A Chinese artist walked the streets of Beijing for 100 days with a vacuum cleaner. Although it might sound strange, the results will surprise you: he created a brick from the Beijing smog.
Although the process might seem difficult to do, it actually seems fairly simple. According to Mashable:
"The artist, who calls himself Nut Brother (坚果兄弟), walked the city's streets for about four hours each day, pushing a large, 1,000-watt industrial vacuum cleaner while holding its nozzle in the air."
Take a look at the photo of Nut Brother at work here.
Out of the dust and smog that's been collected from the polluted air, Nut Brother was able to create a brick, which the publication claims is "a symbol of the city's infamous pollution that has made face masks a common sight on its streets."
It was only on Monday when the brick was created at a factory, where the dust was combined with clay.
Although he hasn't gotten himself checked for his own health after his 100-day expedition, Nut Brother says he feels okay, aside from being "a little 'numb,'" with no further explanation on that numbness.
Several criticisms arose from his project, which was left on his Weibo account. Many have claimed that the dirt and clay concoction was a complete exaggeration of the collected dirt.
On the other hand, though, Nut Brother is gaining some popularity on local media outlets, which are spreading the true message behind the project.
Talking about his project - translated from Chinese - Nut Brother said: "The day we exhaust all of the Earth's resources, we will ourselves turn into dust."
Nut Brother's project was actually done in great time; it was on Monday when Beijin increased the air pollution warning alert to "orange," which is the highest reading in the past 13 months.
Check out a photo of the brick here.
