In making this project we sought to capture how plastic waste remains in the environment nearly forever. We decided to represent this aspect by relating it to cockroaches. This is because there is this perception that cockroaches can withstand anything and survive forever. As in they were alive at the time of the dinosaurs; dinosaurs…
Exhibition
Sculpture: A Little Too Late
This sculpture is a symbolism to what lays before us if we do not correct our consumist habits. On it, the dead bird represents a double symbol. It represents Faiza, the mascot of New York University Abu Dhabi, but also in itself a falcon, the national bird of the United Arab Emirates; both of wich…
Artist statement-Responsible Leisure
Responsible Leisure by Fanisi and Ward presentation: Sculpture Presentation and Gallery I worked alongside Fanisi to create a sculpture that represented the way our plastic is harming our oceans and the sea creatures that live there. The title of our piece is called Responsible Leisure to bring awareness to those who relax by the beach…
“Caught Red Handed” – Hamad
For a while humans have laid their hands on some of the greatest blessings this earth has to offer… and sadly these blessings go by and get extremely exploited for our satisfaction. Nature just going by its normal day, until the first signs of human settlement come by with the ships and people walking along…
Plastic Paradise?! – Mohammed and Pangna
Plastic Paradise?! by Mohammed Arham and Pangna Sun, 2021 Mainly made out of plastic bottles, the installation is an allegory of Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai, UAE. The aim is to show the plastic footprint left behind by our daily plastic consumption and waste. According to the Natural Resource Defense Council(NRDC), “we produce…
Artist Statement: Viral Plastic
Title: Viral Plastic Presentation Artist Summary Questioning the Unseen This sculpture aims to speak to the power of microbes and of the unseen, and illustrate the permanent damage we inflict in response in the form of single-use plastic. By coopting plastic as a material to construct a natural entity –a virus– viewers are challenged…
Plastic Sculpture
In producing a plastic sculpture I sought to reflect the vision for our relationship with everything plastic. If there were a spectrum representing the age of a synthetic plastic, on one end we would have the our single use plastics – the food packaging, the single-use forks… On the other end, we would have synthetic…
Fanisi – Plastic Sculpture
Title: Responsible Leisure Link: Sculpture Presentation and Gallery Artist Summary The aim of our sculpture is to communicate to leisure seekers that they must be environmentally responsible even in relaxed settings. The beach is rightly viewed as a place where people can relax and alleviate themselves of life’s stressors, however this lax environment can also lead…
Plastic Paradise Sculpture – Pangna and Mohammed
Title – Plastic Paradise Abstract – This project was designed to showcase the prevalence of plastic waste produced by developed countries, with a particular focus on UAE. Residents of this country use around 450 plastic bottles each year, one of the highest amount in the world. As such, our work was inspired by this worrying…
Hilina Bayew: Sculpture – ‘Caught Red Handed’
Caught Red Handed When we went to Park Hyatt to collect trash we noticed it was rather clean and some of the guides informed us that turtles were quite an attraction for guests. These turtles along with various discussions we have had in class inspired our trash sculpture ‘Caught Red Handed’. This art piece is meant…
A little too late
A little too late by Ari Almansoori & Kevin Canales This piece is called a little too late. It is a depiction of what might happen in the near future if the plastic waste was not reduced on campus and in Abu Dhabi. This piece symbolizes how the school as well as Abu Dhabi as…