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JUNK GYRE An ocean adventure that led to research expeditions around the globe to study plastic pollution and the solutions that followed
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT In 2008 the JUNK raft drifted for 88 days across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Hawaii That adventure sparked the founding of the 5 Gyres Institute leading to over 20 expeditions around the world to research plastic pollution The mix of research advocacy and wide collaborations led to successful policy and public awareness campaigns to solve the problem MISSION To bring global attention to plastic pollution accumulating in the world s oceans
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT In 2008 the JUNK raft drifted for 88 days across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Hawaii That adventure sparked the founding of the 5 Gyres Institute leading to over 20 expeditions around the world to research plastic pollution The mix of research advocacy and wide collaborations led to successful policy and public awareness campaigns to solve the problem MISSION To bring global attention to plastic pollution accumulating in the world s oceans
EXHIBIT AT A GLANCE Exhibit pieces include JUNK raft Plastic face casts 2x5 pull up panels What is a gyre Great Lakes Success JUNK 15 000 plastic bottles and an airplane floated to Hawaii from California to bring attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch DERELICT NET BOLUS 100lb tangled mass of net found in N Pacific near Japan GYRE SAMPLE 10 x8 tapestry Plastic Pollution from the Sea The history of Throw Away Living Fishing boat from the tsunami 100lb Net Bolus 14 x 8 tapestries Plastic Smog A map of the global distribution of marine plastic Enlarged sample of microplastic from the N Pacific Gyre KIOSKS Ecological impacts Junk Gyre Synthetic Equilibrium A companion book and film is available as well as lectures from Marcus Eriksen PhD PULL UP BANNERS Kiosk 1 ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS Kiosk 2 JUNK in GYRES 2011 TSUNAMI FISHING BOAT PLASTIC SMOG 10 x8 tapestry
EXHIBIT AT A GLANCE Exhibit pieces include JUNK raft Plastic face casts 2x5 pull up panels What is a gyre Great Lakes Success JUNK 15 000 plastic bottles and an airplane floated to Hawaii from California to bring attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch DERELICT NET BOLUS 100lb tangled mass of net found in N Pacific near Japan GYRE SAMPLE 10 x8 tapestry Plastic Pollution from the Sea The history of Throw Away Living Fishing boat from the tsunami 100lb Net Bolus 14 x 8 tapestries Plastic Smog A map of the global distribution of marine plastic Enlarged sample of microplastic from the N Pacific Gyre KIOSKS Ecological impacts Junk Gyre Synthetic Equilibrium A companion book and film is available as well as lectures from Marcus Eriksen PhD PULL UP BANNERS Kiosk 1 ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS Kiosk 2 JUNK in GYRES 2011 TSUNAMI FISHING BOAT PLASTIC SMOG 10 x8 tapestry
JUNK RAFT Floating an airplane across the Pacific Ocean required 15 000 empty 2 liter plastic bottles It was a 310 Cessna fuselage to be exact sitting atop 20 sailboat masts fashioned into a square deck The bottles were stuffed into 30ft long pontoons made from old fishing nets In 88 days at sea the two man crew outran 4 hurricanes ran out of food and lived on plastic laden fish Unbelievably they met ocean rower Roz Savage in the middle of the ocean where they traded water for food The sailors on this modern Kontiki documented their voyage and sharedvideo photos journal entries with the public during the expedition amassing one half million viewers on the day JUNK arrived in Waikiki EXHIBIT PANEL
JUNK RAFT Floating an airplane across the Pacific Ocean required 15 000 empty 2 liter plastic bottles It was a 310 Cessna fuselage to be exact sitting atop 20 sailboat masts fashioned into a square deck The bottles were stuffed into 30ft long pontoons made from old fishing nets In 88 days at sea the two man crew outran 4 hurricanes ran out of food and lived on plastic laden fish Unbelievably they met ocean rower Roz Savage in the middle of the ocean where they traded water for food The sailors on this modern Kontiki documented their voyage and sharedvideo photos journal entries with the public during the expedition amassing one half million viewers on the day JUNK arrived in Waikiki EXHIBIT PANEL
PLASTIC FACE CASTS There are many people working to solve the plastic pollution problem from scientists to sailors CEOs to songwriters These masks were made from live casts of people then plastic pollution was melted into the mold
PLASTIC FACE CASTS There are many people working to solve the plastic pollution problem from scientists to sailors CEOs to songwriters These masks were made from live casts of people then plastic pollution was melted into the mold
