Guerrilla Plastic Movement

The artist group Guerrilla Plastic Movement was founded in 2016.
The Guerrilla Plastic Movement works for clean seas and a plastic-free world using visual, verbal and artistic means; action art with humor and seriousness.

Guerrilla Plastic Movement is a group of 7 people who have extensive experience in creativity, communication and dissemination. We are artists, photographers, journalists, writers and teachers.

It starts with beach cleaning. We work in nature where the rubbish is found and use ourselves as models. We travel to the beach, create ideas, take pictures and write text. We utilize the energy that comes from working together. We collect what we find and use it in workshops for children and for various art installations, art projects, exhibitions etc.

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The life raft. A site-specific outdoor project for Kunst rett Vest at Fossekleiva made by Guerrilla Plastic Movement September 2022. The life raft is made from reused water jugs and Dollyrope/rope/yarn found in nature. If you are stranded on a deserted island, the first thought is to build a life raft. A life raft also gives associations to people on the run. Water is in short supply in many places on the globe where there is need, poverty and drought due to, among other things, climate change. The water cans can give associations to war where water is often in short supply and contributes to great distress and death. The water cans are also given a new symbolism in light of the last couple of years' call to the population - also here in Norway - to ensure that they have a prepping stock of, among other things, 9 liters of water per person in readiness for serious incidents. Water is essential for survival and the jugs take on new value as containers for the precious drops. Today, the beaches are full of plastic cans and ropes - which we at GPM would use to make a raft. So last but not least, water cans and plastic ropes are symbols of the plastic problem in our oceans. Artists: Christine Istad, Pippip Ferner, Hilde Kjepso and Pernille Rosfjord Guerrilla Plastic Movement is an art action group that was established in 2016 and consists of a group of creators and artists. Our focus is plastic pollution in the sea. We use the plastic we pick up on beaches and along roads to develop art installations, performances and exhibitions. We also carry out dialogue work in public workshops and in public spaces. One of our characteristics is the combination of humor and seriousness. The life raft. A site-specific outdoor project for Kunst rett Vest at Fossekleiva made by Guerrilla Plastic Movement September 2022. The life raft is made from reused water jugs and Dollyrope/rope/yarn found in nature. If you are stranded on a deserted island, the first thought is to build a life raft. A life raft also gives associations to people on the run. Water is in short supply in many places on the globe where there is need, poverty and drought due to, among other things, climate change. The water cans can give associations to war where water is often in short supply and contributes to great distress and death. The water cans are also given a new symbolism in light of the last couple of years' call to the population - also here in Norway - to ensure that they have a prepping stock of, among other things, 9 liters of water per person in readiness for serious incidents. Water is essential for survival and the jugs take on new value as containers for the precious drops. Today, the beaches are full of plastic cans and ropes - which we at GPM would use to make a raft. So last but not least, water cans and plastic ropes are symbols of the plastic problem in our oceans. Artists: Christine Istad, Pippip Ferner, Hilde Kjepso and Pernille Rosfjord Guerrilla Plastic Movement is an art action group that was established in 2016 and consists of a group of creators and artists. Our focus is plastic pollution in the sea. We use the plastic we pick up on beaches and along roads to develop art installations, performances and exhibitions. We also carry out dialogue work in public workshops and in public spaces. One of our characteristics is the combination of humor and seriousness.

Marine Debris, video made by Istad Art. Film from Ulebergshamn in Sweden. The plastic hat is found there. Isabelle Istad Rye as model. <br /> Length 02:21 minutes.<br /> No sound.<br /> With Isa Rye.<br /> <br /> SYNOPSIS: Found marine debris from fishing industry. This head installation of black plastic comes from fish farming. They are used to simulate kelp forest so the wrasse will thrive in the fish cages. <br /> The wrasse removes lice from farmed fish.<br /> After years in the ocean the plastic becomes micro plastic. The fish thinks it is food and eats it and eventually die from it. <br /> It is a paradox that they make habitat for the fish that becomes deadly for animals in the ocean. Marine Debris, video made by Istad Art. Film from Ulebergshamn in Sweden. The plastic hat is found there. Isabelle Istad Rye as model.
Length 02:21 minutes.
No sound.
With Isa Rye.

SYNOPSIS: Found marine debris from fishing industry. This head installation of black plastic comes from fish farming. They are used to simulate kelp forest so the wrasse will thrive in the fish cages.
The wrasse removes lice from farmed fish.
After years in the ocean the plastic becomes micro plastic. The fish thinks it is food and eats it and eventually die from it.
It is a paradox that they make habitat for the fish that becomes deadly for animals in the ocean.

Life Raft by Istad Art. Made of found objects from the Swedish west coast Bohuslän. Life Raft by Istad Art. Made of found objects from the Swedish west coast Bohuslän.

Life raft by Istad Art made of found objects. Out door installation. Life raft by Istad Art made of found objects. Out door installation.

Curtain of plastic made by Pippip Ferner, Christine Istad and Kari Gjæver Pedersen. Curtain of plastic made by Pippip Ferner, Christine Istad and Kari Gjæver Pedersen.