Beverly Barkat Reimagines the Earth's Trash as a Glittering Globe
'Earth Poetica', a site-specific installation at 3 World Trade Center, forces passersby to reflect on the global plastic waste issue.
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'Earth Poetica', a site-specific installation at 3 World Trade Center, forces passersby to reflect on the global plastic waste issue.
Humans produce about 8 billion tons of plastic each year. Plastic production is responsible for about 4.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
Made from plastic pollution collected from across the globe, the monumental sculpture creates commentary out of craft.
Beverly Barkat’s work installed at WTC on 50th anniversary of World Environment Day.
The artists Beverly Barkat and Germane Barnes play with discarded plastic — including bottles, cups and printer cartridges — to explore the possibilities of reinventing waste.