Inconvenience Store
The explanatory label reads:
Objects found washed up on the beach repackaged in found packaging. Housed in vintage wardrobe free on Gumtree.
Not for sale. —- Better photo clarity and sign label in MMM publication as noted below …
This work of art was awarded first place in the Waste as Art competition. Concept, design and construction by Marina DeBris.
The Inconvenience Store was part of a larger display, an activity of the Lake Mac Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance (SNA). Held over two venues, this one was in the exhibition at Swansea, the other being held at Toronto library.
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by Talia Resnick. The Cool Down, May 4, 2024
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Our Disposable Planet: How Trillions Of Tons Of Waste Endangers Us All
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We need to ditch plastic lids for the planet,
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France has snubbed ultra-fast fashion and people are calling for Australia to follow suit
by Fiona Broom, ABC Rural, 12 June, 2024
… From MMM Issue #48, Feb-March 2025