statement: My installation “Put a Lid on It Already” suggests clusters of swaying, floating, artificially formed islands on an ocean surface by displaying small groups of colorful bottle and jar lids on a wall. Commonly, plastic bottle caps, found on every soda bottle, peanut butter jar, and cold cream jug, are dumped into streams and oceans, thus becoming a deadly threat to marine life. According to Greenpeace, seabirds and other animals swallow plastic caps instead of food. “It has been estimated that over a million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals and sea turtles are killed each year by ingestion of plastics or entanglement.” [1] The formation of plastic lid clouds, comprised of bottle caps dangling from needles on walls, feigns a body of plastic waste wavering on the surface of ocean waters.
[1] The Trash Vortex; Greenpeace.org; 2011
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/pollution/trash-vortex/
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Really sad our love affair of plastic, did anybody see the deformed turtle result of beer can holders!
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