Comments on: Recycling Magic: End Tables Made From Old Oil Barrels http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/recycling-magic-end-tables-made-from-old-oil-barrels.html Good Ideas Report Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:09:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: brainpicker http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/recycling-magic-end-tables-made-from-old-oil-barrels.html/comment-page-1#comment-130156 brainpicker Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:04:40 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=14887#comment-130156 Very cool. I love the more symbolic meaning: oil is something we treat with such ambivalence in today's world, both a cornerstone of capitalist economy and the root of so much conflict. Royer's work nails this dichotomy – the ugly becomes beautiful, but still reminding us of the object's original purpose hiding beneath the coats of paint. Reminds me of this Cambodian initiative I read about on BoingBoing a long, long time ago. It was called Peace Art Project Cambodia and involved sculptures and furniture made out of de-commissioned recycled weapons, aimed at promoting a gun-free society. Unfortunately, both of their websites are down (this was in 2003), but here's the original BoingBoing link if anyone's interested: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/26/art-from-old-weapons.html Very cool. I love the more symbolic meaning: oil is something we treat with such ambivalence in today’s world, both a cornerstone of capitalist economy and the root of so much conflict. Royer’s work nails this dichotomy – the ugly becomes beautiful, but still reminding us of the object’s original purpose hiding beneath the coats of paint.

Reminds me of this Cambodian initiative I read about on BoingBoing a long, long time ago. It was called Peace Art Project Cambodia and involved sculptures and furniture made out of de-commissioned recycled weapons, aimed at promoting a gun-free society. Unfortunately, both of their websites are down (this was in 2003), but here’s the original BoingBoing link if anyone’s interested: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/26/art-from-old-weapons.html

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