Exploring plastic debris as a viable art material, the finished result is a visual hybrid between semi-abstract childhood nightmares and forms found in nature.

“Art and garbage are polar opposites, yet they are the two things we leave behind on earth,” she reflected in an interview with Mistake House. “Once transformed into art, debris becomes the antithesis of itself.”

According to Robson, while we think of plastic as disposable—it’s precisely the opposite. Through her practice, she extracts plastic from its problematic destructive fate and utilizes its potential to become a source for enjoyable reflection. This process, of rescuing, de-contextualizing, and romancing, is an art form in and of itself.

“Plastic debris has ‘plasticity’ built into it,” says Robson. “It also has archival integrity built into it. From an environmental standpoint, this design flaw is catastrophic, but from an artist’s perspective it makes the material worthy of greater exploration.”

Her work also serves as an act of resistance, calling to mind how fragile our planet really is. “I am focused on how art can be of service in a changing world that relies, in part, on visionary thinkers using their specific skills to help envision and create a sustainable future so that the platform for all forms of human activity can remain in tact,” says Robson.

A recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Art Work Grant, Robson has exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries and non-traditional spaces since 2002. But you can also see her work online. Scroll down for some recent highlights.

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Now, together with a team of volunteers, she collects marine debris through beach cleanups and community workshops. The collected trash is then used to create large scale sculptures of sea life threatened by marine debris.  These sculptures now tour as the Washed Ashore Project traveling exhibit, educating and inspiring countless people from diverse backgrounds to take action in their own lives to prevent contributing to this global problem.

“As the beaches around the world wash up more stuff from the land and less from the sea I believe we must examine our relationship to rivers and oceans,” writes Haseltine Pozzi on her website. “I attempt to scoop up part of what might be below the blue waters and place it in front of us. In some ways it may be an escape, but at the same time a confrontation.”

Over 10,000 volunteers have helped clean beaches and worked with Washed Ashore to process over 20 tons of debris into over 70 sculptures of the animals affected by plastic pollution. As the leader of a team of dedicated employees and hundreds of volunteers, Haseltine Pozzi has vowed that this effort is her calling and “until we run out of plastic on the beach, we will keep doing our work.”

Here are some of their inspiring creations.

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Many supermarkets today hold pre-cut fruits and vegetables that are marketed towards people with limited motor skills, and that’s one side of the story. The other is when whole pieces of fruits and veggies, some of which already come in their natural “wrapper”, are needlessly packed in plastic.

Many people are against this trend and the community behind this Instagram account is growing bigger every day.

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Exploring plastic debris as a viable art material, the finished result is a visual hybrid between semi-abstract childhood nightmares and forms found in nature.

“Art and garbage are polar opposites, yet they are the two things we leave behind on earth,” she reflected in an interview with Mistake House. “Once transformed into art, debris becomes the antithesis of itself.”

According to Robson, while we think of plastic as disposable—it’s precisely the opposite. Through her practice, she extracts plastic from its problematic destructive fate and utilizes its potential to become a source for enjoyable reflection. This process, of rescuing, de-contextualizing, and romancing, is an art form in and of itself.

“Plastic debris has ‘plasticity’ built into it,” says Robson. “It also has archival integrity built into it. From an environmental standpoint, this design flaw is catastrophic, but from an artist’s perspective it makes the material worthy of greater exploration.”

Her work also serves as an act of resistance, calling to mind how fragile our planet really is. “I am focused on how art can be of service in a changing world that relies, in part, on visionary thinkers using their specific skills to help envision and create a sustainable future so that the platform for all forms of human activity can remain in tact,” says Robson.

A recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Art Work Grant, Robson has exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries and non-traditional spaces since 2002. But you can also see her work online. Scroll down for some recent highlights.

The post Aurora Robson Uses Plastic Debris as Art Material appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Now, together with a team of volunteers, she collects marine debris through beach cleanups and community workshops. The collected trash is then used to create large scale sculptures of sea life threatened by marine debris.  These sculptures now tour as the Washed Ashore Project traveling exhibit, educating and inspiring countless people from diverse backgrounds to take action in their own lives to prevent contributing to this global problem.

“As the beaches around the world wash up more stuff from the land and less from the sea I believe we must examine our relationship to rivers and oceans,” writes Haseltine Pozzi on her website. “I attempt to scoop up part of what might be below the blue waters and place it in front of us. In some ways it may be an escape, but at the same time a confrontation.”

Over 10,000 volunteers have helped clean beaches and worked with Washed Ashore to process over 20 tons of debris into over 70 sculptures of the animals affected by plastic pollution. As the leader of a team of dedicated employees and hundreds of volunteers, Haseltine Pozzi has vowed that this effort is her calling and “until we run out of plastic on the beach, we will keep doing our work.”

Here are some of their inspiring creations.

The post This Artist Vowed to Clean the Sea of Plastic appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Many supermarkets today hold pre-cut fruits and vegetables that are marketed towards people with limited motor skills, and that’s one side of the story. The other is when whole pieces of fruits and veggies, some of which already come in their natural “wrapper”, are needlessly packed in plastic.

Many people are against this trend and the community behind this Instagram account is growing bigger every day.

The post Instagram Account “Pointless Packaging” Raises Awareness of Plastic Waste appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.