participatory installation

Founder/Worker

August 6, 2013 by Max Liboiron

Founder/Worker, 2011 Trash, mixed media Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, Bronx, NY, USA Rule of interaction: When you build something for the city, you can either have your name recorded as a founder of the city, or you can be paid $5 as an anonymous worker. In Founder/Worker, visitors are invited to build part of a miniature New York City out of trash. Participants can them make a choice about what kind of credit they’d like for their […]

Categories: Art • Tags: alternative economy, community art, cultural capital, New York City, participatory art, participatory installation, trash art, volunteer art

New York Trash Exchange (NYTE)

August 5, 2013 by Max Liboiron

New York Trash Exchange (NYTE), 2010 Trash, mixed media AC Institute, New York, NY Rule of exchange: You can take anything at any time if you make and leave something for the city. The New York Trash Exchange (NYTE) is meant to mimic the New York Stock Exchange, but rather than trading money and debt, the Trash Exchange exchanges landmarks made of trash. Gallery visitors were invited to take any piece of the art during the exhibit as long as […]

Categories: Art • Tags: art as urban planning, exchange art, landmark, participatory art, participatory installation, urban planning art

Material Afterlife

August 5, 2013 by Max Liboiron

Material Afterlife: Circulation, 2009-present. Trash, mixed media Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI Rule of exchange: You can take anything at any time as long as you fill out a survey detailing where it is going. Material Afterlife: Circulation is an installation made entirely of scavenged trash. Each of the 139 lawns and 70 cars are available to be taken away by gallery visitors at any time. In exchange, visitors must update the whereabouts of the piece […]

Categories: Art • Tags: circulation, information exchange, mapping waste, participatory installation, praxis, trash art

The Dawson City Trash Project

August 5, 2013 by Max Liboiron

The Dawson City Trash Project, 2008 Mixed media, trash ODD Gallery, KIAC, Dawson City, YK The Dawson City Trash Project is a miniature diorama of the current and historical garbage sites in Dawson City, Yukon. All of the raw materials used to create the miniatures are scavenged from these dump sites, and because visitors to the gallery had technically provided the materials for the exhibit, every piece of the installation was free to take away. The project enacts a landfill […]

Categories: Art • Tags: alternative economies, alternative economy, economic art, installation, participatory economy, participatory installation, particopatory art, praxis, trash art