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Upcycling através da escultura : mapeando a utilização de materiais descartados como matéria-prima
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This dissertation is divided into two parts. In the first part, we propose the term “Upcycling Sculpture”, which we use to describe a selection of sculptures made in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, and made from materials that are mostly discarded or acquired second hand. We start from the premise that the sculptor, when integrating discarded materials and objects in his works, gives them artistic value, thus proceeding to their upcycling through sculpture and not only to their recycling. Here, in order to propose a genealogy of this new sculptural genre, the concepts of the artistic sphere of assemblage, junk art, and recycling art are compared with the concept of upcycling sculpture. This is followed by a selection of examples of sculptures made using these materials considering them as belonging to a precursor and an encourager of this type of sculpture. We consider how many sculptors have used these as raw material, sometimes preserving their meaning by bringing them into the work of art, sometimes for the purpose of artistic expression. We further expose, how these materials and objects are also used to materialise interactive sculptures, performative sculptures, sculptures designed for public space, sculptures as political contestation, participatory sculptures, or sculptures that make use of these materials with awareness of the era of ecological crisis that currently presents itself. In the second part of this dissertation, some of the sculptural works developed during the research are presented. They are based on the appropriation of materials and objects found on the street, discarded by the faculty's workshops, or provided by a public entity
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Upcycling - processo de reutilização Escultura - séc. 20-21 Assemblage Arte Contemporânea - séc. 20-21 Investigação artística