Video: Canstruction: incredible sculptures from cans
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
What do you do with empty cans of canned fruits and berries, condensed milk, carcasses, sardines in oil and sprat in tomato? If I asked this question to the aborigines of any African state, I would receive a lot of answers with useful advice a la "how to use such garbage in everyday life." But we are modern people, and such objects are unlikely to linger in the kitchen for a long time, going to the trash at best, and at the very least - becoming ashtrays and pots for indoor plants. However, there is another case when canned food cans are not sent to the trash, the so-called "exceptional case".
The annual Canstruction Festival, which takes place in New Jersey and brings together artisans in the art of folding and re-arranging cans, is such an "exceptional case" for creative and inventive citizens.
As a result, giant sculptures from multi-colored cans grow on the square. I'm afraid to even guess how much canned food had to be brought to New Jersey for the unusual festival.
I wonder where all this stuff goes then? Well, okay, empty cans - they can be thrown into a landfill with a clear conscience. And the full, untouched cans? Probably, they are presented to the winner along with the prize. Or maybe instead of a prize … Well, art requires sacrifice, but still someone will have to eat canned food.
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