PechaKucha x Chol Theatre at The Media Centre, Huddersfield, 29/11/12
Slides 16-20
Crap: Chris Ofili – Afrobluff (1996)
Chris Ofili’s Turner Prize winning elephant dung paintings began with a British Council-funded visit to Zimbabwe at the beginning of his career in 1992. Born in Manchester to Nigerian parents, this was his first trip to Africa and it had a profound effect on his work.
Shreds: Ni Haifeng – Return of the Shreds (2007)
Return of the Shreds was first exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in The Netherlands. Several tons of shredded, discarded fabric from garment factories was shipped from China to The Netherlands for the exhibition.
Leftovers: Anya Gallaccio – Because I Could Not Stop (2002)
For the 2003 Turner Prize, Tate presented shortlisted Anya Gallaccio’s sculpture Because I Could Not Stop – a bronze cast of an apple tree, embellished with real apples which inevitably rotted over the duration of the show.
Waste: Song Dong – Waste Not (2012)
Waste Not comprised over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong’s late mother over five decades. The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – translated as ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil.
Rubbish: Alice Bradshaw – Museum of Contemporary Rubbish (2010-present)
The Museum of Contemporary Rubbish is an ongoing project I set up in 2010 where I collected items of rubbish from market visitors in exchange for my rubbish. The Museum exists as an online archive which has expanded to include several collections from across the world, with museum merchandise and now a research department.
