Setzkasten XL

Display case filled with toys washed ashore the beaches of Kure and Midway Atoll and swallowed by Laysanalbatrosses. The albatrosses were found with stomachs filled with plastic objects on both atolls (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Setzkasten XL, 2018, plastics, wood, glass, 41, 3x 31,5 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

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Work of the week.
BRONZEPFERD
Copy of a plastic horse washed up on Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) after drifting in the Pacific Ocean.

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Bronzepferd, 2021, bronze, 10 x 10 x 2 cm]
Foto: Tobias Hübel

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