Waiting, Sadhbh Doorely, 2020
For this piece I looked at Gregg Segal’s photo series “7 days of Garbage'', photographing people surrounded by the garbage they created in a week. His work made me look at the packaging of items, wrapped in plastic or cardboard to protect what is inside. But once that item is purchased, the packaging is worthless. I became interested in exploring the idea of people's connection
to the things they purchase and throw away. After purchasing an item, I have found that it’s a waiting game until the packaging is thrown away. I created a waiting room with chairs that line the wall with magazines to replicate a waiting room which signifies the waiting period until an item is thrown away. Using garbage and already owned items, I placed the sculpture against a simple clean white background to bring attention to the details within the object created. This image may provoke people to consider the amount of plastic that goes to waste when purchasing an item and question how they can minimize it.