Here is an example where an artist, perhaps unknowingly even, is consuming less. A short animated movie, using only the reused, recycled, or (at the very least) the very old, that shows how aesthetics can be achieved through any means.
By someone who goes by the name of PES, who I think could be MacGyver. Worth watching (click here), as well as spending a little extra time checking out the "making of."
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