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The Art of Discarded Lottery Tickets

by Amos Odell on September 05, 2010

When most people realize that their lottery ticket isn’t a winner, most people simply it throw it away. For Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom of “Ghost of a Dream”, discarded lottery tickets sparked an idea that turned into an incredible art project about unfulfilled dreams.

KINGSTON 27, WEST INDIES

September 05, 2010

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Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom are the artist duo of Ghost of Dream. They've taken thousands of discarded lottery tickets and lost hopes and turned them into amazing sculptures.

"We started to collect tons and tons and talk about what people dream about when they play the lottery. Then we did some serious research to find out what people buy when they do win the lottery. Through our research we found that most people, after they win the lottery, the first thing they do is buy a car."

The artists specifically matched the price of the total lottery tickets used to the actual dollar value of each item (i.e. $39,000 of lottery tickets for the Hummer “Dream Car”).

Dream Home 2009 102" high x variable dimensions, $70,000 worth of discarded lottery tickets, cardboard, foam, wood, and steel

Dream Car 2008 $39,000 worth of discarded lottery tickets, cardboard, cast plastic, wood, steel, and mirror

Additional Source: http://doucwhatic.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/lauren-wasadam-eckstrom-ghost-of-a-dream/

Source: http://cre8tivegirl.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-of-discarded-lottery-tickets.html

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