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STUDIOKCA: Skyscraper

A 38-foot whale sculpture consisting of five tons of plastic collected in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.

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10,000 Pounds of Ocean Plastic Is Turned Into a Leaping 38-Foot-Tall Whale

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STUDIOKCA, a brooklyn-based architecture and design firm, has pulled over five tons of waste from the ‘plastic soup’ that is floating on the surface of the pacific ocean. this accumulation was used as a medium for their four story tall sculptural whale that now rises up out of the bruges canal. this colossal whale, ‘skyscraper,’ serves to both address the 150 million tons of plastic waste which remain, as well as emphasize the necessity for individual and collective action. Brujes, Belgium.

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As part of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, Brooklyn-based architecture and design firm StudioKCA designed a 38-foot-tall sculptural whale composed of over five tons of plastic pulled from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Working with volunteers from the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation, StudioKCA combed the beaches of Hawaii to gather up the waste. The installation was built out of those finds. StudioKCA seeks this way to draw attention to the universal problem of pollution that affects us all, and to make viewers aware that individual action is necessary.

“Right now there is 150 million tons of plastic swimming in the ocean, our oceans, the oceans we share,” says Klimoski in the video above. “Pound for pound that is more plastic waste swimming in the ocean than there is whales. So an opportunity like this to show the type of plastic and the amount of plastic that ends up in our oceans is really important.”

You can learn more about the team’s process behind the large-scale whale on their website. The Bruges Triennial continues through September 16, 2018. via artfido

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Skyscraper by studiokca #plastics #studiokca #catharijnesingel #hoogcatharijne #utrecht #netherlands #skyscraper #bluewhale (at Utrecht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz7eurynvPU/?igshid=9lrf13xy708z

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‘Skyscraper’ - Created from 5 tons of waste plastic collected in the Pacific Ocean. The 38 ft tall blue whale rises out of the canal in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe - a perfect contrast and reminder that pollution is everyone’s problem. #plasticpollution #protectouroceans #visitbruges #studiokca (at Jan van Eyckplein) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnOHv1EFHSd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gixwasc1v9sz

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StudioKCA - Skyscraper (The Bruges Whale)

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Giant whale art installation against ocean’s pollution in #Bruges by #StudioKCA. #SouraMagazine: www.souramagazine.com