PLASTIC FACE CASTS PLASTIC FACE CASTS Anna Cummins Her body burden of synthetic chemicals Dr Sylvia Earle Witness to plastic on the sea floor Sylvia Earle Her Deepness has seen the ocean floor become littered with plastic waste over her 50 years of exploration PET plastic bottles PVC vinyl polycarbonate polystyrene and virtually all resins and epoxies sink They are extremely difficult to recover at depths below safe scuba diving In 2010 Anna Cummins co founder of 5 Gyres Institute had her blood serum analyzed for persistent organic pollutants The test found DDT PCBs and flame retardants On Aug 3rd 2012 she had a baby who will receive these pollutants through birth and breastfeeding Plastic pollution from around the world had been melted into the body cast of Ms Cummins at the 5 month stage of her pregnancy Dr Hidshige Takada Plastic floating in the ocean absorbs and transports toxins around the world Dr Hidshige Takada from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology founded International Pellet Watch inviting the public to send him plastic fragments so he can show the world the new chemistry of our oceans Capt Charles Moore Discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch Aboard the ORV Alguita Captain Charles Moore sailed from Hawaii to California in 1999 and discovered a never ending trail of microplastic particles across the ocean surface This area became known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
PLASTIC FACE CASTS PLASTIC FACE CASTS Anna Cummins Her body burden of synthetic chemicals Dr Sylvia Earle Witness to plastic on the sea floor Sylvia Earle Her Deepness has seen the ocean floor become littered with plastic waste over her 50 years of exploration PET plastic bottles PVC vinyl polycarbonate polystyrene and virtually all resins and epoxies sink They are extremely difficult to recover at depths below safe scuba diving In 2010 Anna Cummins co founder of 5 Gyres Institute had her blood serum analyzed for persistent organic pollutants The test found DDT PCBs and flame retardants On Aug 3rd 2012 she had a baby who will receive these pollutants through birth and breastfeeding Plastic pollution from around the world had been melted into the body cast of Ms Cummins at the 5 month stage of her pregnancy Dr Hidshige Takada Plastic floating in the ocean absorbs and transports toxins around the world Dr Hidshige Takada from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology founded International Pellet Watch inviting the public to send him plastic fragments so he can show the world the new chemistry of our oceans Capt Charles Moore Discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch Aboard the ORV Alguita Captain Charles Moore sailed from Hawaii to California in 1999 and discovered a never ending trail of microplastic particles across the ocean surface This area became known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
PLASTIC FACE CASTS A million small items makes a mountain of trash Small single plastic products with no recovery plan add up to large amounts of plastic in the sea Made from 1000 single use coffee stir sticks this mask shows the significance of incremental loss of plastic to the environment Every day billions of single use throw away plastic items are consumed and a small trickle are lost to the ground Some make it to the sea where they reside in the gyres MINAR His name is Minar from Delhi India one of millions of people commonly called wastepickers picking up plastic trash to make a living His insights are invaluable He claims that If you design for recycling I ll pick it up before it gets to the ocean BANNERS JACK JOHNSON SINGER SONGWRITER OCEAN ADVOCATE In 2015 Jack Johnson joined a crew of 40 sailors scientists educators activists and business leaders to study microplastic in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre On the eve of the voyage the United Nations Environment Program honored as a UNEP Goodwill Ambassador for his contributions to people and the planet These free standing banners are 2 x5 and pull up from the floor
PLASTIC FACE CASTS A million small items makes a mountain of trash Small single plastic products with no recovery plan add up to large amounts of plastic in the sea Made from 1000 single use coffee stir sticks this mask shows the significance of incremental loss of plastic to the environment Every day billions of single use throw away plastic items are consumed and a small trickle are lost to the ground Some make it to the sea where they reside in the gyres MINAR His name is Minar from Delhi India one of millions of people commonly called wastepickers picking up plastic trash to make a living His insights are invaluable He claims that If you design for recycling I ll pick it up before it gets to the ocean BANNERS JACK JOHNSON SINGER SONGWRITER OCEAN ADVOCATE In 2015 Jack Johnson joined a crew of 40 sailors scientists educators activists and business leaders to study microplastic in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre On the eve of the voyage the United Nations Environment Program honored as a UNEP Goodwill Ambassador for his contributions to people and the planet These free standing banners are 2 x5 and pull up from the floor
