A staggering amount of plastic trash circles the world’s oceans, propelled by gyres, or currents. The USC Fisher Museum puts this environmentally-damaging waste to thoughtprovoking use in their exhibit Gyre: The Plastic Ocean, in which twenty-five artists created works of art from refuse collected from beaches around the world. As the museum describes it, “a flip-flop discarded in Thailand finds its way to Hawaii, and a bottle cast off from a tsunami in Japan becomes Alaska’s beach litter. In a culture dependent upon the modern convenience of plastic, throwaway products of consumption are affecting oceans and shrinking our world as we all become connected through our trash.” The discussants will examine the exhibition, interrogate the damaging effects of our wastes, and challenge us to formulate solutions to the problem.
Sep
30
2015
When: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Special Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
Where: Special Location: USC Fisher Museum of Art
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
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