Trash is a perception: reclaimed tiny shelters & art in SFO

In San Francisco, dumpster diving for art has become institutionalized. For over 2 decades, the city's garbage company, Recology, has selected several artists every year to pick through the city's waste in order to create their art.
Pablo Picasso used garage stuff from his Parisian neighborhood to create his art: an old bike became “Bull's Head”, a basket, scrap metal, and ceramic jugs became “She-Goat”; etc. Plenty of other artists have repurposed trash in the name of art: Robert Rauschenberg’s junkshop items and most iconically Marcel Duchamp's urinal.
In San Francisco, dumpster diving for art has become institutionalized. For over 2 decades, the city’s recycling and compost company, Recology, has selected several artists every year to pick through the city’s waste in order to create their art.
The artists in residence have 24-hour access to the public disposal area; armed with shopping carts they can take anything back to the studio to create their art.
We follow 2 residents- Lauren DiCioccio and Abel Rodriguez- as they scavenge the public disposal area for art supplies and follow them back to the studio where they show us their work-in-progress.
Program director Deborah Munk takes us on a tour of the Recology San Francisco waste disposal facilities where the goal is zero waste (they're currently at 80%) and she shows us some innovative programs like the paint recycling program (where they create 3 new colors out of trashed paint and give it away for free).
Munk also takes us to the sculpture garden on-site where everything is made from trash, even a couple of tiny shelters (a cabin now used for storage and an art-house) where everything from the windows, doors, roofing, and even the screws were all collected from the dump.
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[@carolynbostic5784]

Almost heart-wrenching to see all the memento style stuff being tossed into the garbage. Liked what's being done to encourage art and recycling of resources. Enjoyed the "just wait" admonition.

[@sallyrally2132]

super cool!

[@notimetolose]

likex100 we need more creative minds such as these

[@reflev]

i love this channel

[@slobomotion]

I have a clip up on one of my two channels here called A CONFESSION from Jul '10 and I found all this personal stuff in the trash & located some of the family to get back the mementos, photos, a lock of baby hair, etc. They had no idea how it got there, plus diaries, mail, yeow! Be careful what you throw out, people! They never thanked me or anything but someone came by to get the stuff ... some had left the country ... very sad. Good clip! Uprated. Thanks to grangersmith for sharing it!

[@ISCMULTIMEDIA]

very, very cool

[@anklelockband]

Fun vid! I'd be in heaven having a studio in a junkyard!

[@ablacksquare]

Wow, I am so glad I subscribed. The last couple of videos have been enlightening.

[@joshe620]

love how you guys collect the discarded paint an redistribute it to help others

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Pretty Kewl program

[@Emmyhorstkamp-storeytarris]

I love the textile artist.

[@joshe620]

I am so eclectic I would go crazy there an be in the way....love the Disney princess plate

[@minodul]

Man, she has some serious sewing skills.

[@MrMrgray123]

this channel rocks

[@DixieGirl9876]

Glad to see this is making a comeback!People,not just artist use to recycle things from the dump when they'd take their trash there.So much waste in this country,it's shameful,as a nation.Each neighborhood should have a center where reusable items are dropped off and anyone from that area could go and take what they can use.The house of windows would make a great greenhouse(bigger).Very creative..

[@Xidcat]

“One man's trash is another man's treasure.”

[@tcbnow1960]

Art makes one think, maybe you should take some more in!

[@stephengreenhalgh7147]

Separating waste is essential to recycling and reuse of trash!

[@Burps___]

that's the first indoor dump i have ever seen

[@joshe620]

omg I used to like putting skeletons bach together love the string an stuffed animal fur

[@PDogB]

One man's trash is another man's treasure.....Proof!

[@mikethemoneymaker]

The future holds a place for this art back where it came from" 'the Dump.

[@gotbletu]

hi, 2AM watching this =D

[@scoutplaysmc]

Keep up the good work :) turning the city clean with art.

[@Mr2013skywalker]

this was done from 1905-1930S ALL OVER EUROPE and RUSSIA under CONSTRUCTIVISM and a Vanguard , GLAD TO SEE THAT HISTORY ALWAYS repeat IT SELF

[@funkedgibberish]

I feel like this is like "hoarders for beginners" or at least bordering the topic. Very cool though.

[@acorder76]

This is pretty cool. I love to recycle/repurpose or donate. I'm shocked at what people just throw away. Why not donate it to someone that could use it instead??

[@EuphoniaPooch]

I think the art is cool even though hearing artist's talk about how " their object's are trying to find their place " drives me up the wall... and actually the Upscale girl is cool too.

[@firari1cars]

I'm Computer science Student and a beginner artist. I'm getting addicted to *faircompanies. There are spectacular videos here. :)

[@synapse131]

Gotcha beat. 3:44 AM. :Q

[@Mr2013skywalker]

it is TRUE that the staff that they are making is the SHEET but you have to GIVE THEM some COOKIES for the AFFORD

[@MrGaryg20047]

The City of Oakland has a bad dumping problem of trash and furniture and appliances on the streets especially where the warehouses are located and they need a program like this

[@BlueSeaWendy]

No wonder the earth is wiping peoples homes out with natural disasters. Starvation/disease is next. This is HORRIBLE to see. The Artists are great! But the trash and waste is unbelievable...Good for SF and their goals!! I am a vegan and eat very little, I also became a minimalist (donated my belongings to a charity) and live in a tiny home. I no longer want to be a part of the waste.....

[@RiceNPixieDust]

[@pukoh8997]

aren't those 'artists' just making stuff that are just going to be chucked out later on? this isn't recycling. It's postponement of rubbish disposal. Could their time be better utilised? The going through rubbish is cool tho.

[@NoOneHere2Day]

I wonder how many dog turds they find at the dump.

[@eveangel5485]

honestly, if you recycle the trash in something not useful.. you're just making more trash ...

[@hempev]

You can't have a video of the S.F. dump without a few seagulls!

[@gotbletu]

hehe u win this time

[@mitchellmcmullen]

horders wet dream

[@MrDjRinzo]

art is just another form of trash and vise versa the only reason i dis art is because it has not practical usefulness