Bin There, Done That

It had been awhile since I couldn't line up my schedule with the recycling pick-up schedule, so the other day, I dutifully loaded up the car with the paper trash and headed out to deal with it. After dropping some magazines into the glossy magazine bin, I noticed how interesting it was to look through the opposite slot of the mostly empty container....apparently it doesn't take much to catch my interest...it's a slow lifestyle here. Hanging with the scene for a moment revealed a little world of it's own... It had been awhile since I could line up my schedule with the recycling pick-up schedule, so the other day, I dutifully loaded up the car with the paper trash and headed out to deal with it. After dropping some magazines into the glossy magazine bin, I noticed how interesting it was to look through the opposite slot of the mostly empty container....apparently it doesn't take much to catch my interest...it's a slow lifestyle here. It was really neat in there....a little world of it's own. The ever trusty G9 camera and I spent some time capturing the feeling of the reflected sunlight and atmosphere created within the rusting structure.



It felt to me like I had stumbled upon an artist's installation. A simple joke almost...placing this piece of artwork into an environment of it's own kind...amidst recycling bins for "mixed paper," "brown glass," etc.

OR: Maybe I can claim these photos as being the visual documentation of it being my own installation.


I hearby elevate into its new status as an ART INSTALLATION, this common dumpster, located at the Recycling Center, behind University Mall, Chapel Hill, NC. Entitled "Glossy Magazines," it was conceived and documented on April 8, about 1pm.

So be it.