A short conundrum on material waste defamiliarization and creative accessibility.

Over material waste, defamiliarization and creativity this thesis underlies an investigation that merges around and converges into the concept of creative accessibility. Permanently layering around alienation, value and the idea of forcing, this thesis intends to dissect How does material waste defamiliarization through artistic means catalyze creativity?

Waste, in this thesis understood as trash and as everyday aesthetics, is utterly recognized as a problem thus this investigation unfolds fundamental cracks in this problematic perspective. Instead, it proposes an argumentative line that offers new lights in harmony with waste, through artistic defamiliarization as a bridge and ultimately a creative catalyst. Furthermore a departure position to delve inside the creative body through two dimensions that are permanently identified, separated and put together back and forth. One, creativity as problem solving and two, creativity as something else.

Abstract i
Preface iii
Index v 

Introduction 1
0.1 From waste and defamiliarization
to waste defamiliarization 2
0.2 Research background 4
0.3 Research gate 5
0.4 Research structure 7

1. Chapter one: in Theory 8
1.1 Waste 9
1.1.1 as Trash 12
1.1.2 as Everyday Aesthetics 19
1.2 Defamiliarization 22 
1.2.1 as Estrangement 24 
1.2.2 as Distancing 26 
1.3 Creativity 29 
1.3.1 as problem solving 32
1.3.2 as something else 35

2. Chapter two: in Practice 43
2.1 The Living Man 44
2.2 Fossili Moderni 49
2.3 Plastiglomerate 54

3. Chapter three: in ReSources 59
3.1 ReSources Milan 62
3.2 ReSources Kathmandu 67
3.3 ReSources Santiago 73
3.4 ReSources Helsinki 77 
3.4.1 The Plastic Ball 78 
3.4.2 on [off] wisdom 83 
3.4.3 Tomato 6 87

4. At last 91
4.1 Discussions 92
4.2 Conclusions 94
4.3 Looking forward 95 

Literature 98
Figures 102