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Alex Queral – Phonebook Art!

patricia published on September 3, 2009 in art, celebrity and zeitgeist. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

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Hello Hello SuperForesters

Following Carla’s excellent ban the phone book post, I was doing a little digging to see if there’s a similar opt-in scheme here in the UK (unfortunately,  there doesn’t appear to be one …yet!) but I came across Philadelphia based artist Alex Queral, who has been creating 3D portraits from discarded phonebooks for the last 14 years!

He says:

“I was out looking for wood to make a sculpture one day and I noticed a huge pile of them on the pavement. I suddenly thought they would probably make a pretty good material for carving, so I gave it a go.”

Fun, eh? And a little more creative than the traditional phonebook repurposing as doorstop or wonky table prop!

Thursday Love!

Patricia

BanthePhoneBook.org

carla published on September 2, 2009 in zeitgeist. 6 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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Finally!!! A feeling of relief washed over me when I saw that this long overdue concept has recently become more of an official movement. BanthePhoneBook.org is a website that is gathering supporters and petition signatures to encourage the telephone companies, public utility commissions and local city and state governments to institute an opt-in delivery program (one in which you only receive a white pages phone book if you request one). Simple and makes sense, no?

Personally, I can’t even remember the last time I’ve used a phone book and I almost cringe whenever I see one. According to BanthePhoneBook.org, up to 5 million trees are cut down each year to create the white pages phone book and tax payers are spending $17 million each year to have them recycled. Yikes!

Thankfully, the kind souls that created the website made it really easy for people like you and I to help stop the waste. And the first step is to sign the petition supporting the opt-in delivery program, here! (I don’t think it took me more than ten seconds).

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Currently, the movement is over 8,700 supporters strong. Let’s help them push that number to soaring heights.

Thank you in advance,
Carla