Scour the forest floor for wood and leaves, add a collection of recyclables from local rubbish bins and presto, you have a giant bird\u2019s nest smack dab in the middle of a forest 40 kilometers from Imperia, Italy.<\/p>\n

Bird in Upcycled Nest<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is the latest creation from British artist and activist Char Evans<\/strong> and her not-for-profit enterprise Eco Art Installations<\/strong>. The huge nest is comprised of plastic and glass bottles, polythene bags, clothes, mirror fragments, boxes, packets and even a mini crucifix found on the street.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Artist Char Evans collecting garbage from the street bins<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Setting up the nest\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cbird\u201d in the piece is Evans herself who doffed her clothes to make a statement. The Kundalini design painted on her body symbolizes energy that lies dormant until activated.<\/p>\n

Italian artist Serena Volpe<\/strong> applied the design and assisted in\u00a0building the nest and official photographer Riccardo Bandiera<\/strong> documented the event in stills\u00a0and Giorgio Montanari<\/strong> and Davide Staunovo Polacco<\/strong> of Produzioni Chidakasha<\/strong> documented it in video\u00a0before the recyclables were returned to the rubbish bins and the nest returned to the forest floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Italian artist\u00a0Serena Volpe paints Evans’s back<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Giorgio Montanari<\/strong>\u00a0documenting the\u00a0installation<\/p>\n

Evans\u2019 installations are meant to draw attention to global ecological initiatives \u2013 you might say energy that lies dormant until activated by government dollars and public pressure. In this case,\u00a0Bird in Upcycled Nest<\/em>\u00a0celebrates the world\u2019s first waste-to-biofuel facility located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The private enterprise \/ taxpayer-supported plant will take hard-to-recycle materials like certain plastics, wood and shingles and make methanol out of them.<\/p>\n

Watch the making of ‘Bird in Upcycled Nest’ video<\/strong><\/p>\n