Although inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson, Washed Up speaks to the environmental concerns of our time and its vast quantity of discarded materials. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. In conjunction with speaking engagements, groups can engage in a workshop activity either with plastic that we’ve found along the coast of Mexico or plastic that you’ve gathered in your own community.
As part of my work, I am also currently creating a Museum of Garbage on location in Sian Ka’an, which will include installations and photographs from the Washed Up series. Alejandro Durán's site for his environmental art project - Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape The alchemy of Washed Up lies not only in transforming a trashed landscape, but in the project’s potential to raise awareness and change our relationship to consumption and waste. Activism through art and education is an integral part of the Washed Up project and is my way to raise awareness regarding this global Scourge.Alejandro Durán was born in Mexico City in 1974 and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Each piece has had its own particular process, but at times I have arranged objects by tossing them in place, like splashing paint on a canvas. I still can't believe that I could find so many of the same exact item in a variety of colors.
The garbage that I've found along the coast in Mexico is universal: toothbrushes, beverage containers, cleaning products, toys, flip-flops. In this moment of profound reckoning for our country, I'm stunned by having witnessed so brazenly the ongoing consequences of whiteness being weaponized against Black bodies. At times, the location inspires the form and at other times the form is clear in my head and I search for its home. Through photography, installation and video, his work examines the fraught intersections of man and nature, particularly revealing the pervasive impact of consumer culture on the natural world. His photographic work spans fine art, fashion, and nature.
Featured Artists: Mandy Barker, Tony Capellan, Magdalena Correa, Blue Curry, Alejandro Durán, Vik Muniz, Federico Uribe, and Simon Vega. Alejandro Durán (El Paso, Magdalena Grande, 9 février 1919 - Monteria, Cordoba, 15 novembre 1989) est l'un des plus grands accordéonistes et compositeurs de vallenato colombien. He is a multimedia artist working in photography, installation, and video. Environmental Impact at Hofstra University Through a variety of approaches and artistic media, the works of art in Environmental Impact address the consequences of human interaction with the natural environment. Gilberto Alejandro Durán Díaz Profile: known to all as Alejo Durán was a Colombian accordionist, composer and orchestra leader, born 5 February 1919, died 15 November 1989. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of themind and engage the spirit. During the course of this project I have identified plastic waste from fifty nations on six continents, all found along a single stretch of coastline in Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve. Alejandro Durán is an artist working in Brooklyn, NY. 2019-2020 Annual Appeal FundPhotography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease andconnecting with consciousness. Then I meticulously finesse the piece until it feels as if natural forces have sculpted the form over time. Biographie. He received an MA in Teaching from Tufts University in 1999 and an MFA in poetry from the New School for Social … I have reconstituted several pieces after feeling that my initial attempt felt forced or unnatural.The photographs capture the installation as well as the light and sometimes the color of the sky or shape of the clouds and water of a particular moment in time. Artist Alejandro Durán; Licensed to YouTube by Sunflower Entertainment Co., Inc (sound recordings), Altafonte Music Distribution (on behalf of Discos Fuentes), and 1 … I would like to accompany this with community beach cleaning as well as education programming.I have lived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn since 1999.
He is a multimedia artist working in photography, installation, and video. For , I separated out the toy balls, mostly of one particular brand, all made in Guatemala. Artist Alejandro Durán and Sian Ka’an written by Social Media Inspiring change through his thought-provoking artwork, multimedia artist Alejandro Durán has literally taken trash and turned it into treasure.
Alejandro Durán is a photographer, filmmaker, poet and educator with roots planted in New York and Mexico. À propos de l'artiste. Among the tons of garbage I find washed up on shore I tend to look for plastic whose colors are more saturated. As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable.