Hypocritical Human Hope
2022
Mixed media installation / Arduino project
Who is the righteous? Who is the hypocrite? Are you righteous? Are you hypocritical?
Humans say that they are trying to save our world. However, they produce another myriad of trash to save the world. Humans use oil to argue to stop using oil. Humans take a private jet in arguing to stop taking an airplane. Humans promote making 100% recyclable plastics that are finally only 10% recycled at a recycling center.
The circle-shaped wheel, made from scrap paper, symbolizes the earth's life. However, humans constantly shorten our planet's life by producing endless trash; as it continues, it ends up generating a large-scale landfill, which is filling up the floor.
However, at the same time, this work includes my confusion about the boundary of the definition of a hypocrite. Even though I strived to use only recycled materials or environmentally friendly production – using projection or cutting instead of printing- it was inevitable to use non-ecofriendly materials such as glue and tape in the process of making. Therefore, this work is also an experiment and journey to discover a point of compromise of hypocrisy as an environmentalist.
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