Trash and garbage are other words for waste – things that people no longer want or need. In San Francisco, they are also words for art. A local recycling company created a program to make artists re-use unwanted objects. Artists are paid to work for four months on transforming things like old tires, toys and paint.
Ma Li is one of the artists at the center. She is working on a project that includes plastic bottles and cloth. She is turning them into a moving sculpture with stars, flowing air and dancers. Ms. Li says she learned recycling from her parents while growing up in China in the 1980s. It was a time when the country was poorer and more concerned about saving money than it is today.
A gallery in Los Angeles is showing some of the art from the San Francisco project. Each year more than 5,000 children and adults visit shows created by the artists.
Mike Sangiacomo heads the recycling company. He says he hopes to see as much waste as possible reused. "Along the way, if some of it is made into some fun pieces of art and draws people's attention to the issue, we think it's a great way to do something that's good for our business, good for our community, good for society."
And the project shows how a little imagination can change one person's trash into another's art work.
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