Polar Bear Trapped in Plastic Bottle Mural Brings Attention to Environment
Re-Post Of StudioVox Crew - September 19th, 2016
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No this is not some lame way for me in skating by and taking it easy in creating new post just for my blog here................ or is it......... OK, maybe a little but really, for at least a couple of weeks now I have been wanting to figure out how to save all the wonderful emails I do get from them on a daily basis and only wish I had been doing it sooner but glad I am doing it now.
So I will probably be posting these past paragraphs for a little bit until I feel it is necessary not to do so and a link to StudioVox's site as you see below.
The StudioVox Crew
Visual art has the power to communicate powerful messages — it’s also a reflection of the minds and movements of the generation it hails from. This striking mural illustrates the impact of a current disturbing problem. It is estimated that 700 marine species are threatened with extinction due to plastic – and though they are a land species, polar bears readily feel this impact as well.
Two Swiss artists, Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, also aim to raise awareness for issues that they hold near and dear to their heart. According to Rebecchi and Togni, one of the main themes in their work includes exploring “the relationship between mankind and nature.” You can see that theme in the mural below, titled “Exhausting machine.” In it, a polar bear can be seen trapped inside a plastic bottle.
A single-use bottle is an object that many of us have purchased at one point in our lives without a second thought and this powerful mural confronts the viewer with the cost of that convenience.
Ever year, 300 million tons of plastics are put into circulation, but only about 15 percent are recycled. Sadly, 8.8 billion tons of plastic trash end up in the ocean – and out of that, 40 billion pieces are plastic bottles.
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Visual art has the power to communicate powerful messages — it’s also a reflection of the minds and movements of the generation it hails from. This striking mural illustrates the impact of a current disturbing problem. It is estimated that 700 marine species are threatened with extinction due to plastic – and though they are a land species, polar bears readily feel this impact as well.
Two Swiss artists, Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, also aim to raise awareness for issues that they hold near and dear to their heart. According to Rebecchi and Togni, one of the main themes in their work includes exploring “the relationship between mankind and nature.” You can see that theme in the mural below, titled “Exhausting machine.” In it, a polar bear can be seen trapped inside a plastic bottle.
A single-use bottle is an object that many of us have purchased at one point in our lives without a second thought and this powerful mural confronts the viewer with the cost of that convenience.
Ever year, 300 million tons of plastics are put into circulation, but only about 15 percent are recycled. Sadly, 8.8 billion tons of plastic trash end up in the ocean – and out of that, 40 billion pieces are plastic bottles.
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