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Plasticene Marine

The Cairns Institute James Cook University
2018

The exhibition brings James Cook University researchers in the arts and marine sciences together with community activists to share a sense of urgency about the need for human behavioural change as plastic pollution dramatically impacts the ecologies of ocean habitats.

Participants: Barbara Dover, Robyn Glade-Wright, Mark Hamann, Mia Hoogenboom, Helen Ramoutsaki, Bennett Walker, Matt Wheldon

Arctic chill
Arctic chill Found plastic debris washed up on north Queensland beaches, resin, drinking glasses 7 x 20 x variable cm
Arctic chill (detail)
Arctic chill (detail) Found plastic debris washed up on north Queensland beaches, resin, drinking glasses 7 x 20 x variable cm
The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us Found plastic debris washed up on north Queensland beaches, glass fish bowls 58 x 70 x 20 cm
Plasticky sea urchin 1
Plasticky sea urchin 1 Found plastic packaging tags washed up on north Queensland beaches, metal, glue 55 x 30 x 55 cm
Marine bloom
Marine bloom Found plastic thongs washed up on north Queensland beaches, found fishing rods, found metal stand 220 x 175 x 175 cm
No more
No more Found marine charts 125 x 95 cm
Images Michael Marzik and Epic Media

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