THE TRASH CAN PROJECT
2008
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| THIS IS ME WITH THE TEN TRASH CANS MADE FOR WEST ELMWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. |
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IN MARCH OF 2007, THE LITTER ON LENOX AVENUE IN PROVIDENCE WAS OUT OF CONTROL, AND THE CITY WAS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. ATTEMPTS CONTACT ELECTED REPRESNTATIVES WAS IN VAIN, AND NOT ONE OF THEM RETURNED A PHONE CALL.
ARTIST BRENT BACHELDER TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND BUILT A SIMPLE TRASH CAN, WHICH BEGAN TO SLOWLY MITIGATE THE PROBLEM. IN THE SPRING OF 2008, WITH THE ASSISTANT OF HIS TWO MET SCHOOL INTERNS, HE CONSTRUCTED A NEWER AND BETTER TRASH CAN FOR THE STREET IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WEST ELMWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP BECAME AWARE OF THE CAN THAT BRENT HAD BUILT, AND REQUESTED THAT HE DRAW UP THE PLANS AND HIRED HIM TO BUILD TEN REPLICAS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
TEN CANS WERE BUILT AND WITH THE HELP OF WEHDC STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND SUMMER CAMP YOUTH, THEY WERE PRIMED, PAINTED IN FOUR AWESOME COLORS AND THEN ADORNED WITH SMALL SIGNS, PROMOTING A SAFE AND CLEAN COMMUNITY.
THE RESULT IS BELOW.
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JAMES MCBRIDE
"MR. DEEP POSITIVITY"
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