Client: Rye Arts Center

Overview

Fire escapes, there is such beauty in their graphic lines. They are like the spines of the buildings holding up the world. When stitched from clear single-use plastic and floating in the wind between towering trees, the contradictory materials and subject matter – flimsy plastics and manmade symbols of progress and power – useful and damaging – are the underpinnings for the social, environmental and political narrative.

Measurements 17′ x 17′

Goals

The goal of this project was to grab the attention of a casual passerby and cause them to inquire and learn about plastic pollution.