At the Precipice: Volunteer Session at Happy Returns Studio
@ Happy Returns studio
5339 W Lake St, Suites LL33 and LL29, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Saturday, September 16th, from 11AM - 12PM
On view through Monday, October 30th
A three-hour session, learning the ins and outs of innovative plastic recycling process and lend a hand in repurposing household waste.
Join Colossal and the Design Museum of Chicago for a volunteer day at the Happy Returns studio, home of Redemptive Plastics. During this four-hour session, you’ll learn the ins and outs of the team’s innovative plastic recycling process and lend a hand in repurposing household waste.
Space is limited to 16 volunteers, so reserve your spot.
About the Exhibition
At the Precipice considers the role of physical and emotional reactions in the era of climate disaster. Given the proliferation of dire headlines and a public response that vacillates between denial and fatalism, the exhibition explores the use of color, tactility, material, and data not to avoid or disguise the issues but to instead offer accessible entry points.
Featured works utilize a wide scope of art and design methodologies to give shape to aspects of a daunting crisis as they interpret the real-world changes of rising temperatures, environmental destruction, forced migration, and the stark consequences of unsustainable lifestyles enjoyed by few at the expense of many. Included are works by Selva Aparicio, Morel Doucet, Zaria Forman, Luftwerk, Nathalie Miebach, Chris Pappan, Redemptive Plastics, The Tempestry Project (Chicago Collection), Migwa Nthiga, and Jean Shin.
At the Precipice explores how it feels to inhabit an irreversibly damaged planet facing a precarious future and considers the purpose of art and design in understanding how our collective trajectory must rapidly change direction.
The exhibition is curated by Colossal.
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