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Friday, April 4, 2014

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA Lest We Regret: Reduce, Rethink, and Recycle!


The world cannot handle waste art exhibition

From March 19 to April 2, the Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) presented Lest We Regret Reduce, Rethink, Recycle! exhibition with the support of Rio Tinto LLC at ACMs Red Ger art gallery. This exhibition showing environmental issues through creative ways including photos and videos was designed to prompt self-awareness of viewers. ACM worked with D. Sodoo, D.Batkholboo, D.Batzorig, Sh.Ikhbayar, U.Odmaa, T. Sarangoo and T.Khulan, 7 of the brightest young artists and sculptors in the country today, and asked them to express the issues in our city that are detrimental to the environment in their own voices. We could have called this project Save the Planet, or Green Innovation & Art Initiative, but we decided to give it a long title, like a law, a Bill, or an act of the government that also wears an obligatory long name. The reason is that the project advocates a cause that is, like its title, urgent and important. It is not an issue that can be expressed and addressed with a cute tagline or casual call for action. It is grave and it is serious. Lest We Regret. So we do not regret todays actions in the future. Our actions today determine the future, so it is urgent and important. Art is a direct line to our consciousness, so we are using art to speak directly to you. What can we do so we dont regret? The works by the artists hold no answers, but they start a conversation and bring the issue to the forefront of public consciousness. We are not here today to critique the artwork, but consider the ideas they evoke. These works came from the hearts and minds of the artists, and we hope they find their way into yours. Lest we regret... Artist: Sodoo. D Name of Art: Sharing the Wonders Material: Plastic bottles My artwork is called Sharing the Wonders. I believe that wonders exist in every single person. I wish others to acknowledge the wonders of their own, expose them in reality in any way and share them with others. These wonders are kept in human hearts and by sharing we flourish our lives together. For this reason, I wanted to see garbage with different eyes. I saw colors and freedom that gently fly in my soul rather than treating garbage as useless or dirty, and attempted to expressed it in reality. I described trees and colorful butterflies in my artwork. The butterflies are described on bloomed trees and flying high off the trees. The trees fully support the ecosystem by making soil sparse, making the air fresh, conserving water resources, and becoming home for insects, and animals. A tree fully makes restorations and always shares its marvelous generously, with all. Therefore, I illustrated the tree as it represents restoration; and appealed for recycling and restoration of garbage which we created ourselves, by taking an example from the trees. I attempted to express my view through blossoms and butterflies, that if we recycle garbage, eco-friendly and beautiful things would sprout as a result, rather than harmful things. Not to regret later on, Recycle! Sculptor:Batkholboo. D Name of Art: WasteCity Material: Scrap iron As for me, it is important to sense how space, shapes, patterns and arts are created and perceived by others. We

approach to things with our views every time we act, tune them with our lifestyle and rhythm, and exchange information with the environment we live in and with everything we have. Keeping the environment that surrounds us clean starts from our consciousness. Who litters? Garbage is made by us. When one litters, more is added on. Eventually, heaps of garbage accumulate. One day, we are surprised to see such a mountain of garbage wondering where it came from. Our future begins from todays actions. We have been pursuing worthless things, seeking for our own, yet have forgotten others. Nevertheless, we still have time to realize and reason. One more word to say. Shall we have no garbage? Not to regret later on, Consider! Artist: Batzorig. D Name of Art: UB=2013 Material: Glass UB=2013 was intended to show that ecological balance is being disturbed and spiritual connection of human to nature and animals is being separated. Materials such as glass, plastic, plastic bags, and tin cans, are made with chemical compositions and considered as human intellectual inventions. They do not dissolve and disappear in the soil for a long period of time. For this reason, they become garbage and result in the emergence of social frustration and discontent. I wish you, as a man of consciousness, would consume those eco-unfriendly materials appropriately. Not to regret later on... Think! Artist: Odmaa. U Name of art: Become mature Beginprocessing rial: Plastic bags Plastic bags might seem to be the most useless or ineffective material. As a matter of fact, they could be the most valuable and useful things. I would like to deliver a message to people that garbage is a recyclable raw material, let us process and create something new and remind that we would need a positive attitude, a proper way and good habits. Changing our attitude would not require any time, money, or pressure. First, building the right habits for yourself and your family is sufficient. For instance, we look at our children as a normal action when they litter. This is because we act the same way. Such wrong habits built-up in our lives. As a consequence, our health and environment, which are the most valuable things for mankind, are being damaged. How to change it? Very simple. Not littering through a car window, in the streets or anywhere else, and passing this discipline on to your children would be a positive step toward change. The next step would be for all to see garbage as recyclable and processable raw material, then a clean and garbage-free environment in our city would become reality, not a dream. People should never dispose of things that they consider useful. By choosing A SPINDLE

as a main object which is a primary heritage of human culture, an object that could illustrate a reprocess and a process of a new product and bring remembrance of life to peoples mind, I wanted to reflect the idea that garbage reprocessing is simple and applicable for those who think it is not their business. Not to regret later on... Avoid from over-consumption! Artist: Khulan. T Name of art: A ripened tree Material: Wastepaper In modern times, it is almost impossible to exist without advertisements in society. Every day we are faced with over 3500 banners, each of which declares its own brand feature. Although those advertisement banners illustrate the characteristics of their companies in their time, when the time ends, they become trash to pollute Mother Nature. We seem to be announcing the garbage production movement on a timely manner, living for the garbage, advertising to litter, selling garbage, buying it, and when we lose interest, we entitle it with this UGLY name GARBAGE and keep adding to the amount of waste. Wastepaper keeps piling up this way. Not to regret later on Recycle it, once you have cut off! Artist Sarangoo. T Name of art: The earth cannot bear its garbage. Material: Waste material I assume humankind is a child of Mother Earth and she loves us. Humanity is her own child. Hence, she forgives and loves us even when we are digging out her beauty, cutting off the trees, burying toxic

substances, taking out what we need from her body and using her parts for our own good; yet she has the power to rotate her giant body on her axis. At best, we could return a little favor by planting a few trees like making tea with dew drops. It is argued whether the egg or the chicken came first, we did not create the earth; I believe the cosmos created the earth; otherwise, why was it not put closer to the sun? The earth is in a pitiful condition to humankind like a captive soldier. We are ruling and mistreating her. However, we are living on her body. We are taking all we need, breathing its air, drinking its water, eating its plants and animals. We cannot fully return the favor. If we control our greed, frugally will consume its resources and not pollute it and we will make a little contribution. Our descendants will benefit. The little child of the cosmos will live little longer. Because the Earth cannot bear its garbage anymore, mankind is littering space today. Intending to live on a different planet after the Earth is destroyed, is like throwing our trash over a neighbors yard or not caring our parents when they become bedridden. We are the intellectual mankind who has the potential to create and discover a lot. What should we do? We comfort children when they are crying although there are many harder situations in life. We lift them up when children fall down. We care for the sick before death. We never leave them alone even if death is unavoidable. I am addressing this question to you who are now reading it and looking at my artwork. Why does mankind seek humanity and benevolence? What shall we do? The Earth is in a pitiful condition as if were held captive by mankind. Not to regret later on Control your greed!

Graphic illustration of the worlds waste problem

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