The Plastic GYRE Symposium in the News
Huffington Post – Plastic Pollution: A Social Justice Perspective
Zero Waste in ACTION – Plastic GYRE Symposium: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond
Saporta Report: GSU art professor helps resculpt Alaska’s plastic ocean trash for CDC museum art
Emory Laney Graduate School: CDC Plastic Gyre Symposium brings together scientists, artists and activists to address the “problem of plastic”
Burnaway.org: Art & Science: Drowning in a Plastic Ocean, at the CDC Museum
The Daily Catch – Ban-Ban and the Power of Sympathetic Vibrations: Notes from the Gyre Symposium in Atlanta
Savannah Now – Georgia House defeats bill to prevent plastic bag bans
Atlanta Business Journal – Georgia House favors turtles, local control
Plastic Pollution Coalition – The 2015 Plastic Gyre Symposium
David J. Sencer CDC Museum – GYRE: The Plastic Ocean
JSTOR Daily – Artists Respond to Plastic Ocean Pollution
Pam Longobardi, Dark and Plentiful Bounty, 2014; mixed media, at the Anchorage Museum. (Photo: Chris Arend)
GYRE Exhibition and Symposium Address Ocean Plastic Pollution (Jan. 28, 2015)
In conjunction with “GYRE”— the term is for the swirling ocean currents in which garbage is propelled thousands of miles—GSU distinguished professor Pam Longobardi has spearheaded a major symposium, free and open to the public, to take place March 26-27. Co-organized with the CDC Sencer Museum, the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and the Welch Foundation at GSU, “The Plastic GYRE: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond” will bring together notable figures in various fields to discuss environmental and wildlife hazards and public health issues posed by plastics that end up in the ocean—bottles, Styrofoam, micro-beads, toys, fishing nets, etc.—and to propose collaborative solutions. Mark Dion and Susan Middleton are slated to appear; other details will be announced closer to the event. More
VISUAL ART: Exhibit, symposium shed light on marine debris (Feb. 8, 2015)
In conjunction with the exhibit, the Welch Foundation at Georgia State University, the Sencer CDC Museum and the Plastic Pollution Coalition have announced the 2015 Welch Symposium titled “The Plastic Gyre: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond,” March 26-27 at GSU and the CDC Museum. Conceived by Longobardi, the free conference will feature panel sessions, film screenings, a pop-up art exhibit and more. More information: email museum@cdc.gov. HOWARD POUSNER. More
John Dahlsen: Thongs, digital print on canvas. (Courtesy the artist and the Anchorage Museum) – See more at: http://www.artsatl.com/2015/02/review-gyre-plastic-ocean/#sthash.JCBa95Vr.dpuf
Review: Artists sound the environmental alarm in “Gyre: The Plastic Ocean,” at CDC museum
A gyre is a swirling, circular movement commonly associated with the surface area of ocean currents. In recent years, the word has taken on a more urgent and foreboding implication because these vortexes are collecting and distributing man-made garbage across the seas. More
In an effort to raise awareness and discourse on the global crisis of plastic pollution, the Welch Foundation at Georgia State University (GSU), David J. Sencer Museum of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) jointly host the 2015 Welch Symposium, “The Plastic GYRE: Artists, Scientists and Activists Respond” on March 26–27. More
