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Drive Thru Art Box: "Sediment: Pouring it On" by Harry Delorme


  • Green Truck Neighborhood Pub 2430 Habersham Street Savannah, GA, 31401 United States (map)

Harry DeLorme’s project for the Drive Through Art Box transforms plastic debris, most of it retrieved from Savannah-area waterways and beaches, into a visualization of consumption and accumulation. In this work, found plastic leftovers of drinks and meals - plasticware utensils, straws, mugs, cups, prescription medicine containers, and particularly bottle caps - speak to the omnipresence of this material in our lives. “Poured” from a variety of containers, the candy-colored sediment shown here demonstrates the allure of these objects, which persist in the natural environment. Sometimes these objects remain nearly intact. Plastic bags and candy wrappers have been found in the depths of the Mariana Trench and sully the deepest ocean floors. In waterways and oceans throughout the world, small plastic objects are consumed by and kill seabirds and fish. Other objects break down into even more pervasive microplastics. This sediment can accumulate in human bodies, where plastic particles have been detected in the brain and other organs. Avoiding plastic in our daily lives is very difficult but not entirely impossible. Making choices that reduce the flow of these attractive and convenient but ultimately harmful materials will slow the buildup of this pernicious artificial sediment.

Earlier Event: October 9
"Yoink!" New Works by Chris Moss
Later Event: October 22
ARTS Southeast at Sobremesa!