scrapcycle is an experimental music show and one-night exhibition that takes place in brooklyn.

hmm.. we try to avoid imposing a genre, however, the musicians who perform either make their own instruments or utilize scrap and/or found objects .

for each scrapcycle, a few artists create temporary or permanent installations comprised of repurposed and found materials.

scrapcycle is an experiment in giving a scrap-material an exchange-value, an attempt to foster the local scrap-material exchange community, and a forum for art and music created from scrap-materials. ..we intend ...

most of us have been brought up in an "exchange-value" society. we make everyday decisions from the perspective that the value of an item is determined by what it can be ...

a popular mnemonic of the environmental movement is reduce/reuse/recycle/reject. reuse requires us to approach everyday decisions from a use-value perspective, which is in opposition to our collective upbringing. scrapcycle asks: what ...

definitely. we see this project as a way of promoting and enabling upcycling while asking questions through that same process.

scrapcycle has a sister project called NoPurchaseIsTheNecessary .

admission is any scrap item. e.g, plastic bags, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, empty water bottles, those plastic things you pull off the milk container.

some are given to a local artist for use in an upcoming project, some are used to wrap items at la superette , some are taken home by attendees, some are ...

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