Activist and writer Amy Kyriacou and creative hub Create or Die launch 'Message in a Bottle' art and design competition - entry deadline Nov 16
The call out has today been made for creative types around Australia to design a work inspired by the thought of living a life less plastic, in a new environmental art and design competition called Message in a Bottle created by Bondi local, environmental activist and writer Amy Kyriacou and Erskineville based creative hub Create or Die.Artists and designers can submit their creative response to the plastic pandemic until November 16, culminating in a finalist's exhibition with winning artworks to be printed on bar coasters and beer labels throughout Australia.
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Kyriacou and Create or Die has teamed up with a host of Sydney's leading
bars, cafes, restaurants and brewers to take the competition to the
streets, rallying artists to make a creative response to plastic
pollution.
Says Kyriacou: "Message in a Bottle is a call to arms for every creative who wants to make a statement on a serious issue which is taking an irreparable toll on our environment - our needy obsession with single use, throwaway plastics. And our appetites are growing.
"I became fixated on the scores of people purchasing plastic bottle after plastic bottle and the Baristas churning through coffee cup lids by the thousand. Every piece of plastic ever created still exists today - how can that not be a problem.
"When we draw so much inspiration from the environment, it made perfect sense to see how artists respond to the issue and challenge them to think 'outside the bottle'."
Create or Die founder Deb Morgan said the partnership was a natural one for the creative hub which aims to support creatives who don't make their primary living from their art.
Says Morgan: "It's an opportunity to make art for art's sake with the additional value of being about something starkly important - the health of the environment.
"With all the buzz and pressures of modern life, people tending to demanding clients rarely get the chance to make their own art - and a competition like this gives creatives a chance to consider an issue, hopefully get a little bit outraged, and make something in response.
Says Kyriacou: "Message in a Bottle is a call to arms for every creative who wants to make a statement on a serious issue which is taking an irreparable toll on our environment - our needy obsession with single use, throwaway plastics. And our appetites are growing.
"I became fixated on the scores of people purchasing plastic bottle after plastic bottle and the Baristas churning through coffee cup lids by the thousand. Every piece of plastic ever created still exists today - how can that not be a problem.
"When we draw so much inspiration from the environment, it made perfect sense to see how artists respond to the issue and challenge them to think 'outside the bottle'."
Create or Die founder Deb Morgan said the partnership was a natural one for the creative hub which aims to support creatives who don't make their primary living from their art.
Says Morgan: "It's an opportunity to make art for art's sake with the additional value of being about something starkly important - the health of the environment.
"With all the buzz and pressures of modern life, people tending to demanding clients rarely get the chance to make their own art - and a competition like this gives creatives a chance to consider an issue, hopefully get a little bit outraged, and make something in response.
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