BREAK THE CHAINS OF OPPRESION AND THE YOKE OF ...

LEArnin G
The richer the USA and Europe became, the more waste they produced. Artists
witnessed this sadly, until they got the idea to make art from this waste. ‘Junk’,
which means ‘waste’, became ‘Junk Art’. The most amazing creations came into
being. For example Arman filled Perspex cabinets with the content of waste-baskets.
Spoerri made things even more exciting with his Eat Art: his art consisted
of leftovers!
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Tell the youth something about Junk Art in an introductory meeting (search
with Google). Three days before the next meeting they should collect as much as
possible from their own waste, packaging materials and used objects: from rinsed
milk-packages to used matches, from an empty cream-tube to pet-bottles.
Execution
Put all materials on one big table. Each young one picks no more than three materials/objects
most appealing to work with. Draw numbers or talk it over if certain
objects are chosen by more than one person. Subsequently ask the young
people to pick a bible-story they want to use as the basis for object of art. Another
possibility is to let the young people pick a text from the Scripture with the
subject of handling creation or the private environment and to use that in their
object of art. For example Genesis 1: 28, the parable of the rich fool, Proverbs
11: 11, Isaiah 55: 1-2 or www.loesje.nl or www.plint.nl
Let everybody tell what he or she will use.
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