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The Sound Of Plastic

The Sound Of Plastic

By Beate Scheder on August 23, 2017

By Beate Scheder on 23 August 2017 in  STORIES

The sound artist Geert-Jan Hobjin combines sound art with political issues. His project «Plastic Souls» is a swimming instrument made of plastic waste from the ocean.

Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Anthropocene, flutes, Geert-Jan Hobijn, Homer, microplastics, Odysseus, Odyssey, plastic bags, plastic pollution, Plastic Souls, Roland Barthes, siren, sound art, Staalplaat, wave power | Leave a response

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