Garbage Art: Plastic Bags Come to Life
by Christine Lepisto, Berlin 
on 07.12.08
Air Bear, Garbage Bag Sculpture by Joshua Allen Harris
"Look, it's art!" exclaims a passer-by as the plastic garbage bags tossed in a pile on a New York Subway grate come to life.
Artist Joshua Allen Harris invites the viewer into a world where life and death cycles in time with the public transport system. TreeHugger meditation for a Saturday afternoon: what do you think about when you watch waste come to life, garbage art imitating nature, the unseen being seen?
Two more of our favorites over the fold.
Air Zoo, Garbage Bag Sculpture by Joshua Allen Harris
This one really captures how crazy our garbage-strewn landscapes are when not coming to life.
Cling, Garbage Bag Sculpture by Joshua Allen Harris
We tripped across the Garbage Art by accident at Urban Prankster, but it looks like the buzz started at NY Mag.
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Oh. it is so sad when the little guys collapse and die.
We should ban plastics instead of using it as art IMO.
Absolutely fabulous! and it draws attention the garbage strewn in the street that most people walk past without even seeing..
He should make one of Marilyn Monroe! Remember The Seven Year Itch? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048605
Similar to lawn Halloween decorations. The only differences are he's "stealing" his power from other fans and "winds" and his stuff isn't made in a factory. At least I doubt it.
He should learn to cut his video size down a little though. Four minutes of the dog getting up and falling down is a little excessive. The traffic noise is terrible too. I understand him wanting to get the reactions on tape though.
I'm soooooo glad I don't live there. What a terrible existence.
HAHAHAHA!!! Love the little guys big smile everytime he comes back up. LOL!