Eco-Core Sampling Project
W i n d o w o n G a i n e s S t r e e t

Tallahassee, Florida- 1989




Eco-Core Sampling Project incorporates eight one mile walks in various areas of Tallahassee, Florida. I collected trash on eight walks, including public and private spaces where trash might be found then installed the collection into the window segmented into eight quadrants.
The trash was weighed and documented by photocopying each piece noting the source, company, a personal address, or other text information which might be pertinent to locating the place of origin. If any of the garbage had an address I created a mailing list from this source and sent a card "thanking the consumer for the contribution to the exhibition."
Behind the garbage displayed in the window was a space that the viewer could view a map of Tallahassee marking the pathways I traveled, photographic documentiaton of the sites I collected garbage from and resources I used to research the project.

An installation Space run by
Paul Rutkovsky