Art For A Healthier Environment And Global Society
In 2018, intercontinental plastics were collected on an atoll in Papahanaumokuakea and brought to Oahu, Hawai’i for cataloguing and research. Although we do not know how long these marine plastics had been in the ocean, we do know where they floated to.
Jodi Endicott creates contemporary fossils from such past desires and discards. As an artist and environmental advocate, she uses these materials to show us the impact of our “plastic cocoon” and how we are treating ourselves, each other, and our world.
Life-size sculptures made of a variety of Midway plastics, concrete, foam, wire, oxides.
Midway Monk Seals
Lifesize. Midway plastics, fishing floats, bubble wrap, wire, traps, netting. Sculptures are shown in Honolulu, Downtown Art Gallery, and North Shore of Oahu.
Emperor Penguins
Papahanaumokuakea is a World Heritage Site, and home to many endangered marine species. Today, it is now surrounded in a nest of undeniable discards that we have sadly helped to create.
Netting, fishing floats, world globe, painted wood screen. Installed at Pauahi Tower, Honolulu financial district.
Nest
Change Makers Together
Public installations of these artworks will:
Foster community engagement and behavioral change
Create awareness of how we can reduce our use of single-use plastics
Prevent the flow of plastics into our environment.
Shifting our use of plastics takes all of us.
Today, our way of life resembles an invasive species. Now is the time to change this. Let’s find the best way to become change makers together.
“It is my belief that one day, the plastic materials gathered from the sea and land will finally be prevented from entering those environments. That together, we will commit to more sustainable and healthier ways to exist without infringing on nature and future generations to come…"
Lifesize, Midway plastics, steel, netting, oxides.
Hope
“…My hope is that this work empowers all of us to see things differently, so we can make changes to have a more caring, equitable, and respectful existence as stewards of planet Earth.”
Jodi Endicott