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Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump

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Haroshi is a Japanese artist that makes eye catching art pieces recycling old used skateboard decks. His almost accidental ‘green’ approach to artwork is born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece.

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Peruvian artist highlights the frailty and beauty of the Amazon in his latest individual exhibition. Alejandro Jaime has been at the forefront of ecologically conscious land art in Latin America for almost a decade. His art stretches across every corner of Peru and his art has always been deeply married to the inner force of [...]

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It takes two artists to show us that there is actually something beautiful about plastic… and it seems this has little to do with physical beauty. If you forget for a minute that plastic pollution in the oceans is a real problem, plastic is – whether we like it or not – a major player in our daily lives. This is what makes it intriguingly beautiful.

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Cardboard is potentially the most versatile and green material on the planet, but are we using it to it’s true potential? Here are some creative examples of the ingenious ways architects, designers, artists, and craftspeople have put cardboard to the test and successfully harnessed its amazing qualities. These are taken from the thought-provoking ‘Cardboard Book.’

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Here is a novel artful way to help out reconstruct the Louisiana coastline UK Based artist Anthony Burrill’s poster “Work Hard And Be Nice To People” poster is almost a permanent fixture in many trendy homes and offices. His latest work has a bit more of an environmental message directed at the BP oil spill [...]

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“Dark Lens: Star Wars Dubai Invasion” uses the fast-developing city’s vast building sites and urban desert as a surprisingly realistic re-imagined backdrop to an interesting new chapter in the “Star Wars” saga.
The Millennium Falcon parked in a vast construction project in the city’s downtown seems like a perfect fit. Exhausted droids are seen hanging out around a clapped-out old Buick and terrifying At-At armored transports stride over freeways.

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These amazing images come from photographer Christoph Gielen, a German photographer who has captured the strange characteristics of urban development and visual impact of the mass developments around the world for years. Taken from a helicopter, Gielen manages to capture the true architectural essence of what these urban developments are all about. Master planning and geometry.

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An exhibition of found-object art mixed with ‘Junkitecture’ has resulted in an interesting visual experiment by Canadian Artist Laura St. Pierre. St. Pierre is a well established and recognized green artist in Canada, known for creating art that encourages the viewer to ask questions about how they live in today’s world.

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There are a lot of artists who claim to be green these days, but few truly embrace the concept like Patrick Dougherty. His surreal and intricate twig-and-branch sculptures evoke a unique connection between human and natural structures, the pure essence of green design

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MORTEN FLYVERBOM© is a Green Artist from Denmark who has created green focused social art for decades. He seems to get into most ‘eco-art’ lists and top-10-green-art-blog-posts out there these days. Aside from greening up the art scene the past 20 years, he also describes himself as a lorry-driver, yoga teacher, aerial photographer, thatcher, filmmaker, tight-rope walker, high school [...]

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The unique design is nearly 3,000 square feet and consists of over 10,000 individual plants representing more than 120 unique species. It includes ground covers, large perennials, shrubs and small trees. It is located in Surrey, BC, Canada, covering the Semiahmoo Public Library and RCMP Facility.

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The Palettenpavillon by Matthias Loebermann is a structure made entirely from shipping pallets, ground anchors, and tie rods. Designed to be easily assembled and dismantled, and then entirely recycled at a later date, the resulting building is intended as a temporary meeting place.

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Interesting photographic project establishes a visual bridge between the African wilderness and the Scottish highlands. A call of hope or simply visual trickery, Translocation Book is worth a look.

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The Idea was simple……To take the vibrant and often transient art form of Brazilian graffiti out of its predominantly urban context and apply it to the ancient and permanent walls of an historic rural castle in Scotland.

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4600 shipping palettes were stacked in a gallery space, adjoining a courtyard of identical shape. Using elliptical geometry an ovoid volume was carved from the palette stack. Simultaneously, the removed pieces were reassembled in the courtyard as an ovoid solid.
The work functions as a scale, balancing positive and negative, apogee and centre. A lever of space.

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