T H E I N I T I AT I V E 環 球 倡 議
WORLD OF CHANGE 變革世界 Hong Kong
Eco Atrophy After writer and environmental activist Tanja Wessels and photographer Alex Macro met in 2017 through Circular Community Hong Kong, an environmentally focused networking group, they began exploring unexpected ways to raise awareness about sustainability. Their efforts evolved into Eco Atrophy, an ongoing awareness campaign that traverses mediums, from photography projects to art installations. Last year, Wessels spent a week collecting surplus cling film packaging from her local supermarket. It quickly amassed into a 13-kilogramme ball, which the duo displayed at The Conscious Festival 2018 at PMQ to illustrate the unimaginable volume of single-use plastic waste generated every second. For their most recent project, Wessels and Macro teamed up with multidisciplinary sports competition Adventure Cleanup Challenge to spread awareness about the city’s waste-clogged coastlines through a powerful photo series.
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Eco Atrophy 2017年，作家兼環境倡議者Tanja Wessels與攝影師Alex Macro 通過環保網絡Circular Community Hong Kong認識後，二人便開始 探索新方法，去提升人們的可持續發展意識。他們的努力孕育 了Eco Atrophy（生態萎縮），這項倡議活動運用攝影以至藝術裝 置等多種媒介，目前仍在進行中。 去年，Wessels花了一星期從她周邊的超市收集多餘的包裝薄膜。 這些薄膜很快就堆積成一個13公斤重的大球，她和Macro將這個大 球放在PMQ的Conscious Festival 2018上展出，讓人們看到份量如此 驚人的一次性塑膠廢料如何分分秒秒都在產生。 Wessels和Macro最近期的項目，就是與跨界運動比賽Adventure Cleanup Challenge合作，通過富有震撼力的攝影系列提升人們對香 港海灘垃圾的認知。
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