A four-story whale of five tons of garbage as proof that we are harming our planet too much
Categories: Animals | Design and Architecture | Europe | Water
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/a-four-story-whale-of-five-tons-of-garbage-as-proof-that-we-are-harming-our-planet-too-much.htmlTo date, there are 150 million tons of plastic garbage in the ocean. In response to such pollution, Brooklyn designers from StudioKCA created an incredible sculpture "Skyscraper", or "Whale in Bruges". The installation was timed to coincide with the Triennial of Contemporary Art in Bruges.
The whale is made from five tons of plastic waste caught in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The sculpture is an amazing commentary on the current state of the environment and a reminder of how much we pollute the oceans with our own hands.
Jason Klimoski and Leslie Chang, the heads of StudioKCA, chose the shape of the whale as the most suitable for the theme of the Triennial "Liquid City". The powerful 11-meter sculpture has become an occasion for reflection on how the chain of constant consumption and production in cities ends in the ocean.
"Pound by pound, more plastic garbage is appearing in our oceans than whales," the designers said.
"A whale bursting out of the water is the first "skyscraper in the ocean", and being the largest mammal in the water, it is able to show the scale of the problem as correctly as possible."
The whale, towering above the crowds who gather to watch the work, casts his shadow on them as a physical manifestation of what we throw into the sea.
"The skyscraper is a clear example of why we need to change the attitude to plastic recycling."
Keywords: Bruges | Harm | Pollution | Whales | Environment
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