Cast-Off Recast: Recycling and the Creative Transformation of Mass-Produced Objects

Timothy Corrigan Correll,

ISBN 10: 0930741757 / ISBN 13: 9780930741754

Published by University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History January 1999, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cast-Off Recast: Recycling and the Creative Transformation of Mass-Produced Objects
• Publisher: University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History January 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741757
• ISBN 13: 9780930741754
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Industrial Design - Sustainability

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Synopsis

On a daily basis remnants, scraps, rubbish, and junk are filtered through both formal and informal salvage operations in urban centers throughout the world. The essays included in this volume--"Muffler Men, Menecos and Other Welded Wonders: Occupational Sculpture from Automotive Debris," "Streetwise: The Mafundi of Dar es Salaam," and "Castoff/Outcast: Living on the Street"--explore the process of recycling within distinct environments. What emerges is a remarkable justaposition of diverse material behaviors informing the "lived experiences" of residents of Los Angeles, Tokyo, So Paulo, and Dar es Salaam.

About the Author

Timothy Corrigan Correll is a doctoral candidate in world arts and cultures at UCLA. Patrick Arthur Polk is a museum scientist and visiting assistant professor at UCLA.