Hypothesis and results

Sometimes the process is the central artwork:
This group of high school students wanted to create a "Trash Tree". Their hypothesis was that there was lots of trash around their school, and they wanted to remind students to take charge of their garbage. The interesting result of their trash search, was that they found most trash was indeed deposited in garbage cans. So our statement turned from a negative to a positive: students reported to their school community, that their "Trash Tree" is not full of trash, and is a commentary that the school community is doing a pretty good job in being responsible for their trash.

What was wonderful about this series of workshops, was the collaborative process, which involved: brainstorming several artwork ideas, settling on one idea, planning the materials collection, planning the building, finding the site, determining the length of time for teh artwork to be up, working together to build the work, designing the text/accompanying statement, reporting the process to the community, documenting the process through photographs, and finally dismantling the work.