more plastic than plankton

An installation created from plastic found on one Brighton beach in one year.
Lou McCurdy is artist in residence at Stanford Junior School, Brighton.
The ongoing project uses art as a medium for improving children’s understanding of the damage pollution is having on our local and global seas.

The exhibition shows work made from a year’s worth of beach collecting. From the plastic flotsam - meters of rope, nylon fishing nets, plastic bottles, disposable lighters and more – she has built an extraordinarily beautiful and disturbing world, discovering dreamlike shapes and new resonances in the old discarded items. For Lou it wasn’t just a process of reconstruction, it was also a year of learning about the impact of man-made products on marine life.

This was the first ever environmental exhibition for the Brighton Fringe Festival.
With support from Surfers Against Sewage and the Marine Conservation Society Lou will develop this idea and spread it around the country.