I first saw the "The Smog Collector," series by Kim Abeles made from 1991 to 93 in a collection of slides on political art 10 years ago. It was a piece that really helped me see the bridge between ecology and art and how art could be a tool to incite dialog about ecological issues. Abeles created this series of work by placing stencils on glass objects and leaving them outdoors to accumulate pollution from the contaminated LA air. Images in her stencils include lungs, face masks, tips on flight smog, and china plates.
I am interested in the way she has allowed air pollution to interact with her piece and provide her with a smoky almost etched final product that has become a striking document to bring awareness to LA’s smog.
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Thanks for blogging this Beth. It seems that opportunities like this can impact community behavior because we simply go about our daily lives and do not really think in detail about the air we breathe.
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