Bin bag experiment

Leading on from my experiment inspired by Joshua Allen Harris, i decided to try and make a character with a bin bag like he does, however without the need of inflation. I stuffed the character with newspaper to give it a rag doll feel, and to give it a core of stories and memories from both the past and present. I felt this element could add life to the character, much like the air from the subway vents give life to Harris's characters. I also felt that creating a person out of a bin bag could reflect how the flood victims have to pack their lives into plastic bags as a form of protection. The bin bag represents an overlooked form of safety that they have, and the fact that these victims have to make do with what they've got as they now have limited materials to work with due to the destruction caused by the floods.
I used wooden skewers to support the body, however I would have liked to have used wire as I would then have been able to shape the character and give it an extra sense of life.

Here I explored the theme of floods. This is a major contemporary issue, and so felt this small experiment could make statements about the floods. For example the black dull character represents the people effected, and how they have become almost like lifeless robots having to try and keep the water at bay day by day. There isn't much they can do to help themselves as the government have all the control, and they are left fending for themselves. The blackness can represent the great depression caused by the floods. The fact that the model is made of a bin bag suggests the notion of having to make do with what you've got, and use the materials that are available to you. The fact that the bag is stuffed with newspaper stories represents how the victims have had to pack their lives into bin bags as a final attempt at protecting what they have left. The pieces of newspaper seeping through the bag can suggest the manor in which the flood water seeps through any holes it can find, although on a deeper level can suggest how these peoples lives have just become a story that we watch on the news, or how they are losing valuable pieces of themselves, such as homes/belongings full of personal memories. 
I feel that these connotations have made a visually interesting, effective, thought provoking outcome. Therefore I am going to develop this further, exploring the scale and materials.