Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Community Engagement and Art Project


Olga Murillo
English 101
Prof. Laura Garrett
December 4th, 2013 


           My artwork is irony and sarcasm. It’s supposed to mimic a billboard saying, “Aren’t the Beaches Beautiful in California?” and right below this question I have an ocean made of trash.  This is what our oceans will end up looking like if we don’t do something about it now.  All the trash on my art project is from Dockweiler State Beach from Heal the Bay. On the very bottom of all the trash I put the sand and small trash but I wanted to make certain trash stand out so, I put the little girls sandal in the middle and plastics on the corners of the board.
            My billboard is supposed to come off being sarcastic and I want it to bring awareness to the horrible reality of the pollution in our oceans today.  My audience should react when they see my billboard, encouraging them to get up, clean up and stop polluting.  This is just as far as the eye can see; just imagine what is at the bottom of our oceans.  All these innocent animals getting sick and dying from the trash we put in these oceans. Everything we put on the ground outside ends up in a gutter and then ends up in our oceans.  Once everyone starts working together on solving this issue we will begin to see improvement in our oceans.  Everyone who uses these materials on my billboard is my audience.  



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