Turning trash into treasure (for Hong Kongers)

/scmp clipping/

This is two/three years ago but they should still be doing the same - a list of organizations that collect your unwanted materials and turn them into something useful for other people.

H O M E

Watch it NOW

Nothing is self-sufficient...Sharing is everything...Our earth relies on a balance in which every being has a role to play and exists only through the existence of another being; a subtle, fragile harmony that is easily shattered.

As moved as I am and as much as I appreciate this film, I cannot help but find the paradoxes:

- If it wasn't consumer brands of the PPR group that appear within the first 30 seconds we may not be able to have this film, not to mention to have it on Youtube in different languages in DVD quality without being told we infringe copyright

- If it wasn't technological advancements that grow too fast and exploitation of resources we wouldn't be able to witness the world, its changes, and consequences of our actions in visual reproduction at such impact

It is nonetheless a magnificent film. Keep it in mind and take action.

Repentance

Why did I buy this just because it's promoted at 7-Eleven? Why did I buy it just because it's "just" 5 dollars? Why did I buy it just because it looks like something new when it tastes only like a sweeter Sprite? Why did I buy it even when I knew the bottle would be thrown away in seconds? Why did I buy it when I don't need it?

Passionately crafted

/paper and text on cropped ad/

Rarely seen in an advertisement, a way of reusing the packaging is actually suggested - hold a paintbrush in a coffee cup! (remember to have the logo outwards)

Scrap for postcard

!postapostcard!

Since many prints were made for testing design of a poster, I used them to make postcards, instead of throwing away or keeping them for no use. I don't know if tactile messages give enough meaning for using paper or postal resources, but it should be better than buying mass-produced postcards or greeting cards (though I do buy postcards as collectables, which is another dilemma). There are already a lot of beautifully printed matters ready for throwing away/reusing. Why not spend some time and extend their lives. It's a pity they go directly to recycling plants, worse to landfills. And it's personal message after all, if you choose to write with your hands, consider making the cards with your hands too.

Skinny Puppy - Testure (1988)

Scrap for case

Got some "nude" discs but don't want to buy a whole pile of identical boring cases for them? Got some magazine pages you love but don't know what to keep them for? Let's join the two problems together and turn them into one solution. Someone has done it so your work is minimum. Print the disc case onto your scrap page (do not shrink image), cut and fold, glue two sides and leave one open for flap, and you've made it yourself.

"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors: we borrow it from our children."

/correction fluid on found image/

In fact, none of us owns it. None of us has the right to take control. But the duty is ours.

a morally wounded city

inspired by a scmp photograph of a dead pig beside river
male figure from eugène delacroix's a mortally wounded brigand quenches his thirst

polar bears

first picture polar bear (from gettyimages) and words added: idea and background image from novotels ad campaign
second picture words added: background image from national geographic

clean celebration

ink and correction fluid on magazine clipping

trinity

postcard to exxon

correction fluid on clipping from postmagazine

posted.

we challenge the big groups not because we want to blame them, but because they lead and can lead, and should lead the better way.