Trash Talk
October2019
VHS Video, 7 Episodes
︎ Episode 1: 0:07:60
︎ Episode 2: 0:08:25
︎ Episode 3: 0:03:24
︎ Episode 4: 0:05:27
︎ Episode 5: 0:11:07
︎ Episode 6: 0:08:47
︎ Episode 7: 0:10:56
Trash Talk
is talk show on waste that took place on October 18th 2019 in the Garbage
Conglomerate Theatre. It was located off the campus of Emily Carr University in the Easy Park that was adjacent to 525 East 1st. These spaces no longer exist due to the development of the Broadway Subway Project.
Jen O’Connor became host of the talk show and asked the audience to join her on stage and raise issues related to waste. These issues would be open for discussion from participants and interjections from the audience were not unwelcome.
Trash Talk was an educational platform where the host became a facilitator for public discussion. It was an incubator of ideas, jokes, opinions and a think tank leading towards solutions. The success of Trash Talk demonstrated the public’s enthusiasm to advocate for change and the desire to engage in direct action.
Trash Talk was an effort to mobilize and react to the problems of waste. However, it’s position as artwork only succeeded in folding back the issues into the continuity of discussion. Transcendence of these conditions will require a much greater effort that can be begun by gathering influence with the initiation of projects such as this.
Trash Talk was later exhibited on October 30th, 2019 in The Object Corner gallery at ECUAD with the accompanying awning from the Garbage Conglomerate Theatre. The Theatre was created by salvaging garbage from the art institution. The platform was constructed from a used shipping crate originally purposed to transport artwork to the on-campus gallery. The awning was large homemade canvas tarp that was made from recycled canvas paintings sewn together. These paintings are also considered waste because they are materials used in the effort to reach a standard proficiency in the art of painting and not necessarily valuable in anyway.
When displayed as an exhibition, Trash Talk included two monitors playing different episodes simultaneously to create a cacophonous sound of voices that raise problems and solutions to waste.
Trash Talk can currently be viewed on the Garbage Conglomerate Theatre YouTube channel. The sound is imperfect but can be edited and subtitled by request for exhibitions and viewings.
Jen O’Connor became host of the talk show and asked the audience to join her on stage and raise issues related to waste. These issues would be open for discussion from participants and interjections from the audience were not unwelcome.
Trash Talk was an educational platform where the host became a facilitator for public discussion. It was an incubator of ideas, jokes, opinions and a think tank leading towards solutions. The success of Trash Talk demonstrated the public’s enthusiasm to advocate for change and the desire to engage in direct action.
Trash Talk was an effort to mobilize and react to the problems of waste. However, it’s position as artwork only succeeded in folding back the issues into the continuity of discussion. Transcendence of these conditions will require a much greater effort that can be begun by gathering influence with the initiation of projects such as this.
Trash Talk was later exhibited on October 30th, 2019 in The Object Corner gallery at ECUAD with the accompanying awning from the Garbage Conglomerate Theatre. The Theatre was created by salvaging garbage from the art institution. The platform was constructed from a used shipping crate originally purposed to transport artwork to the on-campus gallery. The awning was large homemade canvas tarp that was made from recycled canvas paintings sewn together. These paintings are also considered waste because they are materials used in the effort to reach a standard proficiency in the art of painting and not necessarily valuable in anyway.
When displayed as an exhibition, Trash Talk included two monitors playing different episodes simultaneously to create a cacophonous sound of voices that raise problems and solutions to waste.
Trash Talk can currently be viewed on the Garbage Conglomerate Theatre YouTube channel. The sound is imperfect but can be edited and subtitled by request for exhibitions and viewings.
