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Earth Day Exhibit Debuts Across the River!
A New View – Camden Artists transform trash to treasures
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by BRENDA HILLEGAS 15-foot-tall steel creature/trash receptacle will be on display at Camden’s State Street Pedestrian Bridge
Artists from across the country will take part in an Earth Day exhibit on the Jersey side of the Delaware River to raise awareness of the impact of illegal dumping. The illegal disposal of household and industrial waste – including garbage bags, tires, electronics and appliances, yard waste and construction debris – is costing Camden, NJ, more than $4 million annually in cleanup costs and taking its toll on the environment. Last February, Camden Mayor Frank Moran, along with the City of Camden, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership and the RutgersCamden Center for the Arts, announced a new, six-month long exhibit to raise awareness about illegal dumping. Funded by a $1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge grant, A New View - Camden will debut on Earth Day, April 22nd, with six larger-than-life environmental art installations on display throughout the city. This innovative, one-of-a-kind, family-friendly project will help raise awareness about the impact of illegal dumping on not just the community, but the environment as a whole. More than 130 artists from across the country submitted applications to be a part of this exhibit. The following were selected:
1. Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, “Invincible Cat” Designed from repurposed automobiles 2. Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Vivian Kuan, “Bio-Informatic Digester “ A machine that utilizes mealworms to eat Styrofoam packaging from e-waste 3. Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi, SLO Architecture, “Turntable” Plastics dumped at the shoreline are unearthed to create a spinning, wind-powered display 4. Athena Steen and Josh Sarantitis, “Touching Earth” Clay/earth installations constructed in collaboration with Camden families, residents and artists 5. Tyler FuQua Creations, “Mechan 11: The Collector” A 15-foot-tall steel creature doubling as a trash receptacle 6. The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein, “The Phoenix Festival” 22 feet tall sculptures made out of bamboo, decorated with colorful recycled objects
Along with these six main installations, New Jersey artists, Tom Marchetty and Erik James Montgomery, will add their own details to the exhibits. Marchetty, a local woodworker and owner of The Factory Workers, designed and built pod parks with unique seating areas for each site. James, a photographer, will display his photography series, “Camden is Bright not Blight,” on abandoned buildings throughout Camden. Visit www.anewviewcamden.com/sites for exhibit locations, video views and additional details of each site. Please also visit the “artist info” page for even more about the visions of each project and the teams behind them. The installation sites are close to major transportation corridors, the PATCO Speedline, NJ Transit’s River Line, and Camden GreenWay. The city hopes that daily commuters will notice the installations and encourage them to learn more about the pieces, the impact of illegal dumping and to take “a new view” of the city.
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