As I reflect about the lecture that took place last Wednesday, I cannot help but think that having a space like the New Media Artspace in the library is a fantastic opportunity. Indeed, I felt that the curatorial choice is very appropriate, for all the rooms are vertically aligned, which sends one back to the drilling process.

Also, it opened my eyes to see how selfish we can be. What I mean by that is that we usually use plastic bottles with materials such as plastic that took millions of years to create, and we throw it after a couple of hours.

Another thing that I thought about after the lecture was finished is the way we waste other materials in a manner that could be compared to plastics. For instance, if we think of paper, or cardboard, we use it for a very brief period of time, when a tree takes decades to grow, if not more. It is not a mere coincidence that more businesses are switching to digital. Indeed, more and more magazines are offering a cheaper digital version of their issues, more and more people read books on tablets, et cetera. I am not naïve to think that those institutions are doing this solely because of their love of nature. Instead, this switch is made for economic reasons. It is however a good thing.

In addition, as I was leaving the lecture, I couldn’t help but think of a French lullaby that is about a man who builds a house using paper. In that sense, I suppose that creating houses using recycled materials could be something that could extend the life of the materials that I wrote about in this post.