DIY Brooklyn Scene Spreads Eco-Friendly Ethos

Since its inception, Brooklyn’s all ages DIY music community has been synonymous with SHOWPAPER, the newspaper/organization that lists and curates numerous music and art events. Equal parts music listing, missed connections and art object, the publication provides a platform for those committed to practicing art with a DIY ethos above all. (Covers have included contribution from the likes Lucky Dragons and Bjorn Copeland.)

SHOWPAPER’s latest contribution finds them collaborating with Urban Green Initiative on “Scene & Captured” an art show that “explores waste solutions for the music scene”. While some might expect DIY posturing, its execution proves to be an engaging look at the artist as an instigator for environmental awareness:

SHOWPAPER aims to instigate a conversation amongst the all-ages show space community it serves (through listing and distributing a single-sheet newsprint every two weeks that encapsulates that scene) by asking those show spaces to send photographs of the waste after a show.  These photographs will be displayed across a map of the Tri-State Area, along with an interactive exhibition piece– a collection of visitors’ ideas on what can be done to recycle and reuse all this waste.

At the end of the installation, the best ideas will be featured as a small zine and mailed out to the same spaces that seeded the discussion.

“Scene & Captured” is on display at Gallery 151 through October 13th.