DERELICT NET BOLUS A fishing net lost to sea doesn t stop fishing This net had three dead fish tangled in the synthetic webbing This net bolus was discovered in the N Pacific in 2012 There were 36 species identified living in the net 89 different kinds of rope and line and five different nets were tangled in a mass weighing over 500lbs The net now weighing 100lbs can hang from the ceiling wall anchor or be draped over the floor 2011 JAPANESE TSUNAMI FISHING BOAT During our 2012 Japanese Tsunami Debris Field Expedition The 5 Gyres Institute collected research samples of plastic pollution and other debris including a Japanese fishing boat drifting across the North Pacific on its way to N America The North Pacific Gyre currents will take tsunami debris to N America and back to Asia in a 10 000 mile 10 yr loop What s left behind a year later is mostly plastic
DERELICT NET BOLUS A fishing net lost to sea doesn t stop fishing This net had three dead fish tangled in the synthetic webbing This net bolus was discovered in the N Pacific in 2012 There were 36 species identified living in the net 89 different kinds of rope and line and five different nets were tangled in a mass weighing over 500lbs The net now weighing 100lbs can hang from the ceiling wall anchor or be draped over the floor 2011 JAPANESE TSUNAMI FISHING BOAT During our 2012 Japanese Tsunami Debris Field Expedition The 5 Gyres Institute collected research samples of plastic pollution and other debris including a Japanese fishing boat drifting across the North Pacific on its way to N America The North Pacific Gyre currents will take tsunami debris to N America and back to Asia in a 10 000 mile 10 yr loop What s left behind a year later is mostly plastic
GYRE SAMPLE SMOG OF THE SEA LARGE TAPESTRY LARGE TAPESTRY Artist Mandy Barker has photographed nature s interactions with synthetic forms like this 9 x12 tapestry of one sea surface sample collected during an expedition in 2012 across the Japanese Tsunami Debris Field Plastic and life are comingled The first estimate of all plastic floating in all oceans amounted to 5 25 trillion particles weighing 269 000 tons 92 of the count comes from particles less than 5mm in diameter This wide distribution of a tiny particulate with its toxic capacity has been described as a Synthetic Smog much like the air pollution hovering over some polluted cities The 10 x8 tapestry below comes from the work of the authors of the 2014 published research on the global estimate
GYRE SAMPLE SMOG OF THE SEA LARGE TAPESTRY LARGE TAPESTRY Artist Mandy Barker has photographed nature s interactions with synthetic forms like this 9 x12 tapestry of one sea surface sample collected during an expedition in 2012 across the Japanese Tsunami Debris Field Plastic and life are comingled The first estimate of all plastic floating in all oceans amounted to 5 25 trillion particles weighing 269 000 tons 92 of the count comes from particles less than 5mm in diameter This wide distribution of a tiny particulate with its toxic capacity has been described as a Synthetic Smog much like the air pollution hovering over some polluted cities The 10 x8 tapestry below comes from the work of the authors of the 2014 published research on the global estimate
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS JUNK in GYRES KIOSK 1 KIOSK 2 Three salvaged doors make a 3 sided kiosk with a net bolus found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean dangling in the middle Side 1 is all windows with a photo of a Laysan Albatross in the center The real stomach contents collected from Midway Atoll are displayed on the photo Side 2 is all windows with a photo of a fish in the center This fish was collected during the JUNK RAFT expedition in the middle of the Pacific Ocean The plastic fragments found in the fish s stomach are displayed on the photo Side 3 is a solid door with 5 large photographs of marine life and plastic pollution Samples from the 5 subtropical gyres show the fate of plastic pollution that washes down our watersheds From the tops of mountains to the middle of deserts plastic pollution flows downhill The ocean is downhill from everywhere Side 1 allows the visitor to spin real samples of plastic pollution from the 5 gyres Panels below describe what a gyre is and where they are Side 2 describes the JUNK RAFT expedition Side 3 describes the path of plastic pollution from land to sea
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS JUNK in GYRES KIOSK 1 KIOSK 2 Three salvaged doors make a 3 sided kiosk with a net bolus found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean dangling in the middle Side 1 is all windows with a photo of a Laysan Albatross in the center The real stomach contents collected from Midway Atoll are displayed on the photo Side 2 is all windows with a photo of a fish in the center This fish was collected during the JUNK RAFT expedition in the middle of the Pacific Ocean The plastic fragments found in the fish s stomach are displayed on the photo Side 3 is a solid door with 5 large photographs of marine life and plastic pollution Samples from the 5 subtropical gyres show the fate of plastic pollution that washes down our watersheds From the tops of mountains to the middle of deserts plastic pollution flows downhill The ocean is downhill from everywhere Side 1 allows the visitor to spin real samples of plastic pollution from the 5 gyres Panels below describe what a gyre is and where they are Side 2 describes the JUNK RAFT expedition Side 3 describes the path of plastic pollution from land to sea
