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“I think that most people understand what my art is about because you can see what it’s made of.”

Dambo has harnessed the power of social media to make his creations into viral stars.

The meaning of the trolls stretches far beyond art.

so he understands the power that social media can have, and he knows how to use it well. His art is particularly suited to the medium, and that helps him spread his brand and his message. Every selfie is a way to show how trash can take on a life of its own. “I think that most people understand what my art is about because you can see what it’s made of,” Dambo says. “People can just see that you can create something out of waste. The world doesn’t need to be suffocated in our trash. Trash can also bewhat we build the future out of.”

is that I make people go searching for my sculptures. It becomes the reason to venture into nature. Maybe people wouldn’t go all the way to that little weird forest in the countryside if there was no sculpture there. But when they come there, they have to open their senses and that’s when they see all the other things that na

ture has to offer,” Dambo says. The material of the future

Every troll is different and has its own personality.

The trolls are social media stars, and it’s not by accident. Dambo wrote his undergraduate thesis on viral marketing campaigns,