Consumption art

#blindnyc (blind consumerism in NYC) created by Ivan Farias

Artist Christine Rose Curry In an effort to bring awareness to plastic waste in our oceans she makes art from plastic waste. What can we do to make a change?Spread awareness, be mindful of plastic consumption, demand more plastic be made biodegradable—buying only plastic items that are. Be creative about making a change!

Photographer Gregg Segal is fascinated by the trash we make. In his artist statement about this ongoing project, he explains, "'Seven Days of Garbage' is a series of portraits of friends, neighbors and other acquaintances with the garbage they accumulate in the course of a week. Subjects are photographed surrounded by their trash in a setting that is part nest, part archeological record. We’ve made our bed and in it we lie.” “Of course, there were some people who edited their stuff. I said…

British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster created spectacular shadow art from seeming heaps of trash that actually are plays on light and shadow.

Some poetry to pass the time. Cover art by: #mikomaciaszek

The translucent, ethereal quality of the jellyfish symbolizes the hidden yet ever-present threat of microplastics in our environment. The insidious tiny plastic particles permeate our ecosystem, and the consequences of our plastic consumption have a profound impact on the natural world.

Digital media overload. inprnt.com/gallery/miko

Photographer Gregg Segal wanted to put a human face on the trash problem in the US. Cold numbers and statistics can only have so much of an impact,