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How I use art to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans | Alejandro Durán

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Durán believes that art is the perfect way to raise awareness and at the same time a way to engaged communities in environmental art-making. The artist wants to convey the current damage to the planet and the wide distribution that the waste reaches. The “Washed Up” works were carried out from a beach cleaning on the coast of the ecological reserve recognized by UNESCO called Sian Kaán, in the state of Quintana Roo, in Mexico. This cleaning carried out in the reserve resulted in the obtaining of more than 765 kilos of plastic. This material was recycled and selected by the artist to create his interventions at specific points in the same reserve and later photograph them.
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Alejandro was born in Mexico City in 1974, he currently lives in Brooklyn, New York where he continues to gather trash for his projects. He received an MA in Teaching from Tufts University and an MFA in poetry from the New School for Social Research. As an educator, Durán has taught youth and adult classes in photography and video at The Museum of Modern Art and The International Center of Photography. He also has a media production company.

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Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape.

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Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape.

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Alejandro began this project in 2010, when he discover the situation in Sian Ka’an. In response, he began collecting the colorful plastic, along with light bulbs and other objects, that have floated ashore from all over the world.  After these photos are taken, the trash becomes a part of a growing collection which will continue to be both recycled into new artworks and used in environmental art workshops, to further awareness about plastic pollution.

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Alejandro began this project in 2010, when he encountered the situation in Sian Ka’an firsthand. In response, he began collecting the colorful plastic—along with light bulbs and other objects—that have floated ashore from all over the world. The garbage is NOT painted, but rather collected and organ…

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2nd grade Science, 3rd unit: Native animals in extinction. Ways in which human activity affects life on Earth. General characteristics of water, its states.
OA 06: Identify and communicate the effects of human activity on animals and their habitat.

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https://alejandroduran.com/
https://www.domestika.org/es/blog/247-basura-hecha-arte-por-alejandro-duran