Recycle LACMAOn January 14th, 2009 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that it was deaccessioning more than 100 items from its costumes and textiles collection. Once carefully collected, catalogued, and cared for, these items have now been cast back out in to the world. What will happen to them? Like any other useless item, they will need to be recycled or disposed of.
Recycle LACMA is a project of Los Angeles-based artist Robert Fontenot. At three separate auctions he purchased over 50 items deaccessioned by LACMA and is now trying to find new uses for these otherwise unwanted items.
Although each item has not yet been used, each item can have a use.
Recycle LACMA blog
NPR Weekend Edition Story
[Text and graphic from Recycle LACMA blog. The photograph displays a Korean Girl's Hood recycled as a sling.Cross-posted to Signal Fire.]
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