Plastic by Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
Plastic, 2023
17 x 22 in.
Archival Inkjet Print. 3/5.
Starting Price: $425
About the Work
“El mar se levanta (The Sea is Rising)” is an eco-feminist photography project that uses my body as a marker to point to the unstoppable erosion and contamination of garbage along the pacific coastline of Ecuador. I have been documenting plastics washing along the shore and the shifting shoreline caused by erosion over the last two years. The project expresses my growing anxiety around climate change through the juxtaposition of my body with a place where the impacts of climate change are visible.
About the Artist
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky (b. Providence, RI) is a multidisciplinary artist. In 2019, she received a grant from Creative Capital to produce Sacred Geometry, a series of hand-cut photographic collages and How to build a wall and other ruins, a project that includes a multi-channel video installation and live performances.