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Nurdles in Marin!
In 2000, Judith Selby Lang and her busband, Richard Lang, began cleaning Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore, carrying bags and bags of plastic garbage away. They had no idea what they would find or what would happen. Certain items would catch their interest: from disposable lighters to pastel shards. They, just two people, in one year from one beach, gathered 4,300 lbs. of plastic. Back in their studio, they would clean, sort, and categorize their findings then create artworks as prints, as sculptures, and as installations.
Among their findings - Nurdles! - particularly noxious component of the plastic flotsam. They come from raw plastic that is shipped to manufacturers of bottles, car parts, toys, plastic bags, anything made of plastic.
Until May 25 at the Bolinas Museum Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang present Nurdles-the mermaid's tears. In a telescopic to microscopic series of images, they present the near invisible story of nurdles, a particularly noxious component of the plastic flotsam.