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Artfully Arranged Junkyard Objects

dense photographic collage of junkyard object

dense photographic collage of junkyard object

dense photographic collage of junkyard object

dense photographic collage of junkyard object

In a continuation and tweak of his Coletivos project (which I posted about previously), Cássio Vasconcellos took aerial photos of scrapyards and arranged the junked cars, planes, trains, and other objects into dense photographic collages.

OVER presents a scenario that seems to point to a dystopian future, but which, in fact, brings together fragments of the present. The exaggerated agglomeration denounces the misleading idea of “disposal”, given that objects do not cease to exist in the world when we throw them away. Rather, they inhabit other places.

This video shows the artist’s process, from hanging out the side of a helicopter to arranging all the items in Photoshop.

Discussion  2 comments

Paolo Palombo

Loved the video. Interesting artistic process.

Paul Pomeroy

Kind of sad that his OVER video has had fewer than 500 views, and only 13 likes, in a year ... (but not nearly as sad as the reasons for him making it in the first place).

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