Both Mare nostrum and oceans are agonizing day after day because of humanity. A disruptive process of the ecosystem, that seems apparently unstoppable, "inspired" this artistic project felt and lived in its materiality by Carla De Gioannis and Gaetano Mura. Plastic and micro plastics saturate our seas faster than any other form of polluting material. A Huge blob that creeps into the rocks and into the bodies of marine fauna and flows trough human veins also.
The fish turns into a man and the man turns into a fish. The mutation of a body victim of a metamorphosis, a sign of struggle for survival, a desperate attempt to find a world without the plastic that is suffocating it.
In the colorful sequence of her shots Carla De Gioannis frames the paradox between this substance whom is invading our planet and a natural, yet extraordinary, environment that desperately tries to defend itself.
Consuming less and getting rid of the unnecessary is Carla and Gaetano's must, a stance opposing the obstinacy of searching for new energy sources and new disposal and cleaning systems.
"We found all the plastic we used for the photographic sets in the sea and upon the rocks on the seaside. This was, sadly, the easiest and fastest part of the whole work. We travelled through our island, whom is relatively little affected by this pervasive problem, and we thought that these extraordinary landscapes could be a symbol of hope. A source of inspiration to make anyone aware of the problem helping them to face it starting from daily small personal gestures and hoping that environmental awareness will increasingly spread in global terms. On the way we got day by day more involved in the creative aspects and in the potentiality of our project so much that we could create a work in progress that, starting from our coasts, could continue in other landscapes in the world and involve other people"
