Swimming in our mess

摘要

Colourful plastic bags swirl ethereally underwater. The sound of waves intermingles with human-made sounds such as shipping noise, commonplace in oceans. It's like being inside a gyre. Could this be a sea animal's view of human waste and noise? That's the question posed by artist Ethan Turpin, who has created an immersive video installation, Deep Blue Plastic, now on display at the Entangled exhibition in the dry confines of The Animal Museum, Los Angeles.