Bricolage! Another form of altered art?
May 3.
Bricolage: Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
At the site of Osaka Expo 1970, we visited the museum of ethnology. The whole museum became a part of the exhibit, which was called "More Happy Everyday". It was based on the subject of Bricolage.
The English guide to the exhibit explains, "What we try to describe by an unfamiliar word, ‘bricolage art’ , are expressive activities in our daily life and artistic works produced through these activities."...
"A can for beer exists to be filled with beer. When the can becomes empty, it will be thrown out. On the other hand, performers of bricolage create hats, bags, and children's toys from those cans. Amazed by the unexpected outcome, we see possibility of a beer can and artistic power of the creator in it. "
"What constitute the exhibition hall are widely available materials, such as tube and coupler scaffolding and corrugated fiberboard. It presupposes that these materials will be returned to the distribution after the exhibition."
For more about the exhibition see
http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/exhibitions/special/brico/
Bricolage: Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
At the site of Osaka Expo 1970, we visited the museum of ethnology. The whole museum became a part of the exhibit, which was called "More Happy Everyday". It was based on the subject of Bricolage.
The English guide to the exhibit explains, "What we try to describe by an unfamiliar word, ‘bricolage art’ , are expressive activities in our daily life and artistic works produced through these activities."...
"A can for beer exists to be filled with beer. When the can becomes empty, it will be thrown out. On the other hand, performers of bricolage create hats, bags, and children's toys from those cans. Amazed by the unexpected outcome, we see possibility of a beer can and artistic power of the creator in it. "
"What constitute the exhibition hall are widely available materials, such as tube and coupler scaffolding and corrugated fiberboard. It presupposes that these materials will be returned to the distribution after the exhibition."
For more about the exhibition see
http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/exhibitions/special/brico/
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