Bottled V.2

Bottled V.2
Bottledproject brochure (PDF)

The plastic bottle is a symbol of controversy It the first worlds it a status symbol of health and wealth paying 1,000 times more than for tap. In third worlds it is a one of the leading causes of pollution. In 2002, approximately 31% of soda bottles were recycled, while only 11% of water bottles are due to lack of deposit required on water bottles. This is shocking when you consider that bottled water is the second most popular beverage to soda.

For Bottled V.2, I had the wonderful  the opportunity to collaborate with Jersey City Museum and the students of Jersey City Schools. We worked together to collect over 2000 bottles to create the bottled V.2 installation.

The sculpture will be on display at the Jersey City Museum Satellite Sculpture Center at Mack-Cali building on Christopher Columbus Drive in downtown Jersey City. Bottled V.2 will be run from January – August 2010.

I will continue to work with the students to change and grow the installation over the months. Check by often to watch the changing sculpture.

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Jersey City Museum, Hudson County Office of Cultural Affairs & Tourism , Liberty State Park’s Interpretive Center, and the school children and residents of Jersey City have helped create this installation transforming the Columbus Windows at the Mack-Cali building. Conceived by artist Pollie Barden, the installation is made up of more than 2,000 discarded water bottles collected from school waste receptacles, the beachfront  along the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, city streets and neighborhood parks. Barden and Jersey City Museum worked with more than 1,000 students from the Learning Community Charter School, M.S. Number 4, P.S. Number 8, and the Ethical Community Charter School to collect these bottles.

Part of the JCM @ series, Bottled V.2.is an extension of Hudson Views, an exhibition at Jersey City Museum organized by William LaRosa, Director, Office of Hudson County Office  Cultural Affairs    & Tourism . This project was also made possible by the generous support of Hudson County Freecycle, ScrapCycle and the Recycling Program of NYU.

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