https://www.plastivore.com/home daily 1.0 2019-11-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dcffe131a63bd7bd183138c/1574266930251/bien.jpg Home - 2021 Arts Biennale, Venice In collaboration with the Venetian Institute of Marine Sciences, we are launching our ambitious project at the 2021 Venice Biennale in the beautiful Palazzina Canonica, a historic location at the centre of the Biennale. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd181a379eb68338ed3f10f/1574266942377/WhatsApp+Image+2019-11-14+at+4.58.51+PM.jpeg Home - The power of ritual For this exhibition we are harnessing the powerful metaphor of a ritual. Through an immersive and interactive experience, visitors will ‘sacrifice’ plastic waste to the Plastivore machine, which will then convert it into 3D-printed building blocks. These building blocks will be continually added to the Plastivore Temple. People can enter the serene Plastivore Temple as a space for reflection and mindfulness about plastic and the ocean, witnessing the beauty that can be produced when plastic undergoes ‘reincarnation’. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd1892a3f951311697bd801/1574013231920/WhatsApp+Image+20%2C19-11-15+at+7.44.58+AM.jpeg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd188d879eb68338ed4c31a/1574013150392/WhatsApp+Image+2019-11-15+at+7.44.58+AM.jpeg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd188831a63bd7bd1a31dce/1574013131968/factory-front.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd172371a63bd7bd1a0cae0/1574266950377/art.jpg Home - Arte Útil We are mobilising the ethos of Arte Útil to create social change through art. Arte Útil roughly translates into English as ‘useful art’ but it goes further suggesting art as a tool or device to imagine, create and implement tactics that change how we act in society. Arte Útil is defined by a set of criteria formulated by world renowned contemporary artist Tania Bruguera, who earlier this year held the prestigious Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern, London. Arte Útil projects should: 1. Propose new uses for art within society 2. Use artistic thinking to challenge the field within which it operates 3. Respond to current urgencies 4. Operate on a 1:1 scale 5. Replace authors with initiators, and replace spectators with users 6. Have practical, beneficial outcomes for its users 7. Pursue sustainability 8. Re-establish aesthetics as a system of transformation https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd183296be9a958a6eb41f6/1574266959454/1.jpg Home - The Plastivore mission Through art, science and technology, the Plastivore Project provides a long-term positive impact to society and the environment. After the Biennale, the Plastivore Project will also go on an international tour to different public locations engaging a variety of communities. Each time, plastic from the local regions will be used to feed the machine and create objects that are in need, responding to local urgencies. Our first intervention will be in Guatemala. Guatemala suffers from major plastic pollution in the rivers and is also exposed to many natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and hurricanes, so temporary housing solutions are in urgent need. Therefore, the Plastivore project will provide a solution to both the plastic pollution problem as well as the housing shortages at the same time. Each time Plastivore travels to a new location, the local plastic will also be used to print one building block that will be added to the Plastivore Temple. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd560beb290841233ed6d64/1574265550402/me.ghost.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd5605b9faccd27c582f58c/1574265527575/NAT.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd560389f73a0482c2553e4/1574265493689/EY.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd564ece4371963bc3062e3/1574266275212/ezri2.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd563fee175f921970f9557/1574266227267/eyal%2Bnir.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd190ccb1497a3f86f00588/1574015184034/ismar.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd1900bfbae9d72179c31c4/1574014996009/sipa.1.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dcd2e22148d5218f0c46922/t/5dd1906d79eb68338ed5ac38/1574015089523/tech.jpg Home