38-Foot-Tall Whale Was Made Of 10,000 Pounds of Plastic Waste Found In The Ocean As A Way To Raise Awareness

In the context of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, architecture and design firm StudioKCA, based in Brooklyn, designed a 38-foot-tall sculptural whale made of more than five tons of plastic found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

StudioKCA along with volunteers from the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation, combed the beaches of Hawaii to gather up the waste. The installation was built out of these finds. StudioKCA aims to raise awareness regarding the universal problem of pollution which affects us all and to inform viewers that individual action is necessary.

“Right now there is 150 million tons of plastic swimming in the ocean, our oceans, the oceans we share,” said Klimoski in the video above. “Pound for pound that is more plastic waste swimming in the ocean than there is whales. So an opportunity like this to show the type of plastic and the amount of plastic that ends up in our oceans is really important.”

You can learn more about the process behind the large-scale whale on the team's website and in the video below. The Bruges Triennial continues until September 16, 2018.