This video (length 8:32) titled One Plastic Beach tells the story behind the environmental artwork and messages of Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang, who’ve collected more than two tons of plastic trash washed ashore on a 1,000-yard stretch of beach:
In 1999, we started collecting plastic debris — carrying it away by the bagful — all from Kehoe Beach, a remote stretch of the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Northern California. Certain items would catch our interest: milk jug lids, combs, toy soldiers, disposable lighters, cheese spreaders from lunch snack packs. We were attracted to things that would show by their numbers and commonness what is happening in the oceans around the world.
We use the plastic to make artworks including large sculptures, installations, photo tableaus and jewelry.
While the content of our work has a message about the spoiling of the natural world by the industrial world, our final intent is aesthetic and celebratory.
The Langs’ Web site: beachplastic.com.
Other plastic-related posts: http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/tagged/plastic
(spotted on Twitter, via @ecoartnotes and @jamesaldridge4)
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