Future Bestiary by Gilles Cenazandotti
- Words
- Caroline Kurze
Inspired by the sheer mass of debris and objects floating in the ocean, artist Gilles Cenazandotti turns plastic trash that the sea has washed ashore into beautiful sculptures.
+ Read MoreLighters, flip-flops, tubes of sunscreen and all the products of our throwaway culture are transformed into recycled waste animals. Talking about his work, Cenazandotti states: “Impressed by everything that the Sea, in turn, rejects and transforms, on the beaches I harvest the products derived from petroleum and its industry. The choice of animals that are part of the endangered species completes this process. In covering these animals with a new skin harvested from the banks of the Sea, I hope to draw attention to this possible metamorphosis – to create a trompe l’oeil of a modified reality.”
All images © Gilles Cenazandotti | Via: Junkculture