Maker Faire Bay Area 2023
Trashlantis
Home: California, United States
Trashlantis is a mobile performance & kinetic sculpture, a backdrop for deep, meaningful conversations with people about the myth of recycling and the hazards of living in a 'plastisphere.' We won this year's Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt Country, California. Trashlantis tells a story ripped from today's headlines: plastic is creating brand-new ecosystems in the oceans. Trashlanteans are strange half-human, half-fish and half-trash beings from an ancient oceanic civilization. They comb the beaches and byways, sidewalks and highways for more plastic to build a Trashlantean civilization. They offer humans a chance to explore their relationship to this amazing material– and maybe even provide a splash of hope to those who are already working towards a toxin and trash free future.
https://www.trashlantis.com/home
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3 Feet of Air
Making Joyful Spectacle to Solve Our Climate Crises
https://threefeetofair.wordpress.com/What Inspired You to Make This?
It's the ultimate 'What if..?' question: will plastic in the environment cause profound changes in humans? Rather than run in fear from the idea we embrace the unknown and craft a reality in which humanoid fish creatures thrive in the plastic soup that is the Great Pacific Gyre.
