stomach contents XXL

Vending machine filled with plastic toys that have been ingested by Laysanalbatrosses in the Pacific Ocean. The objects were found in the bolus of dead albatrosses on Midway and Kure Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, stomach contents XXL, 2014, plastics, metal, height: 145 cm]

Fotos: Alexander Burzik

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #installation #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #marinedebris #kureatoll #kureatollconservancy #midwayatoll #pacificocean #pazifik #laysanalbatros #laysanalbatross #bolus #toya #spielzeuge #plastik #plastics #plasticpollution #plasticcrisis #warenautomat #vendingmachine #swaantjegüntzel #swaantjeguentzel #alexanderburzik #northwesternhawaiianislands

JOANA / ingested, 2019

Portrait of the artists assistant “throwing up” plastic fragments that were found in the bolus of an albatross chick on Kure Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, JOANA / ingested, 2019, Diasec, 112 x 80 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda
Model: Joana Bacelar

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #marinedebris #plasticpollution #pixelfedart #womenartists #pacific #fotografie #photography #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #kunst #portrait #porträt #pazifik #kureatoll #kureatollconservancy #cynthiavanderlip #henriettepogoda #joanabacelar #northwesternhawaiianislands #laysanalbatros #laysanalbatross #albatros #albatross #seabirdsanctuary #seabirds #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #marinepollution

Setzkasten XL

Display case filled with toys washed ashore the beaches of Kure and Midway Atoll and swallowed by Laysanalbatrosses. The albatrosses were found with stomachs filled with plastic objects on both atolls (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Setzkasten XL, 2018, plastics, wood, glass, 41, 3x 31,5 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #object #marinedebris #pacific #kureatoll #midwayatoll #midway #pazifik #waste #toys #spielzeuge #beach #strand #kureatollconservancy #plastik #plastics #laysanalbatros #albatrosse #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel

Work of the week.
BRONZEPFERD
Copy of a plastic horse washed up on Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) after drifting in the Pacific Ocean.

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Bronzepferd, 2021, bronze, 10 x 10 x 2 cm]
Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #contemporaryart #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #kunst #zeitgenössischekunst #skultur #Bronzeskulptur #marinedebris #pacificocean #bronzepferd #bronze #kureatollconservancy #midwayatoll #kureatoll #pazifik #laysanalbatros #albatrosse