Giant Fish Sculptures Made From Discarded Plastic Bottles
An art installation on Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil shows three gigantic fishes made from discarded plastic bottles. The slogan on a sign beside the installation loosely translates to, “recycle your attitude”. The sculptures were created to raise awareness for the recently completed United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20. Also, they are illuminated from the inside at night creating a pretty spectacular light show.
At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector and other groups, came together to try and shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.
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- - August 14, 2012
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Stunning
Wow what a fantastic statement and piece of art!
Amazingly beautiful!
Perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool!
Wow, awesome
Very “meta” — plastic garbage kills so much ocean life, yet now it’s being used to depict it. Love it!
This is beauty on so many levels!
A brilliant idea! Hope this will become a worldwide art movement. Can anyone think of a name for it? “Art Environmenteau Plasticeau”???
A brilliant idea! Hope this will become a worldwide art movement! Can anyone think of a name for it? “Art Environmenteau Plasticeau”??
Reblogged this on gottopickapocketortwo and commented:
Amazingly beautiful reuse of discarded plastic bottles.
Incredible!
Stunning!
Outstanding post,very vivid and colorful
I love these sculptures! Thanks for the pictures!
read your post, sob. thanks for share
this is impressive! outstanding work of art. sends a great message without saying a word…….
I guess one man’s trash really is another man’s treasure
I love these sculptures
Reblogged this on looking beyond impurfection and commented:
legit =)
Reblogged this on henryks design und kommentierte:
Sieht sehr cool aus!
wow..what a fantastic piece of art…simply amazing…
Totally amazing!
Reblogged this on ermalmlrs.
God bless recycled art. Making trash art like this makes and keeps our planet beautiful. Simply amazing.
creative, innovative and inspiring
impressive!!
Who said plastic bottles couldn’t be beautiful! Love them – imagine the planning and how many!
wow, those sculptures are incredible! Beautiful!
Reblogged this on azuremarie and commented:
So awesome!
What a wonderful and creative way to recycle – great imagination!
Simply stunning!
What a creative way to draw attention to a problem that’s literally killing the planet. A liitle part of me wonders if they were truly ‘discarded’. They seem identical – not what you’d expect from trashed bottles. Either way, their message is positive and very important.
awesome.