BRATTLEBORO – Internationally renowned artists whose work focuses on ocean pollution will discuss their work in an online panel hosted by the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center.
At 7:00 p.m. on February 18, moderator and artist Andy Yoder will lead Alejandro Durán, Pam Longobardi and Aurora Robson in a discussion about their work and the ways in which they are inspired by the crisis that is occurring in our oceans , especially around plastic waste. Registration for this free event is at brattleboromuseum.org.
Durán collects trash on the Caribbean coast of Mexico and transforms it through an ongoing installation and environmental photography project. Images of his project “Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape” were published in National Geographic, Time and The Huffington Post, as well as in the books “Art & Ecology Now”, “Unexpected Art” and “Photo Viz”.
Longobardi founded the Drifters Project, a global collaborative entity that removed tens of thousands of pounds of material from the natural environment and replaced it in the social space. Longobardi appeared in National Geographic, SIERRA and in exhibitions in galleries, museums and public spaces around the world.
Robson is a multimedia artist known primarily for his meditative work intercepting the flow of plastic debris. She is the founding artist of Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers and architects who work innovatively with plastic waste.
Andy Yoder’s work was displayed at the International Print Center in New York, the Saatchi Gallery, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Reykjavik Museum of Art. He was commissioned to create works for various public installations, including the Columbus Museum of Art, ESPN Zone in New York, and the Hilltop Montessori School in Brattleboro.
On display at the museum until March 6, Yoder’s installation “Overboard” was inspired by “The Great Sneaker Spill of 1990,” an incident in which five containers containing 61,820 Nike shoes were lost at sea. Released in the same year as the spill, the iconic sneaker became the model for Yoder’s showroom of 240 Jordan 5 replicas, each made from recycled packaging or promotional materials.
Support for Overboard as part of CulturalDC’s 2019-20 season was generously provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Daimler, Monarch Construction, Double Z Electric Co., and Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.
The museum, at the intersection of Main Street with 119 and 142, is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is wheelchair accessible. Entrance is paid as desired. Virtual tours of the museum are also available at brattleboromuseum.org. More information is available on the website and by calling 802-257-0124.
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