Timelessbag

Abstract

I wonder how an artist can rise awareness in society using own skills and aesthetic values. Being a ceramist has very little to do in the fight for the environment, even though many artists have the sensitivity towards nature. Ceramics can last forever and therefore every piece of ceramic art that lives long can be a reflection of previous years. I am interested to make an object that makes people aware of environmental issues. I was thinking what object can serve as an icon for environmental pollution. I thought about plastic bags. In our society it perceives as something that does damage to nature and wild life. There is a lot of information on the internet that people exposed to on daily basis. Like pictures of swimming bags in the ocean, birds that died because they ate plastic and etc. My aim is to show a contrast between very temporary (plastic bag) and permanent object (ceramic art piece). Plastic bag is something that we usually use once but its life continues after elsewhere. Piece of art, especially from such a durable material as ceramics, is permanent and usually stands in a gallery for observation. It can break any moment though and become a waste, like a plastic bag.