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Installation Date:   June 5th , World Environment Day  2018 theme, Link: Beat Plastic Pollution

Site, options:

State Park, will visit as a paid customer, Fishing Jetty is, and provides visibility to Port Everglades, park rangers

Dania Beach, public beach, has a wooden pier and restaurant, public bathrooms, docks, wooded area, quiet area

Fort Lauderdale Beach, public beach, small wooded area, public bathrooms, tourist area, lots of police

Type of Installation:

Temporary,  site specific, highly visible to international public,

Location Port: can easily be observed by thousands of people, large letters, material heavy…?..expensive base structure…one day event

Location Dania beach:  public setting, visible to 100 plus people, more intimate setting,  could leave up for a week or more

Location Fort Lauderdale beach:  public setting, visible to 500 plus people, one day event

Materials:

Items of convenience: plastic drinking straws, plastic cups, plastic plates, plastic bags, water bottles, etc. Needs some type of solid framework...Current estimated supplies: over  $250.00  how can I bring this down?

stakes for securing, wooden frames, paint, informational handout about plastics, rental of uhaul, hinges/screws, twine to hold it all together.

Methods of Construction:

Base material must contain some sort of frame work, perhaps old crab traps or fishing gear.  Initial thoughts about Crab traps has been canceled due to inability to obtain materials.  I have located  two 4 x 8 pieces of plywood, could use for letters.   Perhaps sewing it all together with fishing line.  Sign design would need to be A-framed or sandwich board type.  Bottoms will need to be weighted. Items will need to be secure and hold up to high winds and rain—can test in back yard with sprinklers and leaf blower.  How will the back of the letters look? How can they be aesthetically pleasing…

Find a fence to weave plastics into? Can this be done without being asked to stop?

Chicken wire? Visit junk yard? 

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Inspiration:

light weight, affordable, can build big, boring to look at up close

  nice secondary sign for larger install

  clever idea to have on evantage point, but not good for high impact from a far

nice visually, clever use of rolling plastic bags or magazines, smart to anchor to fencing. will not hold up to wind and rain, could use fencing or chicken wire as substructure–how much is cost? anchor letters to ground-how?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above -can wheat paste hold plastic bags to wall?

spray paint directly on bags full of                    collected debris?  could this work visually, easy to fill                                  with site specific plastic trash..

 

 

 

nice exmples of letters and sizes

 

 

 

Documentation:

Images from the site, images of installation set up, drone footage, waterproof-go pro from water.

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Working it out, Sketchbook drawings.

Letter will be 4 foot by 2 foot each, in the spacing between the letters, a shadow will be painted that reads consequence

Prototype letter will be made weekend of 5/19-5/20

Estimated completed size of install 36 feet wide x 5 feet tall…

In the moment