Drink for meNew York 2024 -
Location
In front of the fish shop
Humans can create art and support it. But that is not the only thing we can produce. It is a large amount of unused art materials, waste, and chemical products.
They are taken to a pollution treatment plant where they are compacted and released into the ocean at a standardized concentration.
-What have I learned?
1 hour
Refused: 2 people
Participated: 6 (3 adults, 3 children)
Drank: 2 (children)
-Result
*Children were enjoy to drink out of curiosity and ignorance.
*Adults were
1. refusal to participate.
2. who participated but did not drink: everyone imagined something different about each thoughts and then refused.
-What I found out.
*People*
There were those who could drink without resistance and those who could not.
Many were more interested in the function of Brita than in environmental issues. (it actually works)
*Environment*
Even after filtration, there is always some component left over and released into the ocean.
Fish, like children, drink without knowing what this is.
-Findings?
*children
It was an opportunity to think and talk about art materials.
Edible ink makes art safe to enjoy. Some people sad. We can Play at home with young children because we knew it is safe to put in their mouths now!
*Adults
People who know and are knowledgeable about the stuff know what it is. I thought it was their responsibility to accept it, think about it, and understand it.
-REFLECTIONS
The workshop turned out to be more like a workshop using edible paint than thinking about environmental issues.
I needed an instruction manual or something that would help me think about environmental change in a jittery way.
in progress