Tue Greenfort | interview

The disposable society

At last year's Frieze, artist Tue Greenfort created a stealth artwork; three see-through bins placed outside the main Frieze tent, into which festival-goers threw their debris. The untitled piece was an RSA Arts & Ecology commission. Here he talks about how the artwork came about.




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