Lead workshops for the art of recycling with school students

Cyrus Kabiru.. an artist who gives trash a second chance

• Kabiru: Working with children requires extra care about how to hold and twist tools to avoid any damage.

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The Kenyan artist, Cyrus Kabiru, is working to give garbage a new form and another opportunity, after turning it into works of art with the aim of protecting nature on the one hand, and creating a new space for creativity on the other.

This reinforces the artist's presence in the workshop organized by the "ARM" group.

Holding, which was developed and completed with school students, after the success it achieved when it was launched at the “Art Dubai” exhibition, with the aim of addressing a larger number of students to include its program of 80 schools across the Emirates, where it exceeded the number of students who joined the workshops 4500 students, in a remarkable increase from the participations in the first edition.

Kabiru led this year's edition of the programme's workshops, titled The Art of Recycling, which invites children to reuse materials they encounter in their daily lives, whether at home or at school, and turn them into works of art.

Through the workshops, Cyrus challenged participants to change their perspectives on trash and material things, and build a new conception of ways to give things in their daily lives a new lease of life.

The Kenyan artist spoke about this project to "Emirates Today", and said: "Everything I worked on during that period was a determined attempt to give garbage another opportunity, and the program can be described as a workshop or a project that serves the environment, as it highlights our vision of nature, and how it can be We will be soldiers for it and defend it.”

He added: “Giving garbage a new opportunity, and another form that would help protect the environment and stimulate creativity, especially as an artist I work a lot on materials that I collect from the roads. I see trash as leftovers, and I always found an opportunity to innovate in it.”

And about creating new ideas, the Kenyan artist pointed out that when he collects garbage, he does not think about the form of the work, but rather thinks a lot about the nature of the materials, explaining that the artwork through the remains carries many challenges, especially with students, because it focuses on the concept of safety in the first place, Children must be instructed to follow safe ways to use trash in artwork.

He noted that working on garbage requires the artist to be smarter and more innovative in presenting an artistic vision, because the biggest challenge is for children to be able to control the garbage, and work without causing themselves harm. Working with children requires extra care, in terms of how to hold and twist tools to avoid any damage.

He considered working with children a kind of hobby, especially as he sought through the workshops to change their view of the material, so that in the future they could change the world.

New generation care

The CEO of the ARM Group said:

Holding”, Mohammed Saeed Al Shehhi, commenting on the workshop: “We are pleased to launch the children’s program that covers a wider group of schools, in a step that comes from our deep belief that providing educational opportunities directed at nurturing the new generation is of paramount importance today more than ever before. There is no doubt that arts education in particular plays a major role in promoting creativity and flexibility.”

He added: “The issue of establishing dedicated workshops by a high-level artist like Cyrus has a tangible positive impact on the educational landscape in the country, and will enhance our ability to provide them for free to more students. It is important and occupies an important place in today’s society.”

clean garbage

Cyrus spent several months in Dubai during the duration of the program, and pointed out that Dubai is a clean city, and therefore getting garbage from it is not easy, and therefore he faced a new challenge represented in making clean garbage an artistic and creative form.

He noted that what he found with students in Dubai is their enjoyment of the will and the ability to learn, as they attended on a daily basis, and persisted in learning everything new, while adhering to the advice.

He pointed out that the basic advice he gave to the students was embodied in working a lot, but with intelligence. It is not necessary to work hard without intelligence, to ensure the production of what is different in life.

Cyrus Kabiru:

“I used to collect a lot of trash to make works of art. I didn’t see trash as leftovers, but I always found an opportunity to innovate in it.”

“The biggest challenge is for the children to be able to control the trash and work without harming themselves.”

"Dubai is a clean city, and getting garbage from it is not easy."

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