‘Bottle Bank’ zero waste art community

The 'Luxelakes Bottle Bank' is a community building and public art project based on the concept of low-carbon and sustainable communities. We collaborated with residents, volunteers, and community staff from Luxelakes to collect over 1000 discarded plastic bottles. Through various creative techniques such as painting and handicrafts, we imaginatively transformed and 'regenerated' these discarded bottles, creating over 200 children's art pieces made from bottles. Some of these works were showcased in themed display windows at bus media stations during the Chengdu World Horticultural Exposition. Additionally, the story of the 'Bottle Bank' was adapted into a puppet show under the guidance of a theater director. Children from the community performed using puppet characters made from discarded plastic bottles, interpreting real environmental protection stories that occurred in the Luxelakes Park community. The young artists from the community were fully involved in character design, stage design, puppet making, and puppet show performances. In 2023, they presented an extraordinary community environmental puppet show titled 'The Bottle's Adventure in Luxelakes', which was performed and exhibited at the 'China Children's Drama Festival' and the 'iSTART Children's Art Festival' at the Luxelakes A4 Art Museum. Furthermore, it was adapted into an animated film premiering at the Luxelakes Fishing Festival. We aim for this project to not rely on 'technology' and 'data', but rather to use artistic intervention and community advocacy to promote the concept of low-carbon living. By connecting people's thoughts and physical interactions, we aim to convey the idea of low-carbon lifestyles. Using the reuse of ubiquitous 'waste bottles' as a starting point, we've created a unique and vibrant environmental narrative 'scene' for the community's children, allowing 'sustainability' to return to everyday life.

“麓湖瓶子银行”是一个基于低碳、可持续社区理念的社区营造和公共艺术项目，我们联动麓湖公园社区居民、志愿者以及社区工作人员收集了1000+废弃塑料瓶，通过绘画、手工等多种创作手法，对废弃瓶子进行富有想象力的改造与“再生”，打造了200+个瓶子儿童艺术作品，部分作品进入成都公交传媒站台“成都世园会”主题橱窗展览。同时“瓶子银行”的故事在戏剧导演的指导下被改编成了瓶子木偶剧，由社区的孩子们用生活中废弃塑料瓶改造的木偶角色，演绎在麓湖公园社区真实发生的环保事迹。社区小小艺术家们全程参与角色设计、舞美制作及木偶剧表演，在2023年演绎出一部展示“平凡”又“不平凡”的社区环保木偶剧-《瓶子们的麓野历险记》，作品最终在“中国儿童戏剧节”与麓湖A4美术馆“iSTART儿童艺术节”进行了演出和展览，还改编为动画片在麓湖渔获节进行了首映。我们希望这个项目是一次不依靠“科技”和“数据”，而是通过艺术介入与社区倡导，在人与人思想联结和肢体碰触中传递低碳生活理念—以日常随处可见的“废瓶子”再利用作为切入点，为社区的孩子们创造了一个独特而充满活力的环保叙事“场景”，让“可持续”回归到日常生活中。