'From trash to art' - An art experience by The Ocean Cleanup & Boken Studio

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'From trash to art'

by The Ocean CleanUp An innmersive art experience on plastic pollution THE OCEAN CLEANUP BY

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From trash to art THE CONCEPT THE OCEAN CLEANUP BY

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Art has long been used as a powerful creative tool for political and social activism- from Picasso’s Guernica to Banksy; art has always found its ways to move people's minds and hearts.

With plastic pollution and climate change at the forefront of everybody’s minds, we want to inspire and remind people to rethink our own consumption.

ART INSTALLATION BY BENJAMIN VAN WONG

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HOW?

Step 2: Art Art Art

Step 1: Clean the ocean Collect pieces from the Great THE OCEAN CLEANUP BY

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Open call for local artists to create artworks from the plastic collected. An opportunity to show their work with a positive impact.

Pacific Garbage Patch with System 001 and 002, a.k.a Wilson and Jenny.

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Step 3: Viral Education

Step 4: Circularity

Install the artworks in central places of major cities to make them viral and shareable.

Accompany the artwork with a

Connect with local companies that can re-purpose the plastic pieces used for the artwork into products or usable material. Use it for TOC's sunglasses.

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timeline showing the plastic's path.

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WHY?

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Educational

Impactful

We encourage people to think about the

The power of the unexpected with a focus on

consequences of what they buy and to

creating memorable, interactive experiences

learn about TOC's work.

that people can share and talk about.

The installation becomes a lecture. Living

Every individual action matters, making our

proof of what's going on in our oceans.

voices count is our way to expand the project.

Artistic

Community

Creative expressions as a force of good.

We provide local artists and companies the

Too often we try to motivate people with

opportunity to showcase their work and be

guilt and fear, here we want to use the

active leaders in their communities.

power of emotions and expressive art to

Collaboration is the key to success, to forge

encourage, to acknowledge.

meaningful connections with our choices.

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Examples

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ART INSTALLATION BY LUZ INTERRUPTUS LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

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Plastic Island Two glowing islands of plastic bottles in the fountains of Trafalgar Square. It highlights the alarming reality of the ‘eighth continent’ of the North Pacific Ocean, also known as the Great Pacific garbage patch.

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ART INSTALLATION BY STUDIO KCA UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS

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Skyscraper A huge whale, made of five tons of plastic from the Pacific Ocean, jumps out of the Catharijnesingel in Utrecht. The animal is a statement against the huge amount of plastic waste that pollutes rivers, seas, and oceans around the world.

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ART INSTALLATION BY BENJAMIN VAN WONG HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM

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The 'Strawpocalypse' Represented by the parting of the plastic sea to ignite the problem of oceans being saturated by plastic straws. In collaboration with Starbucks Vietnam and Zero Waste Saigon, they gathered a total of 168,000 straws recovered from the streets of Vietnam, to bring this sculpture to life.

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Possible collabs

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We produce environmentally friendly

With our cost-effective 3D-printers

We help brands & businesses

recycled plastic sheets. Each panel is

we will be able to close the plastic

move to sustainable plastics. We

made from a single type of plastic so

loop on a local level. As a result, new

design & engineer new or redesign

it can be easily recycled, extending

businesses can be created that

existing products and packaging, fit

its use indefinitely.

produce valuable objects.

for the circular economy

The good Plastic

Van Plestik

Better future

Company https://thegoodplasticcompany.com 10

factory https://vanplestik.nl/en/about_us/

https://betterfuturefactory.com

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by Caro Weisberg We are a creative agency focus on positive impact through design.

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We work on the intersection of creativeness and sustainability, our mission comes with purpose & passion.

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We believe a better world is possible, and we are committed to making it happen.

Create, connect & communicate.

Check more of our work here: www.bokenstudio.com.ar

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'There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change' Jane Goodall

Let's expand this force!

Thank you!