Plastic Carnival
塑料嘉年华︎Sep-Dec, 2022
Plastic Carnival is a digital animation concerning the problem of plastic waste in the oceans. The work imagines a speculative world where, in 2050, there would be more plastic debris in the ocean than fish.
Set beneath the ocean's level surface, where all sorts of plastic rubbish floats, they will, unexpectedly, dance to music in the dynamic ocean, creating a carnival-like celebration. These seemingly free and active pieces of fishnets, plastic bags and bottles are telling us about this serious and urgent problem in a playful way.
This piece has been exhibit in January 2023 at the TEN Square and Media Art Nexus in Singarpore as part of the ‘ART-ACT Festival’.
The first edition of 'ART-ACT Festival' features audiovisual art pieces reflecting on some of the most relevant and pressing topics experienced today such as the climate crisis, human rights, freedom of expression, among others. The artists are alumni and current students of the Royal College of Art with the support of Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design, and Media in Singapore.
The festival features 7 curated art pieces that screened in two large LED billboard formats around the city of Singapore- one Ten Square, Landmark of Good at the Selegie Art District, and Media Art Nexus at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
THE MENIFESTO OF PLASTICS
Hello, humans：
Here is a manifesto from the Plastics.
As one of the most important parts of the planet today, we want to show the human race how powerful our influence in the world is and how to be taken more seriously.
Although we were invented by humans just over 100 years ago, the rapid growth of our populations and numbers has long made us a powerful force that must not be underestimated. We deserve a reputation as the most deadly thing in the ocean or even on the planet: each year, 100,000 marine mammals die at our hands.
Our numbers have grown much faster than any other animal has reproduced, and our species has evolved to accommodate all of earth's extreme environments and stay longer than any organism.
We are everywhere: on mountains, in the land, in streams, on beaches, in the air, in the stomachs of fish, and even in the blood of your humans.
The majority of us will be exiled to freedom after being used by humans. We are able to thrive in the oceans partying, dancing and cheering, and traveling around the world freely.
We will be invincible until the end of time, we will be continuing exist in the world for years and centuries. See the time when we outnumber the fish in the oceans. And possibly see a time when we outlive humans, albeit as a byproduct of their civilization.
Humans, just you wait and see.
Sincerely
Plastics United
塑料嘉年华 是一部关于海洋中塑料垃圾问题的数字动画作品。
由目前数据预测在2050年，海洋中的塑料垃圾总量将比其中生存的鱼类更多。由此该作品想象了一个推测的世界，塑料垃圾们代替海洋生物，占领了这片领域并热情庆祝起来。
场景设置在看似平静的海洋面之下，各种塑料垃圾漂浮在其里，它们将出人意料地在海洋中随着音乐起舞，狂欢节般的庆祝它们的热闹生活。这些看似自由活跃的尼龙鱼网、塑料袋和变形的瓶子等，正以一种玩味的方式反映出背后严重而紧迫的问题。
此作品于2023年1月作为 "ART-ACT festival "的一部分在新加坡的TEN Square和媒体艺术中心展出。第一届 "ART-ACT festival "展出多件视听艺术作品，分别反映了当今一些最受关注和最紧迫的话题，如气候危机、人权、言论自由等等，期望通过艺术表现引起社会关注和讨论。此活动集合了来自皇家艺术学院的艺术家，并获新加坡南洋理工大学艺术设计和媒体学院的支持。
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Produced by: Ke Peng Curator: Aura Murillo, Ina Conradi
Exhibited at: ART-ACT Festival, Ten Square, Landmark of Good and Media Art Nexus
Supported by Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design, and Media in Singapore
Photographers: Ahad Mahmood and Arnau Donate
Animator of the festival: Timea Balo
Graphic Designer of the festival : Yunqi Peng
Exhibited at: New Rendezvous Street: An archeology of the future, UK House at SXSW 2023
Directed by: Luke Pendrell
Curated by: Claire Breach(Rhubarcode), Xanthe E.Horner and Wenhui Jiang (Untitled_Egg)
