12 art installations to be unveiled across Asia-Pacific to mark World Environment Day

Twelve large-scale art installations created from plastic waste will be unveiled in a dozen cities across Asia Pacific between 2-5 June as part of UN Environment’s World Environment Day celebrations. These temporary exhibits will bring attention to the plastic waste crisis as part of this year’s World Environment Day theme of “Beat Plastic Pollution”.
“The world is waking up to the fact that plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental issues of our time, but that it’s also something that we can solve,” Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment said. “This year’s World Environment Day is therefore a call to action for all of us.”
The artwork ranges from abstract to whimsical to cultural. In Bali, a 5-metre traditional ogoh-ogoh statue built of collected plastic waste will loom large over Sanur beach, while in Hong Kong a giant 400-kilogram sphere of melted plastic will make landfall in Central. In Bangkok, visitors to Central World mall will be able to pass through 7 massive gates made from tens of thousands of plastic bags.
Installations are planned in Auckland, Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Yangon.
Visitors to the exhibitions are asked to join an international game of social media tag to show how they will #BeatPlasticPollution.
“Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, is a call to action for all of us to come together to combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. Plastic waste is a truly international problem that demands urgent action on the part of business, government and individuals.