have been recognised for our achievements with numerous awards over the years, including the Dr Edward Hall Environment Award, The Small Business Sustainability Award, and the Minister’s Choice Award in the Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence.
Lucinda Toynbee Wilson
