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Conclusion on Body care products

Idea was to find microplastics in body care products to do other experiments with them. The problem in general is, to find a microplastic, figure out which one it is and then use it accordingly to the mussel study or agrar/ soil study. (e.g. can I grow an onion with a layer of plastic skin? Is the plastic stored in the vegetable? Is the microplastic small enough to pass the epidermis of the root? Is microplastic misused in any plant?) BUT a far greater amount of microplastic origins from washing clothes. (Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017)) While only about 6% of microplastic origins from Body care products, about 35% of microplastics in the ocean origin from synthetic materials. It is especially unfortunate that these recycled materials cause microplastics in environments because they are sometimes considered "green". Sewers are neither prepared for microplastics from body care products nor from synthetic clothes. People might understand the danger of something you put on your face to be absorbed by your skin ( e.g. a cream) but less the danger of something that goes into the sewers or in the trash. (Youtube reference)

Virtual Reality Experiment – or “just” a visualization - some thoughts

“How do you feel with this data”

Find the unseen, something about trash and what happens when we try to wash bodies & clothes

break the hyperobject ( quote Timothy Mortons definition of Hyperobject.) Explain without a simplification or a metaphor.

Can we create with VR a tool for simulation/ experience/ visualization/ illustration for environmental issues?

The new finding, the new study, new paper – try to keep up, live correctly. Nowadays we are enclosed, wrapped and driven by data.

Unity and Blender have "Particle systems" - we also have particles - take these plastic particles, which are unnatural but not unreal, and make them virtual.

References (not sources, but opinions I encounter)

Youtube comments on Wie kommt unser Plastikmüll ins Meer

Related Artists (and why in italics)

Antfarm Link to the Group They base their work on mass media and consumerism and created something awesome to experience. People where invited to a new environment to rethink issues. They created room for discussion. All this by creating artworks which understood organisms differently than other people do.

Kat f Austen Coral empathy device As in Antfarm - understand the organism. Create an environment, a place to discuss the issue, and create a mood by putting people in the environment.

Pinar Yoldas Wiki Pinar Yoldas Talk at ZKM GLOBALE "I love the scientific approach. Sophisticated artwork based on research with easy to comprehend the message. Without moralization."

J. Steensen (VR Artist) Website "Environment based on scientific data. I do not like the experience as a whole, I think there could be more."

The team around Flavia Caviezel Times of Waste "Interesting because of the investigating research, workshops and so on."

Sources

https://brooklynrail.org/2013/11/art_books/timothy-morton-with-greg-lindquist

BUND 2018 BUND publications (Both "Einkaufsratgeber Mikroplastik" and "Mikroplastik in Textilien" March 2018 ("shopping advice microplastics" and "Microplastics in textiles/fashion" )

Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017). Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: A Global Evaluation of Sources. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 43pp.

de Souza Machado AA, Kloas W, Zarfl C, Hempel S, Rillig MC. Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems. Glob Change Biol. 2018;24:1405–1416. Doi Link

"Mikroplastik in Binnengewässern Süd- und Westdeutschlands" (2018)

Johnson, B. (2013). Zero Waste Home. [S.I.]: Scribner.

MORTON, T. (2018). DARK ECOLOGY. [S.l.]: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS. (also look at [1] )

R. Geyer, J. R. Jambeck, K. L. Law, Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Sci. Adv. 3, e1700782 (2017).

Plastik überall Geschichten vom Müll. (2017). [film] Directed by A. Knechtel and N. Teuscher. Deutschland: ZDF.

TEDx Talks (2016). Two adults, two kids, zero waste | Bea Johnson | TEDxFoggyBot- tom. [video] Available at: SUmo-40pqA [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].

