Marine Debris Golf Ball Sculpture
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Project Partner: Alex Weber (The Plastic Pick-Up)
Student Artists: Toby and Nevin Ketchum and Noah Peterson
Volunteers: Laura Williams, Marina Dimitrov, Mike and Julie Nolte, Scott Huna, Lucas Elmer, the Weber Family, and more.
Dates: 2019-Present
Description:
Countercurrent collaborated with the Plastic Pick-Up to create a large-scale interactive wave sculpture from over 20,000 golf balls collected from the ocean. We fabricated the sculpture from steel and assemble it on a 26ft flatbed trailer for easy transport to events around the country. Our goal is to use marine debris golf balls as a conversation-starter to engage viewers in a broader dialogue around personal/corporate responsibility to combat ocean plastic pollution.
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Project Partner: Alex Weber (The Plastic Pick-Up)
Student Artists: Toby and Nevin Ketchum and Noah Peterson
Volunteers: Laura Williams, Marina Dimitrov, Mike and Julie Nolte, Scott Huna, Lucas Elmer, the Weber Family, and more.
Dates: 2019-Present
Description:
Countercurrent collaborated with the Plastic Pick-Up to create a large-scale interactive wave sculpture from over 20,000 golf balls collected from the ocean. We fabricated the sculpture from steel and assemble it on a 26ft flatbed trailer for easy transport to events around the country. Our goal is to use marine debris golf balls as a conversation-starter to engage viewers in a broader dialogue around personal/corporate responsibility to combat ocean plastic pollution.
Deep Water/New Life Installation for the Getty Museum
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Student Artists: Sarah Parker, Emma Akmakdjian, Allison Prather from CSU Channel Islands
Volunteers: Laura Williams
Dates: April-May 2017
Description:
Countercurrent received a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to build a large-scale interactive sculpture during the College Night 2018 event at the Getty Museum. Thousands of college students experienced our giant bioluminescent jellyfish sculpture made from over 800 single-use plastic water bottles.
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Student Artists: Sarah Parker, Emma Akmakdjian, Allison Prather from CSU Channel Islands
Volunteers: Laura Williams
Dates: April-May 2017
Description:
Countercurrent received a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to build a large-scale interactive sculpture during the College Night 2018 event at the Getty Museum. Thousands of college students experienced our giant bioluminescent jellyfish sculpture made from over 800 single-use plastic water bottles.
March for Science 2017
Artist: Ethan Estess
Status: First Stage completed, exhibition and zine to-come
Dates: April 2017
Description:
The Earth Day March for Science represented an unprecedented awakening of collective environmental consciousness. Countercurrent founder Ethan Estess travelled to Washington DC for the March for Science with a camera and an open mind. By documenting this moment in time, Countercurrent hoped to create a valuable record of individual concerns within the environmental movement in 2017.
Artist: Ethan Estess
Status: First Stage completed, exhibition and zine to-come
Dates: April 2017
Description:
The Earth Day March for Science represented an unprecedented awakening of collective environmental consciousness. Countercurrent founder Ethan Estess travelled to Washington DC for the March for Science with a camera and an open mind. By documenting this moment in time, Countercurrent hoped to create a valuable record of individual concerns within the environmental movement in 2017.
Countercurrent Art+Science Workshop
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Status: Pilot Stage Completed
Dates: Spring 2016
Description:
Countercurrent’s Art+Science Workshops are designed to engage underserved high school age youths in Watsonville, CA in issues of ocean sustainability through the collaborative design and fabrication of public environmental art installations. Youth participants were exposed to cutting edge ocean science being conducted in the Monterey Bay, followed by hands-on sculpture training by Countercurrent Director and Participating Artist Ethan Estess.
Lead Artist: Ethan Estess
Status: Pilot Stage Completed
Dates: Spring 2016
Description:
Countercurrent’s Art+Science Workshops are designed to engage underserved high school age youths in Watsonville, CA in issues of ocean sustainability through the collaborative design and fabrication of public environmental art installations. Youth participants were exposed to cutting edge ocean science being conducted in the Monterey Bay, followed by hands-on sculpture training by Countercurrent Director and Participating Artist Ethan Estess.
