Cannes Lions Awards Dead Whale Sculpture in Cavite
DEAD WHALE SCULPTURE – The Cannes Lions awarded silver and gold to the dead whale sculpture set in Naic, Cavite.
Throwing plastic materials into the bodies of water does not only destroy the beauty of nature but as well as affects the creatures that are living there. The effects could even extend to the people who are doing it. Plastic pollution is a serious matter that we should ponder on.
Previously, to spread awareness about the effects of throwing plastics in the bodies of water, the Greenpeace Philippines, an environmental organization, unveiled a dead whale sculpture in Naic, Cavite.
The said whale art installation which does not fail to hook the attention of the people has lots of plastic in its mouth. It conveys a message that we should not take for granted.
Based on a social media post on the Facebook page of CNN Philippines, the deal whale sculpture that was introduced in May 2017 by Greenpeace Philippines recently bagged international awards.
According to the post, the Cannes Lions awarded silver and gold to the art installation.
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Based on a report in Town & Country, the art installation specifically won the Gold Lion for Outdoor and Silver Lion for Design at the 65th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Based on a report in CNN, the dead whale sculpture in Naic, Cavite is 73-feet x 10-feet in size. Greenpeace Southeast Asia Executive Director Yeb Sano previously expressed that it is made of “recovered plastic waste”.
Sano also previously called out to ASEAN governments to address the problem of plastic pollution and to the people to participate in solving the problem.
According to the report, in 2015, the Philippines is on the third spot on the list of highest producer of plastic waste found in oceans by the Science Journal. It followed Indonesia (2nd) and China (1st) on the list.
