Benjamin Von Wong and his team, in partnership with the Embassy of Canada in France, built the latest in his environmentally conscious installations-- a giant faucet "leaking" tons of single-use plastics. As per his usual technique, Von Wong made sure that materials used in the project were all reused and recycled materials. The tap, for instance, was made from scavenged ventilation ducts and fitted for a forklift; the plastic “water” was sorted, poked, and threaded together, so it could be easily set up and torn down as the Faucet will be photographed in multiple locations.
As an artist and activist, I’m always looking for exciting ways to make the boring problem of plastic pollution more interesting. I’ve created campaigns from 168,000 plastic straws, 18,000 plastic cups, and 10,000 plastic bottles. But those projects only raised awareness for individual objects and never pointed to the root cause of the problem: Plastic production. I knew that I needed to level up my projects, but I just needed to find the right partner willing to take a chance on a brand new big idea first. Lucky for me, the Embassy of Canada in France accepted my proposal to build an art installation to raise awareness for plastics. This was my chance to create more than a piece of art. It was my chance to create a symbol inviting the world to #TurnOffThePlasticTap [1]
References
This Three-Story Tall Giant Art Installation is Leaking Plastics [...], blog.vonwong.com
Turn Off The Plastic Tap, turnofftheplastictap.com
Creators
#vonwong (See: Benjamin Von Wong)
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#benjamin-von-wong (See: Benjamin Von Wong)
#artful-advocacy (See: Artful Advocacy)
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