Artist Looks to Beautify NYC Streets—Through Curbside Trash
In Harlem this spring, you might spot volunteers collecting litter into hot pink, polka-dotted bags on the curb for pickup.
“Let’s just get people to look at the trash because most people don’t look at it,” said local artist Adrian Kondratowicz, the brains behind the community cleanups that turn into art, which he has coined the Trash Project. “When you put something pink in front of them, they already start creating a different narrative than if it were associated with any other color. And when you do a whole street, you really notice it.”
