In 2018, the EPA reported that the total generation of garbage in America was 292.4 million tons. That’s 4.9 pounds per person per day! How do we confront this alarming issue of waste and consumerism? Interdisciplinary artist Pilar wants to do just that in her new exhibition “Hyperobjects.”
The exhibit illuminates different perspectives on waste by putting industrial byproducts on gallery walls. It’s on view at Memento Gallery in the Poncey-Highlands neighborhood through Nov. 19. In this interview, “City Lights” producer Summer Evans spoke with the artist to talk more about “hyperobjects.”
“Hyperobjects” is on view at the Memento Gallery in Poncey-Highlands through Nov. 19, and more information is available here.
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