The Rise of Plastzilla is conceived as an artistic response to worldwide plastic pollution impacting the oceans. It is a standalone project related to G. Pulido’s Deep Surface – Homage to the Sea, which is a multimedia performance originally premiered in 2009 with support from UNESCO’s Ocean Commission.
Watch a work in progress (excerpt)
Plastic is ubiquitous. Despite its numerous qualities and functions, in the present day, we are confronted with severe plastic pollution challenges. Not only it has been linked to hormonal disorders in animals (including humans), but its massive presence in the oceans has also made it almost impossible to swim or fish in a pristine sea, much in contrast to only fifty years ago. Plastic is being found inside sea birds, marine mammals, crustacea, and is even mistaken as plankton, thus altering the food chain from the bottom up. It has changed the ancestral Sea in less than a century. How did we reach this point as a society? Is it too late to escape from the plastic invasion? Can we change our patterns of production and consumption in significant ways?
ABOUT
The Rise of Plastzilla is a non-profit art project. We thank WCPUN (World of Council of Peoples for the United Nations) for their support and for acting as our fiscal sponsor. When the project is set to resume, Sponsoring opportunities will be announced..
We also thank the following institutions for their moral support a few years ago: The 5 Gyres Institute (California), the Fountainhead Residency (Miami, Florida), and the Cultural Services of the US French Embassy through their Consulate in Miami.
Tentative live performance premiere: 2025
Gabriel E. Pulido, general conception, production, sound art and music
Sandra Portal-Andreu, choreography
Dancers: TBA
CONTACT
info[at]eclecticmuse.net