liberating,” shared DeBris, who went on to
explain that the garbage she gleans from
shorelines have been in the ocean for so
long, that wearing the items is “no worse
than swimming in the sea.” “Some people
are disturbed to know that I don’t clean
anything,” she mused, “but making the trash
look beautiful would dilute the message.”
In a separate interview with INSPADES,
inventive multi-media artist Aurora Robson
agreed with DeBris’ appropriation of trash.
Based in New York, Robson has inserted herself
into the waste stream cycle by bringing her
enchanting artistry to the mix.
“Waste is merely displaced abundance,” she
expressed.
“I hope that when people see my work,
they think about their relationship to matter
of all kinds,” said Robson, who works mostly
with plastic due to its overproduction and
detrimental impact on the environment.
“Debris is typically, by definition chaotic,
dirty, crumpled, dystopian, inconsistent and
clearly unintentional. I try to give it the opposite
qualities,” explained Robson, whose ventures
in intercepting the waste stream first began
with an attempt to subjugate negativity.
“My work started off as a quiet, personal
meditative practice. I stumbled upon the
issue of plastic pollution and the problems
associated with this increasingly pervasive
material.”
In her installation “Plant Perception”, Robson
commanded the shape and appearance of
trashed materials, creating alien movement
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