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-===**HUMAN CULTURES**===+**HUMAN CULTURES**
  
 In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet. In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet.
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-**ARTWORKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOO**+===ARTWORKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOO===
  
 Speaking of educational artworks, we have to recall Joseph Beuys's **7000 Oaks**, a "social sculpture" for which he had the participation of the public in Documenta 7 to plant seven thousand oak trees, in the city of Kassel, in 1982. Speaking of educational artworks, we have to recall Joseph Beuys's **7000 Oaks**, a "social sculpture" for which he had the participation of the public in Documenta 7 to plant seven thousand oak trees, in the city of Kassel, in 1982.
  
-Another recent and related participatory project, was the **sunflower seeds** installation by Ai Wei Wei for the Tate Gallery in London, 2010. He built a huge network of porcelain craftsmen in order to produce millions of fake sunflower seeds. He addressed the problem of (un)employment in China, reviving an old technique for centuries mastered by Chinese, the porcelain, while using a symbol of the Maoist times, the sunflower seed. Wei Wei created a massive landscape inside Tate's Turbine Hall after bringing the seeds from China. I had the fortunate chance to visit the installation last year and I was really touched by the project. The process is beautifully documented in a 15 minutes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYywpkJW8+Another recent and related participatory project, was the **sunflower seeds** installation by Ai Wei Wei for the Tate Modern in London, 2010. He built a huge network of porcelain craftsmen in order to produce millions of fake sunflower seeds. He addressed the problem of (un)employment in China, reviving an old technique for centuries mastered by Chinese, the porcelain, while using a symbol of the Maoist times, the sunflower seed. Wei Wei created a massive landscape inside Tate's Turbine Hall after bringing the seeds from China. I had the fortunate chance to visit the installation last year and I was really touched by the project. The process is beautifully documented in a 15 minutes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYywpkJW8
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