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                                                                                     PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 1 august 2018
            Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean's plastic trash




            By JANET McCONNAUGHEY                                                                                               whale  ribcage  made  with
            Associated Press                                                                                                    bucket  lids,  bottles,  buoys
            NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Huge                                                                                             and  bait  traps;  a  marlin
            sculptures  of  sea  life  are                                                                                      with a beak made of fishing
            dotted about New Orleans'                                                                                           rods; and percussive "Musi-
            aquarium  and  zoo  ,  all  of                                                                                      cal Seaweed." That statue's
            them  made  from  plastic                                                                                           long  leaves  include  metal
            trash  that  washed  ashore.                                                                                        and  plastic  bottle  caps
            There's a great white shark                                                                                         strung on wires so they rat-
            made partly of bottle caps                                                                                          tle when a leaf is hit lightly.
            and beach toys and a jelly-                                                                                         Robert  and  Lauryn  Geosits
            fish made mostly of cut-up                                                                                          of  Mandeville,  Louisiana,
            water bottles.                                                                                                      were visiting with their three
            The artwork, part of a proj-                                                                                        children.
            ect called Washed Ashore                                                                                            "This is such a great idea for
            : Art to Save the Sea, is the                                                                                       people to visualize just how
            creation  of  Angela  Hasel-                                                                                        much trash is in the ocean,"
            tine  Pozzi,  who  started                                                                                          said Lauryn Geosits.
            making  the  pieces  after                                                                                          Her  husband  read  from  a
            seeing  plastic  heaped  by                                                                                         sign  while  their  baby  slept
            the  waves  onto  Oregon's                                                                                          in a stroller and Chelsea, 7,
            southern  coast.  Pozzi  was                                                                                        and  Preston,  8,  searched
            in  the  town  of  Bandon,                                                                                          the  shark  for  the  items
            where  her  grandparents                                                                                            he  named:  "There's  a  toy
            had lived, mourning her first   In this photo taken July 26, 2018, Elizabeth Torres with husband Cory Torres, takes a photo of   car  bumper,  bottle  caps,
            husband's death.             children, in New Orleans' Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.           Associated Press  beach toys, a lighter ..."
            "I'd  known  its  beaches  all                                                                                      Asked  about  the  strangest
            my  life,"  she  said.  "I  went  tles,  and  picking  up  other  since  Pozzi  started  in  2010  and  she  has  permanent  piece she's used, Pozzi said:
            to  the  ocean  to  heal  and  people's litter.           — help her collect, prepare  exhibits  at  the  Smithsonian  "When  you've  processed
            found  that  the  ocean  "Every piece of trash picked  and  assemble  the  beach  Museum  of  Natural  History  more than 21 tons of debris
            needed healing."             up  and  properly  disposed  trash  into  art.  One  of  their  and a gallery in Bandon.  into  more  than  70  pieces
            She wants the scale of her  of  is  a  piece  that  will  not  wash-basins  for  plastic  is  a  The Audubon Aquarium of  of  art  you've  seen  pretty
            creations  to  make  people  cause  harm  to  local  en-  bathtub also found on the  the  Americas  is  currently  much everything."
            realize just how much plas-  vironments  and  animals,"  beach.                        showing six sculptures, while  "One  of  the  most  shock-
            tic  gets  into  the  ocean  —  states  the  sign  for  "Greta  She now has more than 70  one of a puffin is on display  ing are bleach bottles that
            and  to  act  on  that  knowl-  the Great White Shark."   pieces  in  three  exhibitions  at the Audubon Zoo; more  have  bite  marks  from  fish,"
            edge.  Signs  next  to  each  Pozzi's  aim  is  art  that  is  currently traveling the U.S.,  pieces  will  be  added  to  Pozzi said.
            piece suggest simple ways  "beautiful,  and  a  little  hor-  and has requests from over-  both locations in October.  A fish made entirely of fish-
            to  reduce  the  problem,  rifying."                      seas. Her work has been dis-  In  addition  to  the  shark  bitten  plastic  is  among
            such  as  not  using  plastic  An  army  of  volunteers  in  played at zoos, aquariums  and two jellyfish sculptures,  the pieces to be added in
            straws,  re-using  water  bot-  Oregon  —  about  10,000  and  botanical  gardens,  there's     a    walk-through  October.q

             'Guardians' cast issues open letter in support of James Gunn



             By LINDSEY BAHR                                                                                                   added.
             Associated Press                                                                                                  The letter also discusses the
             LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris                                                                                          climate that led to Gunn's
             Pratt and his fellow "Guard-                                                                                      abrupt  firing  and  the  lack
             ians  of  the  Galaxy"  cast-                                                                                     of "due process in the court
             mates  are  coming  out  in                                                                                       of public opinion."
             support  of  ousted  director                                                                                     Gunn's  current  Twitter  ac-
             James Gunn 10 days after                                                                                          count is heavy on left-lean-
             his firing.                                                                                                       ing  politics,  and  some  on
             In  an  open  letter  Monday                                                                                      the  right  with  whom  he'd
             signed  by  Pratt,  Zoe  Sal-                                                                                     sparred found and promot-
             dana, Bradley Cooper, Vin                                                                                         ed the tweets from 2008 to
             Diesel and five other main                                                                                        2011 that led to his firing.
             stars  of  the  franchise,  the                                                                                   "James is likely not the last
             cast said it fully supports the                                                                                   good person to be put on
             director and the character                                                                                        trial,"  the  cast  members
             he showed both on the set  This combination photo shows “Guardians of the Galaxy” actors, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt and   continued.   "Given   the
             of the first two movies and  Zoe Saldana, who have issued an open letter in support of ousted director James Gunn.  growing  political  divide  in
             in the wake of his firing.                                                                        Associated Press  this country, it's safe to say
             Gunn  was  let  go  from  di-  days  to  issue  a  statement  rehire Gunn.            gram  post  that  he  would,  instances  like  this  will  con-
             recting the third installment  to  "think,  pray,  listen  and  "Each  of  us  looks  forward  "Personally love to see him  tinue,  although  we  hope
             of the franchise by The Walt  discuss." In the interim, vari-  to  working  with  our  friend  reinstated  as  director  of  Americans   from   across
             Disney Co. after old tweets  ous  cast  members,  includ-  James again in the future,"  Volume 3."                the    political   spectrum
             resurfaced where he joked  ing  Gunn's  brother  Sean  wrote  the  cast  members,  "Although  I  don't  support  can ease up on the char-
             about  subjects  like  rape  Gunn, have issued individu-  who  said  they  were  all  James  Gunn's  inappropri-  acter  assassination  and
             and pedophilia.             al statements. Fan petitions  shocked by the firing.      ate  jokes  from  years  ago,  stop  weaponizing  mob
             The  cast  says  it  waited  10  were also started online to  Pratt  added  in  an  Insta-  he  is  a  good  man,"  Pratt  mentality."q
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