Plastic People get Trashed in Sydney

On a recent trip to Reverse Garbage in Sydney's Inner West I found a bunch of 'people' just hanging around waiting for someone to come and pick them up - for a fee of course. Scantily clad, some topless, they were gathered in groups or sitting on their lonesome amongst debris. Having been the envy of many on the street in a previous life, wearing the hottest trends and latest fashions, these plastic people were stripped bare to reveal their true selves. Cold and fake, though not without character. The kind, and creative staff of Reverse Garbage had taken pity on them and provided some dignity - a tie here, a pair of glasses there..

Reverse Garbage is a not-fo-profit cooperative that provides industrial and commercial bits and bobs that would have gone to landfill, to the community. I regularly see excited art teachers and childcare workers rummaging through the barrels of fabrics and other random items. I watch them and imagine the creations their lucky students are going to come up with. For me it is a source of props and other randomness. Today the mission began as a search for eco decorations for the munchkin's 1st birthday picnic and it has transformed into an inspiration for images!

I will have to visit soon and see who of the plastic people has moved on to a new home and who is still loitering around the warehouse. I'll let you know how they're going.

Comments

[Darren Holmgren]

Ann that's awesome! The one of the creepy kid one made me look twice it looked real!