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Our bodies dispose of waste that (hopefully) gets repurposed, everyday. It seems a good idea to repurpose “trash” to fertilize our spirit and imaginations.
If you have to explain your artistic creation, it’s not an effective piece of art.
I like the art spots, tech spots, and website spots. Scultpure is particulary nice in video. Nice Job RB people -a fan
I love the bit of sarcasm when interviewing the lady with the ‘rubber band tubes’…um ” I had to work 3 (whole?, 1/2?, mornings?)days! And I had to COLLECT the rubber bands.” He He! Brought a smile to my face. Love it when an interviewer can interject some of his own bias, and views, instead of flatly asking mindless questions. NICE!!
There’s always something for somebody out there somewhere. And this proves it. Onward rubber band lady. The World awaits your next 3-day labor of love.
amanda has some type of health problem???? hope you are well amanda!!!! :)* :)* :)* :)* *i hope with this you get better*
cool today, you could do the same with some episodes of rb hah, you could make a contest to choose the worsts and then proyect them in old screens bunched together in a big globe suspended of the roof of the gallery that could be moved with your hand, where you see in each the rb trash episode in loop and when you touch the screen it begins with the sound *i think this is super cool*
LOL :-)
crazy new yorkeeneans :-)
600 $ - 1000 $
for rubbish rubber …
I could have watched at least half an hour of that. 3 min is not enough.
Ohhh Sherng-Lee….always a good show when hes on the scene.
I have a collection of rubber bands that took me MORE than 3 days to put together. And it bounces.
I’ll sell it for only $2000.
Stay on vacation! These shows are great!
What’s the old saying? I don’t know much about art but I know what I like! I guess I’ll stop at the city dump to see what I like.
All these so-called concerned artists who don’t sleep nights because they have nighmares regarding the consequences of the No. 1 consumer nation on the planet. churning out 1000 times more garbage per person than any other person on this blue (turning brown) ball.
And what was their main objective– MONEY. Oh look at the trash heap of refrigerators and junk 12 stories high, what a shame…er…by the way…can you fork over $12,000 for my pic?
Hypocrisy at its finest!
Oh my garage! She took 3 days to put rubber bands on a cardboard tube. I was once constipated, and took three days to finally let go. TO THINK THAT I FLUSHED IT. I could have used the thousand bucks.
Loved the report. Outstanding job!
give em hell rubberband lady..that condo in palm beach will be yours in no time
Liked the episode, but can’t wait for Amanda’s return. Missing her spunk in the delivery of the news.
Is Amanda off on a Miller Light benge? Freegan free loaders. Get a Job! (just kidding yall)
what a bunch of crap.
friggin freegans!
there is no reason to be poor in america $1000 for tube of rubber bands that is if someone bought it I’m sure some idiot did
Now THAT was interesting! Today is the first day that I didn’t spend the entire episode sulking about missing Amanda (who, judging by yesterday’s and a previous reply of hers, gets a trifle annoyed when anyone insinuates she’s taking a day off).
Rubberband lady should get together with dryer lint lady. Just think of the possibilities….it’s mind-boggling really.
This was my favorite correspondant piece yet.
I agree with André; 3 min. is not enough!!
Get well soon, Amanda. Don’t have any garbage, there’s plenty of real food to go around.
Ahhh, trash, we see so much of it every day that we tend to forget it’s there.
Sometimes it turns to art by accident.
People’s drive to cover everything in trash is unlimited, here is my videolog post somewhat about that:
http://miastozinnejbeczki.blox.pl/2006/06/2006-01-28.html
Just discovered rocketboom. Such an eclectic mix of video and news.
After listening to dozens of boring podcasts and snoozing through endless equally boring video blogs, this one seems to have something different.
Maybe it’s Amanda’s histrionic facial expressions and delivery. She’s perfect for this!
Thanks for sucking a few minutes out of my life every day!
Interesting. There’s an archeologist named William Rathje who make a project of excavating landfills. Very interesting results… For instance, paper lasts longer than some plastics.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/rathje_william.html
Whoever called the rubber band lady crazy couldn’t be more wrong. If you can sell something like that for $1000 you have to be SMART!
It takes a speacial kind of person. Go ask Donald Trump.
Shouldn’t this episode be featured in the gallery?
The more you consume the more Trash Artist’s you’ll create.
