Trash Vortex, Hackney Wicked Festival, July / August 2009
curated by Steve Smith
Press Release
In the central areas of the Pacific sea circulating currents deposit and contain an increasing collection of sea-bound detritus, a massive floating island of discarded plastic collects in the eye of these currents, this phenomenon is known as “The Trash Vortex”. It is from ripples of insignificant and complacent individual actions to its eventual collective global significance during the Hackney Wicked Festival and at various sites across Hackney Wick and Fish Island that the artists in the exhibition “The Trash Vortex” explore where the insignificant, throwaway and complacent may foretell massive events and actions. Ripples become currents and currents have the power to drag the small and insignificant into their orbit and create a mass of great power and significance.
A series of site-specific artworks / interventions created by
a group of artists and installed around Hackney Wick, coinciding with the Hackney Wicked Festival.
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| Danny Pockets, "Phthalate Twist" The Universal Racket Press Civic Duty Corps rebalance nature by Taking Care of Things in one of a continuing series of site specific interventions. Tree and Plastic Bags. |
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| Stuart Murray, "London" 33 A3 photocopies on paper & 500 A5 stickers at multiple locations |
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| Georgie Manly, "Puddles" Rainwater from rural Norfolk placed at 4 different sites in Queens Yard, Hackney |
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| Helene Kazan, "slowly, slowly" Plotter Printer Paper - recycled from Metwork |
* Helene Kazan, "slowly, slowly Part 2", Animation   |
| Russell Herron, "Tag" Engraved Traffolite on Door |
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| Forge & Cutter, "Chain of Events" Reclaimed Bicycle Locks & Cable Ties |
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| Claire Blundell Jones, "Fences" Paint, recycled wood & metal from Wick area |
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| Karen Ay, "Untitled (Window)" Mixed media |