Go Green - Violet Gutierrez

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I have been influenced by the work of Mr. Wodiczko and would like to use some buildings at Mesa College to encourage school administrators and students with greater recycling efforts. I have, for example, rented my books for the last 3-4 semesters. This has saved me some out of pockets costs, but as likely saved some trees as well.
In my example, the large unknown human figure is meant to represent that we can all be green and do our part to save the environment. The tree growing out of the book will hopefully remind students and instructors that the pages of their books come from a living organism that is part of our eco system. It will, hopefully, also encourage them to recycle their book and not just throw them away as trash. The large recycling emblem and go green message needs to further explanation.
Mr. Wodiczko’s motives were more political in nature than mine. I just want to make others aware of much needed recycling activities. Displaying this art, in an open forum, may just encourage one or two people to do so.
Krzysztof Wodiczko is an artist renowned for his large-scale video projections on buildings. Art projected onto the building may last a couple of days and is there to invoke discussion or debate as the images are often contradictory. This artistic technique has come to be known as Interrogative Design, which combines art and some form of technology.
His projections on buildings included many public figures, but he also often uses human body parts (i.e., hands, ears, etc.) and instruments of war such as firearms, tanks, or missiles. His Abraham Lincoln, War Veteran Projection is currently on display in New York City and can be viewed by clicking on link below.
http://www.moreart.org/artists/krzysztof-wodiczko/

- Violet Gutierrez