SYNTHETIC EQUILIBRIUM The balance of the biosphere is shifting as life adapts to plastic pollution NET BOLUS CAMEL GASTROLITH This large mobile consists of a 25lb tangled ball of netting found drifting near Japan a 20lb mass of plastic bags extracted from a camel skeleton in Dubai and 200 cigarette lighters pulled from albatross skeletons on Midway Atoll The entire biosphere is adapting to an influx of synthetic chemistry resetting the ecological balance All life reacts to this new material becoming entangled ingesting fragments of plastics population ranges shift and ecotoxicological impacts emerge A new equilibrium is in motion Dimensions 9ft x 6ft Weight All objects and metal armature 60lbs Metal armature The two poles wires and harnesses are all sailing rigging It s is overengineered to support more than 10x its weight LIGHTERS
SYNTHETIC EQUILIBRIUM The balance of the biosphere is shifting as life adapts to plastic pollution NET BOLUS CAMEL GASTROLITH This large mobile consists of a 25lb tangled ball of netting found drifting near Japan a 20lb mass of plastic bags extracted from a camel skeleton in Dubai and 200 cigarette lighters pulled from albatross skeletons on Midway Atoll The entire biosphere is adapting to an influx of synthetic chemistry resetting the ecological balance All life reacts to this new material becoming entangled ingesting fragments of plastics population ranges shift and ecotoxicological impacts emerge A new equilibrium is in motion Dimensions 9ft x 6ft Weight All objects and metal armature 60lbs Metal armature The two poles wires and harnesses are all sailing rigging It s is overengineered to support more than 10x its weight LIGHTERS
BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE THROW AWAY LIVING On the left is a cross section of the exposed NYC landfill called Dead Horse Bay located in Brooklyn it opened in the late 1800 s and closed in 1953 It captures the time in US history when the era of conservation transforms into the Throw Away culture following WWII Unfortunately this landfill is exposed to the sea littering the beach with thousands of bottles and broken antiques The exhibit is a stack bricks made from plastic waste recovered from the world s oceans and coastlines during our global expeditions Between conservationists and industry there are philosophical divisions about how to solve the problem One side emphasizes eliminating the most polluting plastics and improve recycling and composting of all other waste while the other side resists policies that restrict design and advocate for energy recovery through incineration The question posed to visitors is how can we break this wall to find a common solution Visitors are invited to put their comments on an index card and pin it to a board next to this large wall of bricks The exhibit will contain a 3ft cross section of the landfill itself It s mounted to a wall with a 3 x3 photo of the exposed landfill and beach as the background 10 artifacts are mounted to the photo and represent the transition in materials from metal and glass to plastic It s like a geologic column with the youngest material on top In this display the object on top is a pair of pantyhose the first throwaway product to enter domestic households nationally after WWII just before the Dead Horse Bay landfill closed A copy of LIFE Magazine 1955 with the article Throw Away Living is displayed in the lower right corner
BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE THROW AWAY LIVING On the left is a cross section of the exposed NYC landfill called Dead Horse Bay located in Brooklyn it opened in the late 1800 s and closed in 1953 It captures the time in US history when the era of conservation transforms into the Throw Away culture following WWII Unfortunately this landfill is exposed to the sea littering the beach with thousands of bottles and broken antiques The exhibit is a stack bricks made from plastic waste recovered from the world s oceans and coastlines during our global expeditions Between conservationists and industry there are philosophical divisions about how to solve the problem One side emphasizes eliminating the most polluting plastics and improve recycling and composting of all other waste while the other side resists policies that restrict design and advocate for energy recovery through incineration The question posed to visitors is how can we break this wall to find a common solution Visitors are invited to put their comments on an index card and pin it to a board next to this large wall of bricks The exhibit will contain a 3ft cross section of the landfill itself It s mounted to a wall with a 3 x3 photo of the exposed landfill and beach as the background 10 artifacts are mounted to the photo and represent the transition in materials from metal and glass to plastic It s like a geologic column with the youngest material on top In this display the object on top is a pair of pantyhose the first throwaway product to enter domestic households nationally after WWII just before the Dead Horse Bay landfill closed A copy of LIFE Magazine 1955 with the article Throw Away Living is displayed in the lower right corner
To inquire about this exhibit please contact Leap Lab Marcus Eriksen PhD Executive Director marcuseriksen gmail com 323 395 1843 leaplab org
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