Here’s a suggestion: throw a gob of glue against your wall, spread it around and instead of throwing out your next bag of trash, simply whip the whole damn thing against your wall. Whatever sticks will stay stuck if you use quality glue.
There, you are an artist, you have just created an original work or art. Your house may smell, but not to worry, you can spray paint that away with pretty colors. Then throw a vernissage and tell everyone, nothing’s for sale.
Who knows, maybe your egg shells will land just right forming angel wings.
mmmmmm trash.
Where’s the interview with Oscar? Oscar is THE connoisseur of trash. Otherwise well done. Way to introduce the story and then get outa the way and let the story tell itself. (pay attention Bre!)
BTW my fridge is a 1950’s or 60’s RCA Whirlpool AUTOMATIC 12. (bit frosty tho)
I think I heard an old saying, something like “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. The National Gallery of Canada once bought a painting for I think it was somewhere around $10,000 and all it was was 3 stripes of paint. Personally I thought it should have gone to the trash.
Such upset for a trip to a gallery! Art can really do that to people. Get used to it. The artist looks and sees in many different ways and you are getting caught up in what the prices are. Enjoy and appreciate what you can and forget the rest. Thanks for the gallery show.
WARNING: THIS POST IS GARBAGE!
Lisa, don’t you mean garbage crafted?
Nomadness, I’ll give you $20,000 for your fridge…does the freezer work?
d henry, it was $3 million dollars. A million per stripe. $10, 000 would have been a bargain and not worthy of throwing away hard earned tax payer dollars.
I think the exhibit should have taken place on top of a huge garbage dump, to MAKE A REAL STATEMENT.
You can steal that idea for free!
WARNING: THIS POST IS GARBAGE!
Lisa, don’t you mean garbage crafted?
Nomadness, I’ll give you $20,000 for your fridge…does the freezer work?
d henry, it was $3 million dollars. A million per stripe. $10, 000 would have been a bargain and not worthy of throwing away hard earned tax payer dollars.
I think the exhibit should have taken place on top of a huge garbage dump, to MAKE A REAL STATEMENT.
You can steal that idea for free!
to quote amanda…(and i’m not saying anything here)..
what is art?..and what is bullshit??
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I quite enjoyed this episode. I’m starting to think I might be in the wrong business, if I could gross $1,000 for three days of rubber band/cardboard tube art creation. I have untold potential here in my house already.
I am concerned about the dryer lint lady, however. Doesn’t she know that one must remove the lint after every dryer load to prevent a fire hazard? It looks like she accumulates 10 loads’ worth for each colour…well, I guess one must take a risk for art.
I enjoyed todays post. Keep up the good work.
this was right up my alley
Here’s my artsite what I creat with found objects & trash neverfading.com
“Ninety percent of everything is just crap.”
-Theodore Sturgeon
Is it true that New York City creates so much refuse that they have to hire companies to use barges to move the trash out to sea where it is dumped into the environment?!?
Miss ‘Manda Madly. Madly, Madly, Madly. But nice group of field reports this week, guys. Because I don’t live anywhere near the greatness of Neu Yark City, I especially love the reports that give me a flavor of its more interesting side. Thanks!
What the heck is Snackypants talking about? Will that browser attachment track my keystrokes and stuff? Maby when Amanda gets back she can inform us about zwinky.smileycentral.com
is this safe? How does it work?
Wow… $1000 for a carboard tube w/ rubber on it.
Definitely interesting… I’m curious as to if anyone actually buys this stuff. I think the oil painting is a great illustration, but damn, $12,000….
Excellent report! That was so entertaining. Would like to see more from this reporter!
Notice how many people are reacting to the price of the TP tube piece. hmmmmm
Maybe the people that are in NYC that think we, the earth, are running out of room, should leave NYC and go to the midwest, OUTSIDE of Chicago. The truth is, you could bring EVERYONE in the WORLD to the US and they would have approx 4 sq. ft to move around in. The earth is not even close to capacity.
great!!
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HI There,
I’ve enjoyed reading your discussions about trash art. Just to alleviate the fire hazard concern, I actually have worked with some firefighters to spread the word to empty the dryer filter regularly to avoid household fires. The lint you saw was donated to me by other households, and when I find out who gives me lint in over three layers I try to contact them to tell them to empty out the filter sooner. Thanks for your comments and concerns. Please visit my website at http://www.thelintlady.com to see some of my artwork.