creativewasteofcalifornia

Erik Otto:

All in all, I have created 24 original works — mostly paintings, but I am throwing in a few surprise 3-dimensional works as well as 2 site-specific installations. The opening nights will also be a chance to pick up a screen print series I am producing specifically for the show in a real low [...]

Press Release: EVERYTHING NEVER GOES AWAY , Lost Coast Culture Machine’s third exhibition, opens with a reception Friday, August 6, from 5-9 pm. Please join us for fantastic art, self-watering planter making for kids & adults alike, and music & burgers from Joshua Short’s Grill of Steel. EVERYTHING NEVER GOES AWAY is planned to coincide with California Coastal Cleanup [...]

1 ) Describe your process of creating a new piece. After collecting typewriters, I carefully disassemble them without damaging any components. I then categorized them by how they correspond to the anatomy; for instance, I have a whole bin full of clavicles. These steps take many hours before I even get to create, but I’ve found that [...]

The great people over at fly.co.uk sent us an infographic of CO2 emissions.  A great refresher for those who or hazy on their numbers and must have knowledge for those who have no idea.

Jeremy Mayer narrows in on the human form. Mayer’s pieces are crafted by assembling vintage typewriter pieces to portray anatomically correct human [...]

Suzanne Lee :

We are currently outlining our collaborative research direction which will bring together synthetic biology, chemical engineering and design towards future material applications.

Using green tea and ingenuity from the science department at Imperial College. Suzanne Lee, the lead creative director for biocouture, is transforming science fiction into reality.  If bacteria can produce a textile from something as [...]

When I first showed up at Erik’s studio, we started talking about an installation he was building for a house in Soma.  Upon inspection of how much space and the new environment he had acquired, he was very excited and raved about ”activating the space.”

The summer months will bring a visual transformation to the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design. Four California artists will enhance the bricks and mortar of our galleries with installations intended as encompassing experiences. Using traditional craft materials of paper, fiber, metal, and wood, this large-scale exhibition will recontextualize these mediums, pushing their limits to new artistic [...]

Here are some more facts why tap water is better than bottled: First, the most obvious reason being that it doesn’t come packaged in a single use container that has a huge carbon footprint compared to tap water, and why pass up the luxury of water delivered directly to your house–everyday– via Tap? The Environmental Working Group did a study that found [...]

If you have been waiting for a Sci-Fi short film about futuristic Africa 35 years after WW III at the same time engaged in a Water War, then the wait is over. This is Kenya’s first Sci-Fi film, which also made it into the Sundance film festival . Pumzi was written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu, who started this movie idea [...]