For my Public Art, I would like to propose recycling bins. While it is assumed everyone knows how to recycle (ie. Throw recyclable items into the bin), I want to make people want to recycle. By having the bins themselves attract the audience, it is my belief that these will encourage the action of recycling. Perhaps the trend will popularize by word of mouth as participants tell their friends or colleagues of a “cool place” to recycle. Something different I would like to incorporate is a meter or scale to give an incentive to the recycler. By this, I mean, for every item dropped into the proper reciprocal, the scale will increase towards a goal. For example, in the paper bin, the goal might be to save a tree and by recycling more and more paper, a tree will be saved.
I was inspired by seeing many efforts such as "More Art. Less Trash." to make artistic and visually appealing recycling bins to encourage people to recycle.
The location I wish to use is on 6th street and Congress Ave due to its high volume of people daily and the ability to be creative in keeping Austin “weird”. There is a bus stop on the southbound side I wish to utilize for the expectation that many people will either board or get off at this stop when spending time on 6th street. In order to capture the audience’s attention, the images I will use will be specific to Austin only. For these images, I wish to hire an artist who would have to compete with other local artists, and ultimately be decided by the people.
On the recycling bin designated for paper, I would like a portrait of Willie Nelson because of his importance to Austin.
For the glass, I want a portrait of bats because they have called Austin home for years, and the location is close to the Bat Bridge.
On the recycling bin designated for aluminum, I want a portrait of Leslie because everyone in Austin needs to know about him, and if they don’t know, then this could be a perfect opportunity to find out.
On the bottom of each bin, it will read “Keep Austin Weird”, and of course, the corresponding bins will be Keep- Willie, for his loyalty to Austin, Austin- Bats, because Austin is their home, and last, but not least, Weird- Leslie, for his contributions to Austin.
The materials I will use will be plastic. Plastic is what most recycling bins are made out of due to its ability to be almost 100% recyclable. In order to preserve the art and keep it authentic, I will place a shatter proof glass around all three bins as a whole, in order to protect the art while having the same visual aesthetic.
Gabryl
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