Overall I found the presentation during the last class to be very intriguing. I never really stopped to realize how much plastic was used by one human being let alone the whole population. The artists did a good job of raising that awareness through their video of the drilling and the various plastic items they had arranged on top of boxes. The presentation left quite an impact on me that after I felt the need to immediately look into various other things that I owned that were made of plastic. I found it very surprising that most of this plastic was recycled into other things like homes or it was melted/fused with more plastic.
I definitely think it was important to see something like this early in the class in order to show the potential of art. This proved that multi-media art or “new media art” is not confined to just a screen. This also proved that new media art can be informative as it is pleasing or entertaining. Its important to have art that brings awareness and is backed by some science in addition to art that is on the far spectrum of facts.
