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Dirty Beach Exposed
As part of the Fringe Festival Cafe Delice in Kensington gardens is putting on a thought provoking exhibition that highlights the terrifying cost of human waste to the marine environment.
Award winning artist Lou McCurdy, renowned for her ground breaking project 'More Plastic than Plankton' has collaborated with graphic designer Chloë Hanks, who set up Plastic Bag Free Brighton, to bring an exciting and innovative show to this year's Fringe Festival in a brand new cafe and venue. Lou re-invents plastic rubbish found on Brighton beaches and makes big, colourful panels. They are cross sections of the sea demonstrating the permanence of plastic and how much it is embedded. This is powerfully contrasted by Chloë's eco-graffiti and the transient nature of her 100% bio-degradable work. The eco-graffiti takes its cue from protest slogans, spray-painted graffiti, popular culture and humorous slogans written in the dirt on white vans. Often site, weather and tide specific, the work sometimes exists for only a matter of hours, before disappearing without a trace. The only permanent evidence of the work is photographic. Lou and Chloë will be giving talks, creating an event for Fringe City and providing additional information from Marine Conservation Society, Surfers against Sewage and Plymouth University (our project partners). They are also making "dirty beach" T-shirts - must haves for all Fringe goers! Project partners & useful sites: ww.plasticbagfreebrighton.co.uk www.sawdays.co.uk/bookshop/fragile/bag/ www.mcsuk.org/ www.sas.org.uk/ www.plymouth.ac.uk/
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