Please enjoy my conversation with Alejandro Durán. Alejandro is an artist who transforms international trash washing ashore on Mexico's Caribbean coast into aesthetic yet unsettling artworks, awakening viewers to the threat of plastic pollution. His long-term project, “Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape,” uses photography and installation to explore the complex intersections of humanity and nature, highlighting the pervasive impact of consumer culture on the natural world.

https://alejandroduran.com/

Plasticulture, the exhibit where Alejandro and I met https://sva.edu/events/plasticulture

https://www.aurorarobson.com/

Trash map https://alejandroduran.com/internationalflotsam

Plastic Blues video https://alejandroduran.com/current-exhibitions-3

Alejandro’s TED talk https://www.ted.com/speakers/alejandro_duran

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