PET project
NEW Check out the new
photography project. I am making
archival digital prints of photographs
of the PETs.
NEW
There is also a new set of images of the aquarium I built on display at Spring
I love the idea of using liquid containers to make water animals.
Contained/containing, trash/not-trash, like the jelly-fish or anemone:
Living/non-living
And I wanted some pets...
plastic water bottles, 2005
installation view at sawaguzo at Redux
close up floating creature
San Pellegrino water bottle, 2005
close up jelly fish
Volvic water bottle, 2005
close up sea floor
Poland Spring heel, 2005
San Pellegrino water bottle, shadow of two Poland
Spring creatures
2005
making of...
I use a combination of heat guns, soldering irons and different
cutting utensils to make these PETs. I wanted to work with glass but
this is more fun. I have as much material as I want just by fishing in
the garbage.
what is PET?
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is in fact very
natural, it is made from oil, which comes from really old plants. PET
is highly recyclable can be transformed again and again to un-imagined
uses.
NEWS
upcoming:
/PET Project and NY Flavors Ice Cream /
Sept. 13 - Nov. 23rd 2008
Peekskill, NY
Miwa is installing some PETs on the piers and
will be serving a new flavor of NY Flavors Ice Cream for 2
days at the opening
/Curated by Tatiana Arocha/
Aug 2 - Sept 20, 2008
Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space
Artists employing a wide variety of media, from
AAI's Rotating Studio Program, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. Curated by
Tatiana Arocha
/on the roof of Port Authotity/
Sunday Sept 21st, 2008 12:00-3:00 pm
Fashion Center
Catch a flight from a Manhattan rooftop! the
Fashion Center BiD invites you to let your imagination soar at our
fourth annual Kite Flight. Join us on the top of the port Authority
Bus terminal for an afternoon of kite-making, kite-flying, crafts, and
free food, music and fun!
current:
/3-logy Triennial 2008/
August 22, 2008 to January 6, 2009
Price Tower Arts Center
In Bartlesville, OK in the only high rise building built by Frank
Lloyd Wright, Miwa is participating in a show of "creative repurposed
or ‘upcycled’ objects"
recent:
/Summer Invitational/
Jul 10 - Aug 15, 2008
George Adams Gallery
A New York Flavors Ice Cream performance at the
opening of a show called "Cool" at the George Adams Gallery in
Chelsea. Miwa will be serving a new New York Flavored Ice Cream "34th
St Herald Square" (kimuchi !).
/Group Sculpture Exhibition/
Jul 9 - Aug 18, 2008
Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
A group sculpture show. Miwa is showing two
glass domes with PETs inside.
/Recycled Materials/
May 4th to August 3rd 2008
Socrates Sculpture Park
Summer show all about recycled materials at Socrates.
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