Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Trash-Queen--Buy-Nothing-Day--Street-Performance-in-Taipei---News-Access-27MZIFJJBRLF8.htmlConceptually similarTrash Queen "Buy Nothing Day" Street Performance in Taipei - Web VideoGP0STQDDPCompleted★★★★Trash Queen "Buy Nothing Day" Street Performance in Taipei - Web VideoGP0STQDDQCompleted★★★★Detox: How People Power is Cleaning Up FashionGP04WC2Completed★★★★★★★Detox: How People Power is Cleaning Up Fashion - Clean VersionGP04WJJCompleted★★★★★★Detox: How People Power is Cleaning Up Fashion - BROLLGP04WFOCompleted★★★★★★★Dirty Laundry Reloaded ClipreelGP03T8PCompleted★★★★Closing the Loop for Smart Devices - Animation (without voice over version)GP0STQ317Completed★★★★Detox Report LaunchGP04DAICompleted★★★★★★The Distant Water Fisheries Fishermen Threnody in Taiwan - Reunion Chapter - International versionGP1SUA68Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQDDUTrash Queen "Buy Nothing Day" Street Performance in Taipei - News AccessOn the weekend after Black Friday, which marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, Greenpeace Taipei launches a campaign in an effort to raise awareness about the effects of people’s shopping habits. The campaign’s launch takes the form of a 2.5 meter tall woman performer on stilts who wears a dress made of recycled clothing and a shopaholic squad. They stroll in busy commercial area and hold bags with a sign that reads “Today’s Fast Fashion Tomorrow’s Garbage”.The performance art is created to highlight findings, which showed that each Taiwan citizen owns around 75 pieces of clothing – yet 20 per cent of these items were seldom worn by their owner. A recent Greenpeace study, showed that the business model of fast fashion industry is one of the causes of irresponsible consumer behavior.Locations:East Asia-Taipei-TaiwanDate:27 Nov, 2016Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:3m49sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :NEWS ACCESSKeywords:Clothing-Consumers-Crowds-Detox (campaign title)-Fashion-Fashion events-H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB-KWCI (GPI)-People-Public engagement-Rubbish-Shops-Street theatre actions-Textile industry-Urban areas-Urban scenesShoot:Trash Queen "Buy Nothing Day" Street Performance in Taipei (Video)On the weekend after Black Friday, Greenpeace Taipei launched a campaign in an effort to raise awareness about the effects of people’s shopping habits. The campaign took the form of a 2.5 meter tall woman performer on stilts who wore a dress made of recycled clothing and a shopaholic squad. They strolled in busy commercial area and held bags with a sign that read “Today’s Fast Fashion Tomorrow’s Garbage”. The performance art was created to highlight findings, which showed that each Taiwan citizen owns around 75 pieces of clothing – yet 20 per cent of these items were seldom worn by their owner. From a recent Greenpeace study, it showed that the business model of fast fashion industry is one of the causes of irresponsible consumer behavior.Related Collections:Trash Queen "Buy Nothing Day" Street Performance in Taipei (Photos & Videos)
