Research Catalog

Title

Collecting systems : learning book #001 : 4 projects / by Learning Group.

Author

Learning Group (Group of artists)

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : WhiteWalls, Inc., [2006?]

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Details

Description

52 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm

Summary

"[Collecting Systems]: [Learning Book #001] is part of an ongoing discussion of how knowledge is distributed and produced. Unused materials are generated in enormous quantities every day. In this specific discussion, Learning Group is curious about how unused materials are put to use in three local situations (Moriya, Japan; Monterrey, Mexico; and Chicago, United States). Economics, environmental conditions, labor, property rights and many other issues are investigated in tandem by learning Group to produce a variety of perspectives and possible courses of action. This book shows four projects by Learning Group and the numerous people who worked with them: a cardboard house the construction of which was learned from the shells of sea urchins, a wearable walking city, and two houses made of plastic bottles and other gathered materials. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

[Collecting systems] : [learning book #001]

Subject

• Learning Group (Group of artists)
• Junk sculpture
• Waste products as building materials > Economic aspects
• Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Economic aspects
• Group work in art

Note

• Cover title.
• "Learning Group is curious about how unused materials are put to use in three local situations, Moriya, Japan; Monterrey, Mexico; and Chicago, United States"--P. [4] of cover.

Contents

[Collecting System] -- Information about [Collecting System] in Moriya, Japan -- [Learning by Sea Urchin > Paper Dwelling, 1:1 Model] -- [Walking City] -- [Learning Poster #001] -- Information about [Collecting System] in Monterrey, Mexico -- [Collected Material Dwelling #002] -- [Learning Poster #003] -- Information about [Collecting System] in Chicago, United States -- [Collected Material Dwelling #003].

ISBN

• 0945323093
• 9780945323099

LCCN

9780945323099

OCLC

• ocm71291751
• 71291751
• SCSB-14548730

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries