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Plastic ocean : art and science responses to marine pollution / edited by Ingeborg Reichle.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edition Angewandte
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation in art.
- Ecology in art.
- Plastic marine debris--Environmental aspects.
- Plastic marine debris.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Our oceans are in an ecological crisis due to their contamination with millions of tons of toxic microplastic particles. In just a few years, the volume of microplastic particles will exceed that of plankton in our oceans and turn them into a huge sea of plastic. This publication brings together numerous international art projects related to environmental activities, DIY biotechnology, and science, and draws attention to the irreversible destruction of our marine ecosystems – the current threat posed by the loss of marine animal biodiversity, for example, or the decline in oxygen production due to massive plankton loss. It also presents current scientific findings on sustainable alternatives to plastic.
- Unsere Weltmeere befinden sich aufgrund ihrer Durchsetzung mit Millionen Tonnen toxischer Mikroplastikpartikel in einer ökologischen Krise: In nur wenigen Jahren wird der Anteil von Mikroplastikpartikeln den Anteil von Plankton in unseren Meeren übersteigen und diese in ein riesiges Plastikmeer verwandeln. Die Publikation versammelt zahlreiche internationale Kunstprojekte im Umfeld von Umweltaktivitäten, DIY-Biotechnologie und Wissenschaft und lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit auf die irreversiblen Folgen der Zerstörung unserer marinen Ökosysteme – die aktuelle Bedrohung durch den Verlust der Artenvielfalt der marinen Tierwelt etwa oder den Rückgang der Sauerstoffproduktion durch massiven Planktonverlust. Darüber hinaus präsentiert sie aktuelle naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über nachhaltige Alternativen zu Plastik.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Who Lives in the Plastisphere? Art and Science Responses to Plastic Pollution
- »Downhill from Everywhere«: Plastic Pollution Coalition and the Force of Art
- Artistic Research and Ecology: Pollution, Plastic, Water
- Toxic Plastic Politics: Rethinking Plastic Pollution through Art and Activism
- From An Ecosystem of Excess to Hollow Ocean: Affective Learning in the Service of EcoActivism
- All Washed Over by Hormones of Loving Grace
- Some Working Notes on Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf
- Aquatocene: A Subaquatic Quest for Serenity
- NOISE AQUARIUM: Iterations, Variations, and Responsive Ecotistical Work
- Computer-Animated Fluidity for Stiff Datasets and the Visualization of Underwater Noise
- From Live Imaging to 3D Modeling: A Guide to Documentation and Processing of Planktonic Organisms
- I AM A RADIOLARIAN
- Meta Instructions to Instructions to Build a Species: Performing Philosophy through Arts
- About »Bio-« to Alleviate the Detrimental Impacts of Plastics on the Seas
- Notes on Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-074477-5
- OCLC:
- 1262308331
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