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Turning waste into objects of art

Wishulada Panthanuvong is helping raise awareness about environmental issues by transforming discarded materials

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An installation at 'Adaptation'.
An installation at 'Adaptation'.

Growing up with parents who reused materials around them inspired artist Wishulada Panthanuvong to value all materials.

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".em dnuora sgniht eulav ot em deripsni tahT .lufesu llits saw lairetam etsaw taht em dlot yehT .taht ekil gnihtyreve esuer ot dah ew yhw denoitseuq I"

.rotcelloc tra na ot etsaw morf detaerc seceip siseht reh fo eno lles ot elba saw ehS .sgnitniap hguorht sevlesmeht desserpxe ytisrevinU nrokgnolaluhC ,strA deilppA dna eniF fo ytlucaF eht ta setamssalc reh elihw seceip tra aidem dexim gnitaerc no desucof adaluhsiW ,slairetam ynam dah esuoh reh sA

Wishulada Panthanuvong.

.gnovunahtnaP adaluhsiW

.dias adaluhsiW ",saedi poleved ylsuounitnoc ot em eripsni slairetam esehT .serutxet tnereffid evah sparcs latem ro citsalp ,htolc sa hcus slairetaM .slairetam fo sdnik suoirav htiw gnikrow yojne I"

.esuer dna etsaw tuoba taN iahC dna neaK nohK ni seitinummoc etacude ot rekaeps a eb ot ytinutroppo eht dah ehs retfa seitinummoc htiw krow ot deripsni emaceb adaluhsiW ,sraey rof nwo reh no gnikrow retfA

.dias ehs ",etaler dluoc yeht os ,meht stceffa hcihw seussi latnemnorivne denoitnem I .ti erots ot woh dna etsaw etarapes dluohs yeht yhw meht dlot I"

.esle gnihtemos otni sparcs eht gnimrofsnart ro stcudorp llams gnitaerc yb sparcs klis esuer slacol pleh ot deirt adaluhsiW .denrub era sparcs ,etsaw klis fo dir teg oT .klis morf stcudorp etaerc elpoep lacol eht esuaceb sparcs klis era ereht ,neaK nohK nI .etsaw tnereffid sah aera hcae taht derevocsid ehS .seceip tra otni etsaw lacol denrut dna seitinummoc htiw dekrow adaluhsiW

.snobmat rehto morf sgab etsaw tcelloc ot evah won yehT .tuo nar yeht srewolf laicifitra otni sgab kcans etsaw ynam os denrut sregalliV .yldneirf yllatnemnorivne erom era stcudorp rieht os ,eulg dna tniap yarps fo esu eht esiminim meht depleh adaluhsiW .sgab kcans morf srewolf laicifitra detaerc sregalliv ,taN iahC ,anattaP iaR nI

.dias adaluhsiW ",meht ot tcejorp siht tseggus dluow I ,snoitasinagro tnemnrevog morf elpoep htiw kaeps ot ecnahc a evah I fI .lairetam etsaw morf stcudorp setaerc hcihw tcejorp slairetaM etsaW enO ,nobmaT enO a eb dluoc ereht hsiw I .tcudorP enO ,nobmaT enO evah eW .saera rehto ot dnapxe lliw ti taht epoh I .aera llams a ni llits si egnahc sihT .egnahc nac sgniht ,rehtegot krow ew fI"

The Illusion Of Beauty And The Price Of Consumption: A Plastic Elegy.

.ygelE citsalP A :noitpmusnoC fO ecirP ehT dnA ytuaeB fO noisullI ehT

.seceip tra lareves otni tnemec dna selit ,skcirb ,sepip ,srab leets sa hcus etsaw noitcurtsnoc demrofsnart ",noitamrofsnarT dnA ecarT fO ecnetsixeoC ehT :noitatpadA" ,noitibihxe tnecer reH .noitpmusnocrevo thgilhgih ot demia ,sgab citsalp ni denifnoc sretsnom syartrop hcihw ,noitallatsni ehT .slavitsef tra tsegral s'dnaliahT fo eno ,elanneiB trA kokgnaB eht ta derutaef ygelE citsalP A :noitpmusnoC fo ecirP ehT dnA ytuaeB fO noisullI ehT noitallatsni s'adaluhsiW ,raey tsaL

.krowtra reh hguorht seussi latnemnorivne sserdda ot smia ehs sa tsitra tsivitca laicos a flesreh sredisnoc adaluhsiW

.dias ehs ",sesoprup evitaroced rof ro yllacitcarp desu eb nac stcudorp etsaw lla taht esilaer dna ytivitaerc htiw etsaw esuer ot woh ees ot elpoep eripsni yam krowtra yM .yteicos egnahc nac tra epoh I"

tsitrAgnovunahtnaP adaluhsiW

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