[dNASAb]_Video Sculpture_"Obscene Plasticene Daydream; LCD Artificial ReefLine /Faux Ecologies" 2022

 

“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”

~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau

"Obscene Plasticene Daydream; LCD Artificial ReefLine /Faux Ecologies"

_video sculpture 2022/_

__ LCD screen, reclaimed ocean styrofoam, upcycled marine debris+ plastics from beach cleanups (bottle caps,syringe,kids toys,monofilament,..) screen shipping materials, recycled plastic, epoxy, resin, airbrush paints, fiber optics, LED's, unique 4K video of temporary sculptures filmed underwater on Coral Reefs in South Florida

“The global problem of plastic waste and pollution will end when we decide to take action. Not just collectively, but as individuals who make conscious decisions about our daily purchases. __ It is up to us all to be the change we want to see in the pursuit of sustainable living, zero waste, and a cleaner environment.”

"...Its the dynamic interplay between the fragility and resilience; of plastics and the natural world; that inspire me to make innovative artworks, utilizing reclaimed materials in an effort to highlight this tenuous relationship…”

[dNASAb] __"The real enemy is the disneyfication of everything."

[dNASAb]_Video Art_"Obscene Plasticene Daydream_Derelict Reef Resiliency/Refurbishment #4" 1 of 1, excerpt of 2.48 min video, UHD 4k at 24 fps _

[Video Still]__"Obscene Plasticene Daydream_Derelict Reef Resiliency/Refurbishment #4" 1 of 1, excerpt of 2.48 min video, UHD 4k at 24 fps

"Obscene Plasticene Daydream_Derelict Reef Resiliency/Refurbishment #4" 1 of 1, excerpt of 2.48 min video, UHD 4k at 24 fps

"...the near-shore reefs of South Florida are resilient, but under constant evolving threats.To create these videos [dNASAb] removes derelict fishing gear (lines, lures, leaders ,hooks,and the other collateral debris) from the reef while scuba diving and he collects coral fossils, sea fans, sponges, and marine debris from the South Florida beaches. Stony Coral tissue loss disease [and other diseases that affect coral], indiscriminate boat anchoring on reefs, detrimental water quality issues; and of course, the rising Ocean temperatures from Climate change. It is estimated that over 500,000 coral deaths just in Miami-Dade county alone due to Stony Coral Tissue Lost disease, and there is nearly no way to calculate the amount of corals and sea-fans ripped off the reef by anchors. That will die in the sand."

Its heart-breaking. [dNASAb] is not fascinated with the calcium carbonate skeletons of dead corals or the fetishizing of lifeless fossils. His love is more focused on the hyper specialized patterns, the insane fluorescent colors, the motion of the corals in the flow, and the symbiosis of different species collaborating to thrive. That is why he sets forth to refurbish them with color and dynamic sculptural components. He creates sculptures in the studio from the rubbish and other reclaimed materials. The finished sculptures then gets re-integrated, temporarily, to the environment from which it's materials and inspiration were salvaged. The sculptures are filmed in varying depths, at different times of day and night, via underwater photography and scuba diving_ in an effort to "restore beauty to the entire ecosystem, if only temporarily"

#art #sculpture #extinctionrebellion #ocean #reclaimedplastic #reeftank #artivism #oceanartist #plastic #SculptingLife #coral #coralreef #science #underwaterphotography #oceanoptimism #wip #reef #xr #livingart #sculpture #ocean #metaverse #meta #scuba #upcycle @dnasab

[dNASAb] ©__"The real enemy is the disneyfication of everything." _

[Video Stills]__"Obscene Plasticene Daydream_Derelict Reef Resiliency/Refurbishment #7" 1 of 1, excerpt of 2.48 min video, UHD 4k at 24 fps

[dNASAb] Video Sculpture _Mediated Reef ECOsystem____"Obscene Plasticene Daydream; LCD Coral Polyp #4" 2021

 

"Obscene Plasticene Daydream; LCD Coral Polyp #4"

[Mediated Reef ECOsystem]___video sculpture 2021_

LCD screen, reclaimed ocean styrofoam, upcycled marine debris+plastics from beach cleanups (bottle caps,syringe,kids toys,monofilament,..) screen shipping materials, recycled plastic, epoxy, resin, airbrush paints, fiber optics, LED's, unique 4K video of Coral Reefs in South Florida remixed with HD 4K video of Ocean plastics on shoreline. 

DETAIL___"Obscene Plasticene Daydream; LCD Coral Polyp #4"

“Like an Ocean gyre , a vortex of artifacts of a consumption based contemporary society such as; plastic bottles and bags, fishing nets, and helium balloons become en-snarled with driftwood, dead coral, and seaweed creating a grotesques amalgamation of disparate materials which remarkably can still harbor life and be a sculptural framework for life to grow. I aim to develop work that embodies this contemporary conundrum.”[dNASAb]

[dNASAb]  ©__"The real enemy is the disneyfication of everything." _

"Aquascaping the Anthropocene" projected on the Manhattan Bridge NYC. 2020

 

Light Year 67: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil

Thursday, Novemeber 5th, 2020
2-10 pm (NYC time)

Light Year 67: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil” serves as a celebration and reminder to all of the beauty of life as a human being on this rock spinning around the sun. In a recent talk at TEDx San Francisco, Mel Robbins mentioned that scientists estimate the probability of your being born at about one in 400 trillion, so each and every one of us are special.

These are dark times for us all, some more than others, and to stop and reflect on the beauty of our world is needed more than ever.  The LIGHT YEAR program is presented on the Manhattan Bridge in the streets of Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Exhibition date: November 5, 2020
Total Run Time: 30:24

Participating Artists /  Country
Ernesto Gonzalez / USA - Mexico
Agni Zotis / USA - Greece
Gigi Spratley / USA
Jean-Michel Rolland / France
Keegan Luttrell / Germany
Malado Baldwin / USA
Valerie Schaller / Austria
[dNASAb] /USA
Marton Daniel Gabor, Juice / Hungary

@lightyeararts

Curated by John Ensor Parker

Aquascaping_The_Anthropocene#4" 3:14 mins, 24fps. 1080p HD video 2014-present/ongoing

Aquascaping the Anthropocene" creates a visual montage illustrating the resiliency of the coral reef,  its relationship to plastics, and a possible "optimistic future view of a post human; plasticized Ocean, in which a hybrid symbiotic relationship between the coral and the plastic gyre occurs."

 The composition consists of video documentation of a living coral sculpture made of reclaimed plastic and fiber optics composited with other videos of living coral colonies, underwater lighting, plastic sculptures, and video projection mapping.

https://youtu.be/yY78VM9v1kI

[dNASAb] __"The real enemy is the disneyfication of everything." _