Integrating Visual Art in Waste Management: A Practical Approach with Emphasis on Sugarcane Waste

Abstract

In recent times, waste menace has become a global challenge that threatens man and his environment. The management of waste that accrue domestically, industrially and commercially are global issues that require the attention and involvement of every field of which visual art is inclusive. In view of this, this study presented the possibilities of waste management using the instrument of visual art. It explored how commercially generated sugarcane wastes can be managed by transforming them into a work of art. Being practice-based research, the practice - based methodology was adopted with the aesthetic and artistic possibilities derivable from sugarcane waste practically x-rayed. The frame-work of the study was inspired by Marcelina Amputator, a Nigerian artist who uses cut-out pieces of cloths from tailors and sewing houses to create astonishing works of art. Based on the stated objectives, the findings were discussed with recommendations proffered for future art scholarship. Conclusively the contributions made to knowledge were established.