Fresh Cut Media » The Junk Mail Project

we're viewers like you.

you're watching...

The Junk Mail Project

series: Dropping In | added: July 15, 2008

Even junk can be beautiful: Barbara Hashimoto’s art installation was built with a year-long collection of shredded junk mail.

LINKS

Barbara Hashimoto. More info about the artist and her work
Junk Mail Facts. Did you know that 100 million trees are cut down to produce junk mail annually? And that the average American will spend 8 months of their life handling junk mail?
Stop Junk Mail. Eco-cycle has some great tips to reducing the amount of junk mail you receive

Reader Comments

Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: TRBeck
Posted on:: July 16, 2008 at 9:25 am

Such a wonderful project! We’ve made and are stuck with so much junk; I think it’s important to make it more visible and to find more ways to conceptualize it.

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: Craig Benzine
Posted on:: July 17, 2008 at 4:17 pm

wow! that was great.

I pay my bills online, but I still get junk mail all the time. People who send this mail should just get with the times and spam my e-mail. That’s a much less wasteful annoyance.

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: Dan
Posted on:: August 20, 2008 at 10:07 pm

Barbara’s installation is even more impressive in person. You can see her work (at 2003 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60608) every second Friday of the month, and from September 26-28 at the Chicago Arts District’s 38th Annual Pilsen East Artist’s Open House.

Comment Number:: 4
Written by:: sleeping in my party dress
Posted on:: October 24, 2008 at 2:47 pm

I happened across something like this in House of Campari’s exhibit in SoHo. However, in that case, instead of using junk mail, I believe it was created from paper bags—paper or plastic, I cannot remember. My point is that I appreciate this much more, because it found a beautiful and constructive way to deal with junk instead of contributing to the problem.