indras cloud

source: annepercoco

VRINDAVAN, INDIA. Working with the local N.G.O. Friends of Vrindavan, I created a mobile public sculpture which brought to life a local myth and drew attention to the severely polluted condition of the Yamuna River. This project was sponsored by the Asian Cultural Council.
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source: artworksartsgov

Visual artist Anne Percoco created a mobile sculpture Indra’s Cloud made of more than 1,000 water bottles sewn together with plastic rope. The sculpture was floated down the severely polluted Yamuna River in India and around the town Vrindavan to highlight the profoundly degraded condition of the river as well as to bring to life a local myth about the rain god Indra. Photo by Anne Percoco courtesy of the Anchorage Museum.

How do you explore the problem of marine debris? Turns out you need both science and art, which is why the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, is partnering with the Anchorage Museum to have a group of artists accompany a team of scientists aboard the ship R/V Norseman in a research expedition that will explore the impact of marine debris on various ecosystems. The project—which has just received a $39,000 grant from the NEA—also will include GYRE, an exhibition of the artists’ responses to the expedition along with pieces by other artists who incorporate marine debris in their work or who have been active in ocean environment issues. To learn more about the project, we spoke with Howard Ferren, director of conversation at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and Julie Decker, chief curator at the Anchorage Museum.
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source: ntvmsnbc

Plastik atıklar denizlerimiz için büyük bir sorun haline geliyor… Denizlerde biriken ambalaj atıkları deniz canlılarını tehdit ediyor…

Ama plastik atıkları sanata dönüştürenler de var…

ABD’de açılan The Convergence Sergisi bunu kanıtlıyor.

Bu çalışmalardan biri Anne Percoco’nun… Indra’nın Bulutu adını verdiği bu çalışmayı şöyle anlatıyor: “Hindistan’a bir aylık bir yoga kursu için gitmiştim. Bir ayın sonunda plastik su şişeleri koridorda birikti. Ben de onları toplayıp bu çalışmayı yaptım.”
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source: ww2redleycombr

A artista Anne Percoco, criou este bote para a exposição Convergence at Lumenhouse no Brooklyn, New York. A intenção é chamar a atenção do mundo para o volume de lixo jogado diariamente nos oceanos e importância da reciclagem.