First Steps Into Tokyo’s Heat
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The Art of Plastic Awareness
Creating visual narratives from plastics washing up on our shores.
Our oceans are drowning in plastic—5 to 13 million tonnes enter marine ecosystems annually, carried by currents to even the most remote shores. Connecting Tides explores this global crisis through art, revealing how pollution transcends borders and connects us all in unexpected ways.
Tidal debris washed ashore
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The coast of Playa Grandi, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands -
Assorted washed up plastics on Playa Grandi -
Mickey Mouse cake topper, possibly from a Disney cruiseship -
Mother & Baby -
Kid’s boat that floated away -
On the beaches of Bali, Indonesia -
Toy bike and micro plastics in the sand -
Plastic pallet on a rivershore in the Netherlands
About the project
Connecting Tides is a month-long residency project at Studio Kura in Itoshima, Japan where we’ll collect, document, and transform beach plastics found on Kyushu’s shores. Through methodical exploration and artistic interpretation, we aim to reveal the hidden narratives within these discarded materials and highlight our collective environmental responsibility.
Project details
About us
The project merges Janet Otter’s sculptural approach with Bob Corporaal’s generative art expertise. Janet transforms discarded plastics into intricate marine-inspired artworks, while Bob uses creative coding to visualize pollution patterns and connections. Together, their complementary perspectives offer a multifaceted exploration of our complex relationship with waste.
More about us
Blog posts
Discovering Japan: Beauty and Plastic
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Connecting Tides: Our Journey to Japan
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