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Revived Object Project
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“Objects have the right to be other things” said Georgia, five years old.
At the Creative Kids Museum we embrace this idea and collect all manner of interesting objects to ‘revive’.
- We believe that in re-considering, re evaluating and re- thinking objects we’ll change or alter ways of thinking.
- Perhaps we’ll appreciate the objects in an aesthetic way – considering their form, colour, patterns and texture.
- Perhaps we’ll consider them metaphorically remembering the life they’ve had to this point, the old toy, the buttons, and bits of crockery.
- Maybe we’ll think about what they are made of – what earth’s resources went to their manufacture and how they can or cannot be recycled or re-used.
- And most importantly we can have fun thinking about what else the objects can be and how they can be used to express our thoughts and create our art.
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The Revived Object Project takes three main forms:
- “Revived Objects” are integrated into school, public and Artists Space programs.
- Professional Development for teachers and other educators is offered periodically to explore and understand the rich opportunities for learning inherent in “Revived Objects”.
- A ‘creative re-cycling centre’ is established which will ‘collect, exhibit, and offer alternative and reclaimed materials, obtained from unsold stock or discarded materials from industrial and handicraft production, with the aim to reinvent their use and meaning’.
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**We invite visitors to contribute materials or referrals to materials –
please see our Collections Policy for guidelines.
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**We also invite visitors to purchase for the collection for their own projects –
see Revived Object Saturday Sale |
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Link here to see to More on Revived Objects and their use by both modern and past artists. |
Revived Objects Collections Policy
We define a “Revived Object” as items from the following list and reserve the right to discard or refuse a donation.
General collection rules are:
If an item can be re-cycled we believe that is the preferable action. We want clean i.e.: no food or oily items. We need safe items – no toxic, no sharp and no glass items, no items that can splinter or become dust or choking hazards. We cannot take large items i.e.: 4x8 sheets of materials. If you have items that are not on the list feel free to contact us.
Donations can be made during centre operating hours, and will be reviewed before being accepted. Please call Wendy at 268 8319 to make an appointment and receive parking and entrance instructions.
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Paper:
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Easter egg wrapping paper, small boxes, wallpaper samples, Paint chip samples (No corrugated cardboard, no cereal, Kleenex etc. boxes, no matte board, no toilet paper tubes.)
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Metal:
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Small drums, miscellaneous hardware old screws, bolts, nuts, washers, cables, copper, aluminum, metal wire, plates, chains, pipes, mechanical gears, mesh, pop can tabs, metal bottle caps, old keys, foils (No rusted items and remember metal can be often be taken to a metal recycler)
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Wood:
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Planks, blocks, cork, plywood, wicker, Wine corks, wood biscuits, new chopsticks (No fibreboard or MDF)
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Cordage:
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rope of various sizes, lace and jute, telephone wire, (no yarn)
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Textiles:
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Exotic fabric pieces – silks, fake furs, clean raw wool, lace, patterns, accessories, yarns, bobbins, colour swatches, curtain hooks, thread spools (no carpet samples, remember some fabric make very good rags)
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Haberdashery:
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costume jewelry, buttons, buckles, zippers, ribbon, elastic, lace, shoulder pads. ribbons, bias tape, buttons, beads, feathers, Christmas garland
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Plastic:
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tubes, boxes, pipe fittings, funnels, springs, transparent coils, containers, circuit holders, press scraps, printed circuit boards, photographic film canisters, slide trays, bubble pak, Vinyl from signs, Extruded plastic shapes, Easter egg ‘grass’, transparencies. (no food containers i.e.: yogurt, no old toys)
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Natural:
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Pinecones, dried flowers, sea shells, leather scraps, leather cord, all types of rubber, fur
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Stone:
cut for mosaics, small slabs, tiles, marble, slate, river stone,
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Films:
silk screen, photographic, mesh, screening (no used screening please)
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Revived Object Sale
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On the third Sunday of each month, beginning on January 18th 2009, tables will be set up in the Creative Kids Museum corridor for visitors to purchase for a small fee their own “Revived Objects”. For a Loonie a bag take home your own inspiring materials! |
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(Note: this event may be canceled or changed to accommodate other special events) |
More about Revived Objects |
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 ‘Revived Object’ art takes many forms from the “readymades” like The Bicycle Wheel (www.moma.org) introduced by Marcel Duchamp
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 or Pablo Picasso’s Bulls Head
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 Joseph Cornell’s “assemblage art” from the mid 1900 shows another approach to “reviving objects. http://americanart.si.edu
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 Barbara Irwin is a modern artist working with ‘assemblages’ (www.foundobjectart.com)
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 Other artists call their genre “Recycled Art” such as this “Doily Dress by Darlene Mande (http://envhonolulu.org/solid_waste/media/1996_Recycled_Art_Calendar.html)
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 Michelle Stitzlein is another artist working with ‘found objects’ in a very whimsical way.
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www.artgrange.com |
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 Another modern artist Sarah Sze, works with ‘revived objects’ and has done amazing installations around the world. www.sarahsze.com
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Andy Goldsworthy creates ‘land art’ which is based on natural found objects 
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 Other artists, like Joern Hansen, have a specific philosophy to use materials that are harmless to nature and environment for their www.joern.dk/landart/landart.uk.html
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It’s arguable that all artists are ‘reviving objects’ in their work as that is the nature of creativity. |
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