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She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

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

The #penguins are #sailing to #midway #midwayisland #midwayatoll to visit their friends the #albatrosses for some flight training.
#albatross #penguin #sailing #art #watercolor
I recommend watching videos about the albatrosses on Midway. It‘s hilarious.

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