2019 – Perpetual Plastic

Winner of the National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge

[This project] highlights the scope of the plastic problem (in terms of amount produced as well as its fate) and the transformation of plastic over its lifetime, using beach debris as a salient example. The situated, participatory data installation approach extends abstract displays of numbers towards a more gripping form of ‘data visceralization.’ The direct link to beach clean-up activities suggests immediate opportunities for action, turning the sculpture into a catalyst for engagement.

Source: Liina Klauss, Skye Morét and Moritz Stefaner (2019) perpetual-plastic.net