Rapid technological progress enables the expansion of production of various products every day. The more people consume, the more plastic is used and produced. "From product to product, from market to market, plastic has challenged traditional materials and won, replacing steel in cars, paper and glass in packaging processes, and wood in furniture." [Susan Freinkel, Plastics: A Toxic Love Story (New York: Henry Holt, 2011), p. 4.]

The ocean of synthetic polymers has flooded the world in various forms: toothbrushes, water bottles and cosmetics, plastic bags and utensils, computers and telephones, stationery, clothing, packaging, furniture, etc.  These things have become part of us and it’s hard to imagine modern life without them. The quantity of plastic products increases every day, and the pure environment decreases. Will it ever supplant humanity - its creator?

Ukrainian Art Group ArtZebs, with the participation of Volodymyr Gulich, Anastasia Loiko and VJ Yarkus in the “Plastic Ocean” project comprehended how far humanity had gone into plastic usage, such a convenient, easy, flexible and cheap material. The artists brought into public discourse the subject of what humanity, which can not give up on plastic, should do in order to avoid the possibility of a large-scale environmental disaster.

The exhibition included interactive plastic installations and sculptures, oil paintings and media art.

About artists

The Artzebs Group is the winner of the Live Mapping Contest 2017 video forum in Amsterdam.

Volodymyr Gulich is one of the founders of the largest international symposium of contemporary art in Ukraine, "Biruchiy", which runs annually on the Azov Sea coast. Anastasia Loiko works in the genre of video art, photography, and installation.