Supplemental materials for Escombros Vivos 2009, see below:
Art trade piece. This piece was created by Taylor Stevenson in exchange for the following piece, which will be included in the Live Debris exhibit as a work of collaborative art. The traded works created by Taylor were all created with reused materials and were generally inspired by the participating artist's work.
Collage and old growth tree rubbing by Ryan Burns. This piece will be modified by Dayse Cunha in Rio de Janeiro.
Photograph by Portlander Josh Seaman, printed onto a stained bed sheet. One in a series of images about Portland's Dignity Village, the first city-sanctioned homeless encampment in the US, and a hotspot for necessity-based reuse innovation. Contributing Rio artist will exhibit a film about Rio's Jardim Gramacho garbage community.
Dress by sustainable designer Emily Katz, made from used airline pillowcases. Rio collaborator will be a designer from Vidigal favela.

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"Trash Can Cozie" made by Taylor Cass Stevenson, Made from 100% plastic food sacks from Rio supermarkets. Bags were ironed together using a technque that Taylor is teaching to low income communities near the site of this and other trash-based installations.