Taking a more Artsy Approach

So after meeting with my Project mentor,

and had a long discussion on the articles I mentioned in the previous post, we 

came to the conclusion that I was still stuck in a "scientific mindset".

I had to remind myself I was trying to create a Art project. 

One that would not only educate and spread awareness on the plastic continents phenomenons, but also create a piece that would strike a positive a positive consciousness amongst the viewers in wanting to be part of the solution and change. 

So I took a different approach in what I was researching. 

I started by looking at artists who had created a piece that made an impact on their viewers. 

Such artist and the different type of movements and style in art that came to mind were the following:

-Christo and Jeanne-Claude 

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T017503?q=christo&search=quick&pos=2&_start=1#firsthit

http://www.artagogo.com/commentary/christo/christo.htm

-Felix Gonzalez- Torres

http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T096817?q=felix+gonzalez&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

-Allan Kaprow

http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/allankaprow.htm

-Environmental Art

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/06/giant-fish-sculptures-made-from-discarded-plastic-bottles-in-rio/

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T026392?q=environmental+art&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit
and the difference with 

-Land Art

-Edward Kienholz

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T046502?q=Edward+Kienholz&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

-Happenings

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T2213908

-Performance Art

Artist Beili Liu Embroiders Underneath Hundreds of Suspended Scissors

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/performance-art/

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T066355

-Conceptual Art

Anish Kapoor 

http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T018962