Riva Strauss sifted through abandoned print-outs from the recycling bins of several Point Park University computer labs in search of pieces of paper that did not disclose personal information.The creator of the “social change through art” club, Poof, found not only some interesting and amusing reading, but also fulfillment in the fact that she was able to print fliers for her club’s upcoming show, “Stuff,” about the condition of the environment on the blank sides of recycled paper.”I thought it would be kind of counteractive and hypocritical if I printed 500 sheets of paper when there’s a ton in the computer labs that is just going to be recycled,” said Strauss, a junior dance major. “So, I figured why not give it another cycle?”This weekend at Future Tenant, located at 819 Penn Ave.,  Strauss and Poof will make their debut with “Stuff,” a compilation of original works that showcase various genres of visual and performance art fused together by the goal of inspiring social revolution in relation to conservation of the environment. “Stuff” is part of a series titled “Trespass,” which features three selected artists out of 30 applicants in a venue called Future Tenant. The space is funded by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and is essentially a deserted building that is transformed into “a space for art,” either as a gallery or a performance venue—or in this case, both—until a tenant purchases it and moves in.Megan Melville, a junior dance major involved with Poof, believes that, in the context of the club’s production of “Stuff,” art becomes a vehicle for instilling or intensifying motivation within the audience to want to be “smarter consumers and [to] practice more eco-friendly actions.” Many people are aware that they should be living a less wasteful lifestyle, but lack the personal initiative to make genuine changes. “Stuff” intends to utilize art to coax that awareness to the surface and render it unavoidable.  “We have taken a message [of respecting the environment] commonly sent through an ordinary manner and made it extraordinary with art,” Melville said via e-mail.Strauss’s inspiration for the creation of Poof originated two summers ago as she sat with friends around a campfire in her home state of Massachusetts.”We wanted to create this huge art explosion that would influence the public to think differently about social issues, like human rights,” Strauss said Friday morning in Academic Hall.She also wanted to present the opportunity to artists of all different media for collaboration, because film, dance, photography, music, writing, theater, visual art and all of the different  art forms do not come together often to create something multidimensional.”Art has the ability to change you inside,” Strauss said. “It’s that feeling when you get the chills when someone is singing, or that feeling when something really inspires you. That’s why I think that we can create change through art, because it [makes] us feel.”Strauss’s inspiration for “Stuff” came from a clip she was shown in a global cultural studies class required for her minor. According to Strauss, the clip, which can be found at www.storyofstuff.com, draws attention to the many possessions that everyone accumulates and comes into contact with throughout life and “where [they] come from, where [they’re]  going and just our blindness to seeing what our trash is doing to the planet.”Poof began working on the project in September 2010, gathering ideas and brainstorming. The production has since evolved to showcase 20 artists, with contributions from Point Park, the Pittsburgh community and even overseas, featurting a fil created by Strauss’ cousin in Israel.                   Tess Montoya, a junior dance major, cochoreographed a piece for “Stuff” with another member of Poof. It focuses on the time when society in America made the shift from saving and being more responsible with its money to consumerism, when products really began to be pushed and a “buy, buy, buy” mentality was set into motion, Montoya said in the lobby of Lawrence Hall on Friday.Montoya’s piece has a “cute, 1950s theme,” but also harbors a deeper meaning in that it is meant to be somewhat similar to a television commercial. She wants the audience to realize that, although the piece revolves around a happy, dancing couple, there is also a Coca-Cola bottle between them, pushing the product and associating it with the “perfect lifestyle” image. Several other material possessions make their way into the number as it progresses to further prove Montoya’s subliminal point.”People are using [an excess of products] without even realizing it,” Montoya said. “All of these commercials teach us that [materialism] is what life’s about and that’s just what we’re supposed to do.”  Hannah Finch, a sophomore dance and sport, arts and entertainment management double major, and Nicole Jones, a sophomore dance major, are also collaborating for two pieces in “Stuff.”The first piece is a visual installation of a wall of 10-foot shelves with various plastic bottles strategically placed on them. To the far left, they will be neat and organized, like one would see in a grocery store, but as the eye continues to the right, they will become crooked and the bottles will begin to crunch until they eventually fall off of the shelf into a pile of trash. With this visual, Finch and Jones hope to create a metaphor that inspires people to think about the effects of their product consumption.”Just because you throw something away doesn’t mean it’s gone,” Finch said Friday afternoon in the lobby of Lawrence Hall. “It’s out of your immediate space, but it’s still creating a problem somewhere else.”