Cultural Waste

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I am the gypsy of cultural waste
I find things that people have made
for no straight survival purpose
whatsoever.
scavengers like me
find these artifacts
and recycle them
and give them new context
new life
new meaning.
I call these cultural waste
not because they waste time or space
or because they lack value,
but because these important commentaries
build up like residue
on the outer edges of society,
unappreciated,
while the artists and writers move forward
leaving behind a trail of what
once
mattered.



(featured artist Christian Hidaka)








Linda Besemer:

The Ninja Turtles are a great example of cultural waste. They’re still around some places, making appearances in random art like this and t-shirts and what not. One day, your Ninja Turtles lunch box will be worth a fortune.

Rachel Sumpter:

Shirley Kaneda:

Tangyau Hoong:



More cultural waste, including:

A random animated video that someone probably spent a lot of time on but will probably not be watched much--

BOB from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.

A hilarious article about the evolution of emo to Skrillex featured in McGill’s Leacocks magazine:
http://leacocks.com/FeaturesBlog/2011/10/my-name-is-skrillex/

One of Jeremy Dower’s creations with no reason other than to spook/trip you out:

Death Koala from Jeremy Dower on Vimeo.

Rediscovered photos of Barack Obama as a college student, smoking cigarettes, shockingly…hipster?:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866765_1815171,00.html



A book called Rave Culture and Religion:
“The collection provides insights on developments in post-traditional religiosity (especially 'New Age' and 'Neo-Paganism') through studies of rave's Gnostic narratives of ascensionism and re-enchantment, explorations of the embodied spirituality and millennialist predispositions of dance culture, and investigations of transnational digital-art countercultures manifesting at geographic locations as diverse as Goa, India, and Nevada's Burning Man festival. Contributors examine raving as a new religious or revitalization movement; a powerful locus of sacrifice and transgression; a lived bodily experience; a practice comparable with world entheogenic rituals; and as evidencing a new Orientalism. Rave Culture and Religion will be essential reading for advanced students and academics in the fields of sociology, cultural studies and religious studies.”
--it’s funny, because I often think the same things about raving.


more Tanyou Hoong:

My new apartment is awesome. You should come visit. I have some pictures for  you:

Yep. Only in my apartment does it look like this,

all the time.