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+=== Conclusion on Body care products ===
+Idea was to find microplastics in body care products to do other experiments with them. The problem in general is, to find a microplastic, figure out which one it is and then use it accordingly to the mussel study or agrar/ soil study. (e.g. can I grow an onion with a layer of plastic skin? Is the plastic stored in the vegetable? Is the microplastic small enough to pass the epidermis of the root? Is microplastic misused in any plant?)
+BUT a far greater amount of microplastic origins from washing clothes. (Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017)) While only about 6% of microplastic origins from Body care products, about 35% of microplastics in the ocean origin from synthetic materials. It is especially unfortunate that these '''recycled''' materials cause microplastics in environments because they are sometimes considered "green". Sewers are neither prepared for microplastics from body care products nor from synthetic clothes. People might understand the danger of something you put on your face to be absorbed by your skin ( e.g. a cream) but less the danger of something that goes into the sewers or in the trash. (Youtube reference)
-= Play the Paper =
+== Virtual Reality Experiment – or “just” a visualization - some thoughts==
-Data is difficult to understand. If I hear about 19.000 particles, I cannot comprehend what it means, I need a visual. So people make a graph out of data, or a chart ... or create a methaphor, a simile. I would like to experience certain data, maybe even play with it. Lets take up the role of a particle or multicellular organism and live in a virtual reality that really exists.
+“How do you feel with this data”
-In better words: [https://brooklynrail.org/2013/11/art_books/timothy-morton-with-greg-lindquist Timothy Morton about the hyperobject]
-= I would love to throw 6300 tons of plastic on you - of course only in VR =
+Find the unseen, something about trash and what happens when we try to wash bodies & clothes
-== Related Works of Art ==
+break the hyperobject ( quote Timothy Mortons definition of Hyperobject.) Explain without a simplification or a metaphor.
-TOMBSTONE by MIAOMIAO (Memorial based on data. She took data and created an online place to commemorate something you cannot commemorate in real life. Experience in VR something you cannot experience in real life.)
-Aquaphobia and others by J.Steensen [http://www.jakobsteensen.com/ J. Steensen]
+Can we create with VR a tool for simulation/ experience/ visualization/ illustration for environmental issues?
-== Related Games ==
+The new finding, the new study, new paper – try to keep up, live correctly.
+Nowadays we are enclosed, wrapped and driven by data.
-=== Desktop/ Computer Games ===
+Unity and Blender have "Particle systems" - we also have particles - take these plastic particles, which are unnatural but not unreal, and make them virtual.
-"Agar Io" by Matheus Valadares [http://Agar.io Link to the game]
-"Solar 2" by Murudai (you start as an astroid and grow into solar systems by absorbing smaller astroids. Open World ( but limited); copy this game play)
+=== References (not sources, but opinions I encounter) ===
-=== Mobile applications ===
+Youtube comments on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrhjVHOiSkQ Wie kommt unser Plastikmüll ins Meer]
-''Achikaps'' by Yiotro on Android (simple design and game play; simulation; level/ round based;  Color and behavior of the agent/ building show usage; game comes with a sandbox to design own levels; most levels are the same, most are strategic build up, some rare levels just need one specific action (like - have the palast destroyed) to win)
+=== Related Artists (and why in italics) ===
+Antfarm [http://www.spatialagency.net/database/ant.farm Link to the Group]
+''They base their work on mass media and consumerism and created something awesome to experience. People where invited to a new environment to rethink issues. They created room for discussion. All this by creating artworks which understood organisms differently than other people do.''
+Kat f Austen [https://katausten.wordpress.com/the-coral-empathy-device/ Coral empathy device]
+''As in Antfarm - understand the organism. Create an environment, a place to discuss the issue, and create a mood by putting people in the environment.''
+Pinar Yoldas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinar_Yoldas Wiki Pinar Yoldas] [https://zkm.de/en/media/video/pinar-yoldas-ecosystem-of-excess-2014 Talk at ZKM GLOBALE ] "I love the scientific approach. Sophisticated artwork based on research with easy to comprehend the message. Without moralization."
-== Origin of Data/ Paper to play ==
+J. Steensen (VR Artist) [http://www.jakobsteensen.com/ Website] "Environment based on scientific data. I do not like the experience as a whole, I think there could be more."
-"Mikroplastik in Binnengewässern Süd- und Westdeutschlands" (2018) [http://www4.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de/servlet/is/274206/ Link to the report]  PROBLEM: Paper is not really a paper but rather a report. Still nice Data. ( In what format do I need my data? Excel table?)
+The team around Flavia Caviezel [https://times-of-waste.ch/en/home-en/ Times of Waste] "Interesting because of the investigating research, workshops and so on."
+=== Sources ===
+https://brooklynrail.org/2013/11/art_books/timothy-morton-with-greg-lindquist
+BUND 2018 [https://www.bund.net/service/publikationen/  BUND publications] (Both "Einkaufsratgeber Mikroplastik" and "Mikroplastik in Textilien" March 2018 ("shopping advice microplastics" and "Microplastics in textiles/fashion" )
+Boucher, J. and Friot D. (2017). Primary Microplastics in the Oceans:
+A Global Evaluation of Sources. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 43pp.
+de Souza Machado AA, Kloas W, Zarfl C, Hempel S, Rillig MC. Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems. Glob Change Biol. 2018;24:1405–1416. [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14020 Doi Link]
+"Mikroplastik in Binnengewässern Süd- und Westdeutschlands" (2018)
+Johnson, B. (2013). Zero Waste Home. [S.I.]: Scribner.
+MORTON, T. (2018). DARK ECOLOGY. [S.l.]: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS.
+(also look at [https://brooklynrail.org/2013/11/art_books/timothy-morton-with-greg-lindquist]  )
+R. Geyer, J. R. Jambeck, K. L. Law, Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Sci. Adv. 3, e1700782 (2017).
+Plastik überall Geschichten vom Müll. (2017). [film] Directed by A. Knechtel and N. Teuscher. Deutschland: ZDF.
+TEDx Talks (2016). Two adults, two kids, zero waste | Bea Johnson | TEDxFoggyBot- tom. [video] Available at: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=C- SUmo-40pqA] [Accessed 9 Jun. 2018].