INVASIVES, 2020

Mountain Dew soda bottles and rivets, cables
Dimensions variable

Installation for Art Offscreen in Hudson Valley, NY
Re: Growth, Installation at Riverside Park, New York, NY
Fault Lines: Art and the Environment, Installation at North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Convergence Zone, Installation at Anderson Collection,
Stanford University, CA

Jean Shin: Invasives

Single-use plastic waste is rapidly taking over our landscape, destroying critical habitats on which our ecosystems depend. While appearing natural and convenient, plastic soda bottles have a double threat because they contain addictive high fructose corn syrup harmful to the body’s health and the environment's biodiversity. Juxtaposed with the boulder's geological time, the work Invasives confronts the growing problem of plastic pollution. Is this the lasting legacy the consumer-driven culture will leave behind to mark the Anthropocene?

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