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Gyre: The Plastic Ocean - Couverture rigide

Decker, Julie

 
9781861543554: Gyre: The Plastic Ocean
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1861543557 ISBN 13 : 9781861543554
Editeur : Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2014

Synopsis

A flip-flop discarded in Thailand finds its way to Hawaii, and a bottle cast off from Japan's tsunami is soon Alaska's beach litter. With stunning visual impact and an astonishing array of ocean trash, internationally recognized artists create works of art from debris collected from beaches around the world. Much of the oceans' trash is swirling in one of five gyres, which are large systems of rotating ocean cur-rents. Plastic packaging in a throwaway culture finds its way into our ocean biosphere and onto beaches, propelled by the gyres, and now, in this compelling book and related exhibition, into the hands of artists. This book, which explores the relationship between humans and the ocean in a contemporary culture of con-sumption, offers an international perspective on a pressing environmental problem.

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À propos de l'auteur

Julie Decker is chief curator at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska. Decker has authored numer-ous articles and publications on the art and architecture of Alaska.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A flip-flop discarded in Thailand finds its way to Hawaii, and a bottle cast off from Japan's tsunami is soon Alaska's beach litter. With stunning visual impact and an astonishing array of ocean trash, internationally recognized artists create works of art from debris collected from beaches around the world. Much of the oceans' trash is swirling in one of five gyres, which are large systems of rotating ocean cur-rents. Plastic packaging in a throwaway culture finds its way into our ocean biosphere and onto beaches, propelled by the gyres, and now, in this compelling book and related exhibition, into the hands of artists. This book, which explores the relationship between humans and the ocean in a contemporary culture of con-sumption, offers an international perspective on a pressing environmental problem.

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Éditeur
Booth-Clibborn Editions
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1861543557
ISBN 13 
9781861543554
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
211
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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