- Neuerscheinungen
- Zeitschriften
- Brigata
Italiana
Betreff:
Brigata Italia issue 0.5.2 / Fall 02 - Datum:
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:44:05 -0800
- Von:
"e-Flux" <info@e-flux.com>
»Open
a kitchen drawer in any home, and they will spring out at you like a jack-
- in-the-box.
Go to any beauty spot, and you are sure to encounter a few, trapp-
- ed
among the plants like giant insects or flapping noisily in the wind. Floating
in
- the
local river or blocking your nearest storm drain, plastic carrier bags
are an
- unsightly
and environmentally degrading fact of modern life.« (Charles Arthur
/
- independent.co.uk)
Every
time we purchase something, a store clerk puts it into a handy shopping
- bag.
What a wonderful amenity! Technology has come a long way to give us
- such
a convenience for nothing. For nothing?
We
shop, therefore we are.
How
can we learn to be accountable for our own actions? Would we, as artists,
- as
designers, as shoppers change our habits if we had to pay for the social
con-
- sequences
of our own doing?
Goods
for Goods: Brigata Bag Exchange There are billions of shopping bags in
use - today,
some global, some local. Each one has a character we may feel is suited
to
- our
own. Think of shopping bags as a reflection of our own self.
Brigata
Italia is collecting shopping bags from all around the world, a selection
of - which
will later be reproduced in a nifty publication. Send us a shopping bag,
any
- ordinary
plastic bag, and in return we will reward you with our very own Brigata
- Bag.
This
is far as we went with the BAG idea. We are not even sure what we will
do - with
the actual bags, but you have our promise that they will NEVER be disposed
- of.
If you have any comments, suggestions or related information we would be
- happy
to hear from you.
Stuff
to Watch: Blandscape, Photage and Retinography Phase 1 and 2 If photo-
- graphy
is architecture and architecture is choreography, choreography isÉ?
- Artist
Patrick Meagher investigates, analyzes and challenges his own work.
- Featuring
Flash scripting by Fabian Niemann.
Brigata
Italia is a center of digital gravity for the socially conscious design
commu- - nity.
We look for invigorating and concrete experiences that challenge Design
to
- re-connect
with the ordinary.
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