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So I thought I’d just eleborate on an idea I had in class yesterday about junk mail. If thinking in smaller terms, and this may not be povert but just bankruptcy, but I believe that Americans easily get caught up in the “spend more” attitude. Our whole economy is based on how much Americans spend and saveing seems frowned upon. I remember on the news when Bush’s tax rebate was coming in that economists and politicians were worried that the failing economy would have Americans save that money rather then spend it like they were supposed to. In any case, I beleive that our need to shop and have all the latest gadgets may play a part in the foreclosures, jobloss, and bankruptcy seeming to happen everywhere. I’m sure more than a few people have neighbors that have to foreclose on theur house, but have three new cars and a boat in the front lawn. This could be tied in to the national dept problem being over a trillion now. This may not really fall under poverty, but I think its an important message for today’s age and that American citizens and the government must learn to curb spending and save or the entire nation may someday be in poverty and we may be forced into another great depression.
So in artistic terms, I figured if we use junk mail (and recyclye it after?) as a mediam (with paper mache of some sort maybe) it would be pretty sustainable, and our message would be both environmental and social. I thought of constructing a giant credit card, maybe we can use a mastercard symbol but ave them be pie graphs that show how much people are in debt as of 2008, or even capitalize on student debt…will could bring up questions about “liveing on credit” which seems what most students do for a could chunk of their adult lives. Is livineing on credit really translate to wealth in this country? What if there was no credit? or loans? What if we had debtors prison like Engalnd had for so long? Is being in debt still shamful anymore? Or do people just not care?
Ok, sorry this is sooo long!
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