{"id":37607,"date":"2019-08-05T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pietheineek.nl\/?p=37607"},"modified":"2020-04-30T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:32:58","slug":"tenerife-teide-and-plastic-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pietheineek.nl\/en\/news\/tenerife-teide-and-plastic-man-2","title":{"rendered":"Tenerife Teide and ‘plastic man’!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

05-08-2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were in\nTenerife two weeks ago, to view the interior assignment we have realised there\nand to discuss the follow-up. The furniture we made was selected by Gabi Roca and\ncan now be seen in the restaurant of the cable car station at the foot of the\nTeide, the largest volcano on the island. Around 3000 people go up and down in\nthe gondola every day, so it is always busy. We took a look at the changes that\nhave been made so far, at how the furniture fits there and talked about the\nnext steps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not\nsuch a difficult task, because the enormous windows Gabi has had installed make\nthe breath-taking natural surroundings a ubiquitous part of the space and the\nexperience. The colours of the 60×60 waste waste furniture and the oak and\nscrap wood selected by Gabi fit in perfectly with the surroundings. After the\nsummer, when the logistic and other practical wishes have taken shape, we will\nget to work with alterations to the whole space, so that it merges even more\nwith the breath-taking views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day\nbefore our visit to the restaurant, we visited the surf beach where I collected\nplastic years ago for the \u2018Holiday man\u2019. The little beach was full of plastic\nagain and we decided to collect the rubbish and use it to make another bust or\na reclining man. When we arrived, we saw from a distance that the beach was already\nclean. The plastic had been washed away by the sea and would later be washed\nback up on the beach, we thought. But as we got closer, we saw that a class of\nschool children was busy cleaning up the beach; a fantastic initiative! Using some\nphotos on my phone I tried to explain what I make from waste, busts, and asked\nwhether I could have the waste they had collected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, one of the little guys shouted “ha sculptura<\/em>” and it was settled: their hard work had become even more useful, important and fun. They even helped carry the bags full of valuable rubbish to the car. Back home I spread it out on the ground to let it dry. The collection is beautiful and as the children had collected everything they could find, it shows exactly how much of which kind of rubbish has been washed up. Luckily there weren\u2019t too many cigarette buts, maybe because the kids think they\u2019re dirty too. There was plenty of rope, presumably from fishermen, and the salty sea has faded the colours beautifully. But in terms of quantity, lolly sticks win the prize. I made selections from the yield and borrowed a suitcase from Leo and Susan, who we were staying with, to take home the rubbish I wanted to use to make something. We photographed the rest, which was so beautiful that we saved it to make a picture with it one day. The story of the busts, the waste and the relevance of the project has never before taken shape so clearly. I wrote a piece about the busts in BOEK 3<\/a>. It is included as pdf <\/a>and has now gained a lovely and logical sequel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n