“Floating Fallacy”

Floating Fallacy, 2019-2020

Floating fallacy is about current environmental concerns. It’s about how marine life gets affected because of the dumping of plastic in the ocean. 8 million of that 300 million is chucked into the sea annually, which is equivalent to dumping a garbage truck (1 ton) of plastic into the ocean per minute. There are five massive patches of plastic in the oceans around the world. These huge concentrations of plastic debris cover large swaths of the ocean; the one between California and Hawaii is the size of the state of Texas.

The pictures are abstract and linked together to convey the message that numerous marine organisms struggle to distinguish common plastic items from their actual food. Animals that ingest plastic often face starvation as they cannot digest it, and the plastic fills their stomachs, hindering them from consuming real food. The likelihood of coral contracting diseases significantly rises from 4% to 89% after encountering marine plastic. Additionally, the plastic damages the coral’s skin, making it susceptible to infections. Coral reefs serve as habitats for over 25% of marine life. In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, there is more plastic than natural prey at the sea surface, making organisms feeding in this area likely to include plastic as a major component in their diets. For example, sea turtles caught unintentionally in fisheries within and around the patch may have up to 74% of their diet composed of ocean plastics (by dry weight). Several fish species consumed by humans, such as brown trout, cisco, and perch, have, at some point, ingested plastic microfibers.